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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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Worked mainly in agriculture industry in last 12 months (LA2005A_FARM2)

Data file: LAO2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
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>17. In what industrial sector was [the respondent] mainly working during the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">[For code 1 to 7 in Question 15.]<br /><br />In agriculture, please tick in box. If nonagriculture, please specify.<br /><br />[] Agriculture<br />[] Other</div><div class="i2">Specify ____</div><div class="i1">[] Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Agriculture
2 Other
7 Not Stated
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 if the person worked in the agriculture industry in the past 12 months.
Universe
Laos 2005: Persons age 10+ who were employed [discrepancies: type I 0.7%; type II trace]

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