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General Census of the Population of Togo 1958-1960 - IPUMS Subset

Togo, 1958
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TGO_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INSEED), IPUMS
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Employment status (TG1960A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: TGO1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Social situation</span></p>

<p><span class="em">12. Trade or main occupation</span> ____</p>
<div class="i1">a) For civil servants record "F" followed by grade<br />b) For private and semi-public workers specify as much as possible. E.g.: cashier, accountant, mechanic, transport entrepreneur, wine wholesaler, mason<br />For employees precede with an "S"<br />c) For children attending school record E followed by the institution they attend. E.g. (E - middle school)<br />d) For those without profession record "SP"</div>
Categories
Value Category
Without a profession (inactive)
1 Unwaged independents (non-wage workers)
2 Employer
3 Family helper
4 Apprentice
5 Paid employee, private institutions (includes home workers)
6 Paid employee, public
7 Unemployed
8 Student
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 person's employment status.
Universe
Togo 1960: All persons

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