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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 1997
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WBG_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Class of worker (PS1997A_CLASSWK)

Data file: PSE1997_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PS97A416 PS97A417 PS97A418 PS97A419 PS97A420"><span class="em">For employed and unemployed persons who previously worked</span><br />[Questions 53 to 57]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PS97A419">56. Employment status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self employed<br />[] 3 Employee<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self-employed
3 Employee
4 Unpaid family member
5 Other
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 whether the person is an employee, employer, self-employed or unpaid family worker.
Universe
Palestine 1997: Persons age 10+ working or experienced unemployed [discrepancies: none]

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