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The United Republic of Tanzania, Population Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1988
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TZA_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Employment status (TZ1988A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: TZA1988_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TZ88A413 TZ88A414 TZ88A415 TZ88A416 TZ88A417 TZ88A418"><span class="h2">Persons 5 years and older</span><br />[Applied to questions 14 to 18]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TZ88A416 TZ88A417">17. What kind of work is [the respondent] usually doing? Enter code for work usually done. ____<br /></svar>
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
Tanzania 1988: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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