1985 Intercensus Population Survey - IPUMS Subset
Indonesia, 1985
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Reference ID
IDN_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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- IDN1985_PHC-H-H.dat
- IDN1985_PHC-P-H.dat
Status in primary occupation (ID1985A_CLASSWK)
Data file: IDN1985_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
244
End:
244
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
(Persons age 10 or older)
<br />[Questions 1-17 were asked of persons age 10 or older]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A432">Q.3 Main work status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Self-employed<br />[] 2 Self-employed assisted by family members/temporary workers<br />[] 3 Employer with permanent workers<br />[] 4 Worker/employee<br />[] 5 Family worker</div><br /></svar>
<br />[Questions 1-17 were asked of persons age 10 or older]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A432">Q.3 Main work status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Self-employed<br />[] 2 Self-employed assisted by family members/temporary workers<br />[] 3 Employer with permanent workers<br />[] 4 Worker/employee<br />[] 5 Family worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Self-employed |
| 2 | Self-employed, assisted by family members or temporary help |
| 3 | Employer |
| 4 | Employee |
| 5 | Family worker |
| 9 | Unknown |
| 0 | 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
<svar v="ID85A406 ID85A407 ID85A408 ID85A409 ID85A410 ID85A411 ID85A412 ID85A413 ID85A414 ID85A415 ID85A416 ID85A417 ID85A418 ID85A419 ID85A420 ID85A421 ID85A422 ID85A423 ID85A424 ID85A425 ID85A426 ID85A427 ID85A428 ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h2">X. Information on household members</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">A. Block VII: General information on household members</span><br />1. The objective of this block is to record information on items such as sex, age, schooling status, and activities conducted during the past week for every household member, starting with the member with serial number "01" and continuing to the last household member.<br /><br />2. Method of filling out the form<br />Circle one of the codes corresponding to the respondent's answer, and then write the code in the box on the right.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h3">Block VIII: Labor force (Persons age 10 or older)</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A432">Question 3: Status of employment of main job<br /><span class="ital">Status of employment</span> is the position of a person in a particular job.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[pg. 66]</span><br /><br /><span class="ital">Status of employment is differentiated as follows</span>:<br />a. "Self-employed" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the economic risk, and in this effort he/she does not employ any family workers and other workers.<br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Pedicab driver who drives his pedicab at his own risk.<br />b. Taxi driver who drives a car at his own risk.<br />c. Coolies in a market, station or other public places without a specific employer.</div><br /><br />b. "Self-employed assisted by family workers or temporary workers" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by unpaid family workers or temporary workers.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Temporary worker/staff is one who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and only receives wages based on time worked or volume produced.</li>
</ul><br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Stall/shop owner assisted by family members/unpaid employees or assisted by others who are paid based on number of days worked.<br />b. Travelling salesman assisted by an unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid only when they work.<br />c. Farmer who works on farm land assisted by family workers. However, during the harvest the worker may receive some of the harvest (harvest shared or halved, etc.); this worker is not considered a permanent employee. The farmer is classified as self-employed assisted by family worker/temporary worker.</div><br /><br />c. "Employer" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and employs at least one paid, permanent worker.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[pg. 67]</span><br /><br />"Paid, permanent employee" is a person who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and receives wages/salary on a regular basis whether or not the employer has any work for him/her.<br /><br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. A shopkeeper who employs one or more permanent employees.<br />b. Shoe merchant who employs permanent workers.</div><br /><br />d. "Employee/worker" is someone employed by others or an institution/office/company and regularly receives wages/salary in cash or in kind.<br /><br />e. "Family worker" is someone who works by helping others without receiving wages/salary either in cash or in kind.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Explanation:</span><br />Family worker can be:<br /><div class="i1">i. A member of the household of the person he/she assists.<br />ii. Not a member of the household of the person he/she assists.<br />iii. Not a member of the household and not a family member of the person he/she assists.</div><br /><br />Example:<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Wife who assists her husband in the rice field.</li>
<li>A sibling/other relative who helps serve in a food stall.</li>
<li>A neighbor who helps weaving hats as a home industry.</li>
</ul><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h3">Block VIII: Labor force (Persons age 10 or older)</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A432">Question 3: Status of employment of main job<br /><span class="ital">Status of employment</span> is the position of a person in a particular job.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[pg. 66]</span><br /><br /><span class="ital">Status of employment is differentiated as follows</span>:<br />a. "Self-employed" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the economic risk, and in this effort he/she does not employ any family workers and other workers.<br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Pedicab driver who drives his pedicab at his own risk.<br />b. Taxi driver who drives a car at his own risk.<br />c. Coolies in a market, station or other public places without a specific employer.</div><br /><br />b. "Self-employed assisted by family workers or temporary workers" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by unpaid family workers or temporary workers.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Temporary worker/staff is one who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and only receives wages based on time worked or volume produced.</li>
</ul><br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Stall/shop owner assisted by family members/unpaid employees or assisted by others who are paid based on number of days worked.<br />b. Travelling salesman assisted by an unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid only when they work.<br />c. Farmer who works on farm land assisted by family workers. However, during the harvest the worker may receive some of the harvest (harvest shared or halved, etc.); this worker is not considered a permanent employee. The farmer is classified as self-employed assisted by family worker/temporary worker.</div><br /><br />c. "Employer" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and employs at least one paid, permanent worker.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[pg. 67]</span><br /><br />"Paid, permanent employee" is a person who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and receives wages/salary on a regular basis whether or not the employer has any work for him/her.<br /><br />Example:<br /><div class="i1">a. A shopkeeper who employs one or more permanent employees.<br />b. Shoe merchant who employs permanent workers.</div><br /><br />d. "Employee/worker" is someone employed by others or an institution/office/company and regularly receives wages/salary in cash or in kind.<br /><br />e. "Family worker" is someone who works by helping others without receiving wages/salary either in cash or in kind.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Explanation:</span><br />Family worker can be:<br /><div class="i1">i. A member of the household of the person he/she assists.<br />ii. Not a member of the household of the person he/she assists.<br />iii. Not a member of the household and not a family member of the person he/she assists.</div><br /><br />Example:<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Wife who assists her husband in the rice field.</li>
<li>A sibling/other relative who helps serve in a food stall.</li>
<li>A neighbor who helps weaving hats as a home industry.</li>
</ul><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status in the primary occupation during the previous week.
Universe
Indonesia 1985: Persons age 10+ who worked at least 1 hour or were temporarily not working last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |