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The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 1994
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ETH_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, IPUMS
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Economically active (ET1994A_ECONACT)

Data file: ETH1994_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section III: Detailed particulars of household members</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Asked of members aged ten years above</span>
<br />[Questions 28-33 were asked of resident members age 10+.]</p>

<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span></p>

<p>[For rural areas]
<br />28. Was [person] engaged in productive activity during the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>[For urban areas]
<br />28. Was [person] engaged in productive work during the last seven days?</p>
<div class="i1">If yes, write the number of days worked. If no, write "0".<br /><br />[] 1 Yes ________<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person was economically active. Yes responses include people looking for work and people who had work but were not working during the reference period. The reference period differs in urban and rural areas, referring to the last 7 days in urban areas or the last 12 months in rural areas.
Universe
Ethiopia 1994: Present and absent residents age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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