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General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976
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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS
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Employment status (CM1976A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A416 CM76A417 CM76A418 CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423 CM76A424"><span class="h3">Population 4 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423"><span class="h3">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. </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM76A422"><span class="em">23) Employment status</span><br />Mark one of the abbreviations from the bottom of the page regarding the status.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 IND= Independent worker<br />[] 2 EMP= Employer<br />[] 4 SAP= Permanent salaried employee<br />[] 5 SAT= Temporary salaried employee<br />[] 6 APP= Apprentice<br />[] 7 AF= Family aid</div><br /></svar>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the work situation.
Universe
Cameroon 1976: Personsage 4+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.6%]

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