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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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Worked for pay, profit, or family gain (GH2010A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 186
End: 186
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.]</p>

<p><span class="em">Economic activity -- P13-P17: Should be related to the past 7 days preceding census night </span>
<br />[P13 to P17 were asked of all persons age 5 years or older.]</p>

<p>P13a. During the 7 days before census night, did [the respondent] engage in any activity for pay (cash or kind) or profit or family gain for at least one hour?
<br />(This includes helping in the family business/farm, trading, street vending, etc.)</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes [skip questions P13b and P13c]<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, worked
2 No, did not 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 whether the person worked for pay, profit, or family gain during the seven days before the census night.
Universe
Ghana 2010: Persons age 5+ [discrepandcies: none]

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