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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1991
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UGA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Employment status (UG1991A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: UGA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 211
End: 212
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UG91A068 UG91A069 UG91A070 UG91A071 UG91A413 UG91A414 UG91A417 UG91A418 UG91A419 UG91A420 UG91A421"><span class="h3">For All Persons Aged 10 Years or Over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UG91A418">17. Activity status last week (employed, self employed, unpaid family worker, student, household work, looking for work, disabled, too old, etc.)<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employee
02 Self-employed
03 Unpaid family worker
04 Looking for work
05 Household worker/homemaker
06 Student
07 Disabled
08 Too old for work
09 Other
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 main activity (employed, student, etc.) during past week.
Universe
Uganda 1991: Persons age 10+ and students [discrepancies: none]

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