Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1993

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Reference ID

GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Class of worker (H_CLASSWORKER)

Data file: GHA1993-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 252

End: 253

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14. In this work did (NAME) work on own account, as an employer, as unpaid family worker or for wages/salary?

OWN ACCOUNT W/O EMPL 1
EMPLOYER 2
UNPAID FAMILY WORKER 2
FOR WAGES/SALARY 4

Categories

Value	Category
10	Employer
20	Self-employed
21	Unpaid family worker
22	Unpaid apprentice
98	Missing
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

CLASSWORKER reports the class of worker for working household members. IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable, dividing responses into three broad categories (employer, self-employed, and employee), with additional detail preserved in the second digit.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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