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1990 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990
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ZMB_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Employment status (ZM1990A_CLASSWK)

Data file: ZMB1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Question P-19 to P-25 were asked of persons 12 years and over]</p>

<p>P-20 What has [the respondent] mainly been doing since 1989?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Working for pay or profit<br />[] 2-On leave<br />[] 3-Unpaid work on household holding or business<br />[] 4-Unemployment and seeking work but available for work<br />[] 5-Not seeking work but available for work<br />[] 6-Full time housewife /homemaker<br />[] 7-Full time student <br />[] 8-Not available for work for other reasons <br />(For answers 4-8 go to P-24)</div><span class="h3"> Employment Status </span>
<br />P-21 Since 1989, has [the respondent] been mainly </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Employer<br />[] 2-An employee<br />[] 3-Self-employed?<br />[] 4-An unpaid family worker?</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Worker
3 Self
4 Unpaid
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 employment status.
Universe
Zambia 1990: Persons age 12+ who were working for pay, on leave, or doing unpaid work in the last year [discrepancies: none]

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