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Census of Population of Ireland, 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Employment status (IE2006A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: IRL2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">B. Person Form</span></p>

<p>26. How would you describe your present principal status? Check one box only.</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Working for payment or profit<br /> [] 2 Looking for regular job<br /> [] 3 Unemployed<br /> [] 4 Student or pupil<br /> [] 5 Looking after home/family<br /> [] 6 Retired from employment<br /> [] 7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability<br /> [] 8 Other, write in: ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working for payment or profit
2 Looking for first regular job
3 Unemployed
4 Student or pupil
5 Looking after home/family
6 Retired from employment
7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
8 Other
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's present status.
Universe
Ireland 2006: Non-absent persons age 15 and older [Discrepancies: none]

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