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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Currently working (W_CURRWORK)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 539
End: 540
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
807. Aside from your own housework, have you done any work in the last seven days?

YES 1 (GO TO 811)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, prompted
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
CURRWORK (V714) indicates whether the woman is currently working at a job or business. To distinguish employment from household labor, many surveys included a preface such as the following: "As you know, some women take up jobs for which they are paid in cash or in kind. Others sell things, have a small business or work on the family farm or in the family business." Women who have worked outside of their own housework in the last 12 months and been paid in cash, cash and in-kind, or only in-kind payments are included as working, although the survey questions vary in who receives an affirmative response. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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