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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Type of business (DO2002A_SECTOR)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 291
End: 291
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For persons of 10 years old and more</span></p>

<p>52. For what type of firm, business, or institution did [the respondent] work last week (or in his/her last job or trade)? Read all options and select just one.</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Free zone enterprise<br />[] 2 Other private enterprise or business<br />[] 3 Non-governmental non-profit organization <br />[] 4 For a particular individual<br />[] 5 Public institution or enterprise (Skip to question 54)<br />[] 6 A family house (Skip to question 54)<br />[] 7 Other (Skip to question 54)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Free zone enterprise
2 Other private enterprise or business
3 Nongovernmental nonprofit organization
4 Particular individual
5 Public institution or enterprise
6 Family
7 Other
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
<span class="em">For people age 10 or older </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 52: What type of company, business or institution did (NAME) work, last week (or in his/her last job)? </span></p>

<p>Read each option and fill in the correct answer, accordingly: </p>
<div class="i1">Factory or company in a free zone: When a person works for a specific industry, factory, company, workshop, warehouse or storehouse or any other establishment within the limits of the free zone or industrial area of the country.<br />Other private factory, company or business: When a person works for a specific industry, factory, company, commerce, hotel, farm, etc.<br />Non-profit organization or NGO: When a person works for an institution of social support or services or community service with no profit. <br />Working for an individual: When a person works for a specific person (i.e. as a chauffeur or as a bodyguard, etc.)<br />Public institution or company: When a person works for a public organization such as an office, branch, or state institution, including the city council, legislative or judicial branches, military or police.<br />Household: When a person works for a household doing domestic chores, including being a chauffeur, gardener, caretaker, housekeeping, etc.<br />Other: When a person works for an institution or organization not included in the previous categories.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of business in which a person works.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons age 10+ who are not self-employed or members of a cooperative [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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