The 1970 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1970

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THA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Work status in principal occupation past year (TH1970A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: THA1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 197

End: 197

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="TH70A439 TH70A440">If recorded "working" in question 22, answer questions 23 and 24.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH70A440">24. Work status:<br /><div class="i1">[] Employer<br />[] Self-employed<br />[] Government employee<br />[] Private employee<br />[] Unpaid household worker</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Self-employed or own account worker
3	Government employee
4	Private employee
5	Unpaid family worker
8	Unknown
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 a person's work status in principal occupation past year.

Universe

Thailand 1970: Working persons age 11+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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