The United Republic of Tanzania Population Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1988

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Reference ID

TZA_1988_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Employment status (TZ1988A_0416)

Data file: TZA1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 186

End: 186

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Persons 5 years and older
[Applied to questions 14 to 18]

17. What kind of work is [the respondent] usually doing? Enter code for work usually done. ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employed
2	Looking for work
3	Student
4	Homemaker
5	Retired/too old
6	Unable to work
7	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 respondent is engaged in an economic activity. Data are only available for persons age 10 and older, instead of 5 and older (as indicated on the enumeration form).

Universe

Persons age 10+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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