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2005 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Laos, 2005
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LAO_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Lao Statistics Bureau, IPUMS
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Main activity the last 12 months (LA2005A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: LAO2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">D. For persons age 10 years and above</span>
<br />[Questions 15-17 were asked of persons age 10 years and older.]</p>

<p>15. What was [the respondent]'s main occupation the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">Enter code.<br /><br />[] Under 10<br />[] 1 Government employee<br />[] 2 Parastatal employee<br />[] 3 Private employee<br />[] 4 State enterprise employee<br />[] 5 Employer<br />[] 6 Own account worker<br />[] 7 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 8 Unemployed<br />[] 9 Student<br />[] 10 Household duties<br />[] 11 Retired/ sick/ too old<br />[] 99 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Government employee
02 Parastatal employee
03 Private employee
04 State enterprise employee
05 Employer
06 Own account worker
07 Unpaid family worker
08 Unemployed
09 Student
10 Household duties
11 Retired, sick, or elderly
12 Other
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 main occupational activity the person was involved in over the last 12 months.
Universe
Laos 2005: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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