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Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia - IPUMS Subset

St. Lucia, 1980
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LCA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, IPUMS
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Main activity during the past 12 months (LC1980A_EMPSTATYR)

Data file: LCA1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 190
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="LC80A425 LC80A426 LC80A427 LC80A428 LC80A429 LC80A430 LC80A431">Persons age 15 years and over [Questions 23-29]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="LC80A425 LC80A426 LC80A427 LC80A428 LC80A429">[Questions 23-27: refer to the past year]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="LC80A425">23. Main activity during the past 12 months<br /><div class="i1">[] Worked<br />[] Seeking first job<br />[] Others seeking work<br />[] Wanted work and available<br />[] Home duties<br />[] Student<br />[] Retired<br />[] Disabled<br />[] Other<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked
02 Seeking first job
03 Others seeking work
04 Wanted work and available
05 Home duties
06 Student
07 Retired
08 Disabled
09 Other
98 Unknown
99 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 a person's main activity during the past 12 months.
Universe
Saint Lucia 1980: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I none, type II 2.9%]

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