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General Census of Population and Housing 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976
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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, Minnesota Population Center
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Employment status (CM1976A_0422)

Data file: CMR1976-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 191
End: 191
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Population 4 years old or older




Ask only those who have worked during the reference period (WK) and those without work having already worked (UN). For the others, mark with the line.




23) Employment status
Mark one of the abbreviations from the bottom of the page regarding the status.

[] 1 IND= Independent worker
[] 2 EMP= Employer
[] 4 SAP= Permanent salaried employee
[] 5 SAT= Temporary salaried employee
[] 6 APP= Apprentice
[] 7 AF= Family aid
Categories
Value Category
1 Independent or self-employed
2 Employer
3 Permanent, salaried
4 Temporary, salaried
5 Apprentice
6 Family helper
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.
Interviewer instructions
b) Column 17 to 25:

To be filled out individually for the people ages 4 and over (mark a line in column 17 to 25 for children under 4.




N.B. Columns on employment (columns 22 to 24)

These columns are only to be filled out for people having worked during the reference week (WK in column 21) and for people without employment already having worked, in search of a new job (UN in column 21). For all others, mark a line from column 22 to column 24.




Column 23: Employment status

This is the situation of a person (his status) relating to his current or former employment.


IND for an independent worker (self employed person working alone or with family helpers)

EMP For an employer (person who runs his own business with the help of workers or employees, meaning all people working for any type of remuneration: salary, commission, payment in kind, etc?.)

SAP for a permanent salaried employee (person who works for a public or private employer for any type of remuneration and has a permanent status)

SAT for a temporary salaried employee (person who works for a public or private employer, for any type of remuneration, but only has a temporary status)

APP for an apprentice (person who learns a trade from a boss and who doesn't fit into the above categories)

AF for a family helper (person participating in the work of a family business without remuneration)


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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the work situation.
Universe
Personsage 4+ who ever worked

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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