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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Days worked last week (GH2000A_WKDAY)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GH00A420 GH00A421 GH00A422 GH00A423 GH00A424 GH00A425 GH00A426 GH00A427">P13 Type of activity: For P13 to P17; <span class="em">answer only for ages 7 years or older</span>. The answer should refer to the 7 days before census night:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="GH00A422 GH00A423">[P13c-d were asked of persons who worked for pay or profit or family gain.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A422 GH00A423">P13c How many days did (name) work for pay or profit or family gain? _ _<br /><div class="i1">Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.</div><br /><br />P13d How many hours did (name) work for pay or profit or family gain? (If 99 hours or more code 99) _ _<br /><div class="i1">Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code</div>.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">P13 Type of activity: questions are to be asked of only persons aged 7 years or older; and refer to the seven days before census night</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A422"><span class="em">P13c How many days did (name) work for pay or profit or family gain?</span><br /><br />Number of days worked would help to ensure an accurate measurement of the full contribution of persons who were in the work force or who worked briefly during the time period. It should include activities which, while not leading directly to produced goods or services, are still defined as part of the tasks and duties of the job, such as time spent preparing, repairing or maintaining the workplace instruments. In practice it will also include inactive time spent in the course of performing these activities, such as time spent waiting or standing by, and other short breaks. Exclude longer meal breaks, sickness and conflicts.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of days that a person worked during a week.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Persons age 7+ who worked for pay, profit, or family gain [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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