Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991

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Reference ID

BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Working status (BD1991A_CLASSWK)

Data file: BGD1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 135

End: 135

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="BD91A410"><span class="h3">24. Work status:</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Employer<br />[] 2. Employee<br />[] 3. Self-employed<br />[] 4. Family worker<br />[] 5. Laborer</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Employee
3	Self-employed
4	Family worker
5	Laborer
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 the working status.

Universe

Bangladesh 1991: Persons who work [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.5%]

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Concept

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