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

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Occupation (TZ1988A_0417)

Data file: TZA1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 187

End: 188

Width: 2

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	Legislators, administrators, etc
2	Professionals
3	Clerks
4	Service and sales
5	Subsistence agricultural workers
6	Market-oriented agricultural workers
7	Craftsmen and machine operators
8	Elementary occupation
9	Piece workers
10	Other occupations
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 respondent's occupation. Although the enumeration form indicates that all persons age 5 and older are asked the question. However, only persons age 10 and older have responses in the dataset, suggesting post-enumeration editing.

Universe

Persons age 10+ who are employed

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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