2010 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010

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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS

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Activity status (if not working) (GH2010A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 187

End: 187

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]

Economic activity -- P13-P17: Should be related to the past 7 days preceding census night 
 [P13 to P17 were asked of all persons age 5 years or older.]

P13b. How was [the respondent] mainly engaged?
<div class="i1">[P13b was asked of persons who were 5 years of age and were not engaged in any activity for pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13a).] [] 1 Did not work but had job to go back to (go to P14) [] 2 Worked before, seeking work and available for work (go to P14) [] 3 Seeking work for the first time and available to work (go to P18) [] 4 Did voluntary work without pay (go to P14) [] 5 Did not work and not seeking work</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Did not work but had job to go back to
2	Worked before, seeking work and available for work
3	Seeking work for the first time, and available for work
4	Did voluntary work without pay
5	Did not work and not seeking work
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 activity status of the person if he/she was not working.

Universe

Ghana 2010: Persons age 5+ not working [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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