Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1996

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EGY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS

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Occupation, 1 digit (EG1996A_OCC1)

Data file: EGY1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 197

End: 198

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="EG96A089 EG96A417 EG96A418"><span class="em">12. Main occupation</span> ____<br />[Question 12 was asked of persons 15 years and over.]<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Legislators, senior officials and managers
02	Professionals
03	Technicians and associated professionals
04	Clerks
05	Service workers and shop and market sales workers
06	Farmers and skilled agricultural and fishery workers
07	Craft and related trade workers
08	Plant and machinery operators and assemblers
09	Elementary occupations
98	Unknown
99	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 occupation (1-digit).

Universe

Egypt 1996: Persons age 15+ who are economically active [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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