1995 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Laos, 1985

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LAO_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Main occupation in the last 12 months (1-digit) (LA1995A_OCC1)

Data file: LAO1995_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 242

End: 243

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">D. For persons aged 10 years and above</span>
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above]</p>

<p>[Answer questions 15-16 for codes 01-07 in question 14]</p>

<p>15.What was [the respondent's] main occupation during the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">Describe occupation (see Enumerator's Manual) ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Armed forces
01	Legislators, senior officials, and managers
02	Professionals
03	Technicians and associate professionals
04	Clerks
05	Service workers, shop and market sales workers
06	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
07	Crafts and related trades workers
08	Plant and machine operators and assemblers
09	Elementary 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.

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Universe

Laos 1995: Employed persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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Concept

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