Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Lesotho, 2006
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Reference ID
LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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- LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat
- LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat
Economic activity in the last week (LS2006A_ACTIVITY)
Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
257
End:
258
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E. Economic status </span>
<br />[For persons aged 10 years and above.]</p>
<p>24. What was (the respondent's) employment status during the previous week? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Employer <br />[] 20 Own account worker/ farmer <br />[] 31 Regular wage/ salary earner<br />[] 32 Causal worker <br />[] 40 Unpaid family worker <br />[] 50 Job seeking<br />[] 55 Job seeking for first time<br />[] 60 Homemaker/ housewife <br />[] 70 Retired <br />[] 80 Student <br />[] 90 Disabled <br />[] 95 Other, specify ____<br />[] 99 Don't know</div>
<br />[For persons aged 10 years and above.]</p>
<p>24. What was (the respondent's) employment status during the previous week? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Employer <br />[] 20 Own account worker/ farmer <br />[] 31 Regular wage/ salary earner<br />[] 32 Causal worker <br />[] 40 Unpaid family worker <br />[] 50 Job seeking<br />[] 55 Job seeking for first time<br />[] 60 Homemaker/ housewife <br />[] 70 Retired <br />[] 80 Student <br />[] 90 Disabled <br />[] 95 Other, specify ____<br />[] 99 Don't know</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 10 | Employer |
| 20 | Own account worker or farmer |
| 31 | Regular wages or salary earner |
| 32 | Casual worker |
| 40 | Unpaid family worker |
| 50 | Job seeking |
| 55 | Job seeking for the first time |
| 60 | Homemaker |
| 65 | Housewife |
| 70 | Retired |
| 80 | Student |
| 90 | Disabled |
| 95 | Other |
| 99 | Unknown |
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="h2">Part D of the Questionnaire </span>
<br />For persons aged 2 years and over</p>
<p>94. Column 24: Employment Status during last week</p>
<div class="i1">Here ask for the work that occupies most time of each eligible member of the household and code according to list, enter 88 for persons too young to work. Own account worker refers to a self -employed person.<br /> Code 32 casual workers for a laborer who gets a piece-job casually.<br /> Code 40 unpaid family workers for all persons 10 years and over who worked without pay for three days or more in an establishment or farm operated by a member of their family.<br />This category of unpaid family worker includes the following:-</div><div class="i2">(i) Wives who during the reference period worked at their husband's store or farm or other economic enterprise. If these wives are paid they should not be classified as unpaid family workers or housewives.<br /><span class="pg">[pg.23]</span><br />(ii) Children aged 10 years and over, who during the reference period helped in the father's or family member's farm, shop or assisted them on other economic activities such as fruit/vegetable selling.</div><div class="i1">Remember to exclude as unpaid family workers, all persons aged 10 years and over who helped family members in their farm, shop or business, but were full-time students in educational institutions. The code is 80 for students.<br /> Housewives are persons who are only engaged in household activities.<br /> Homemakers are persons who are considered active; they do household activities as well as other income generating activities such as selling vegetables from the backyard gardens. Enumerators have to probe in order to find out these extra activities.<br /> Job seekers coded 50 and 55 are persons who have been actively looking for a job and are still looking e.g. Making application or going from place to place asking. Code 50 are people who once worked but are currently out of a job and actively looking for a job. While, code 55 are people who never worked, but are currently looking for a job.<br /> If two answers are possible in this column give status that claims most of his/her time.</div>
<br />For persons aged 2 years and over</p>
<p>94. Column 24: Employment Status during last week</p>
<div class="i1">Here ask for the work that occupies most time of each eligible member of the household and code according to list, enter 88 for persons too young to work. Own account worker refers to a self -employed person.<br /> Code 32 casual workers for a laborer who gets a piece-job casually.<br /> Code 40 unpaid family workers for all persons 10 years and over who worked without pay for three days or more in an establishment or farm operated by a member of their family.<br />This category of unpaid family worker includes the following:-</div><div class="i2">(i) Wives who during the reference period worked at their husband's store or farm or other economic enterprise. If these wives are paid they should not be classified as unpaid family workers or housewives.<br /><span class="pg">[pg.23]</span><br />(ii) Children aged 10 years and over, who during the reference period helped in the father's or family member's farm, shop or assisted them on other economic activities such as fruit/vegetable selling.</div><div class="i1">Remember to exclude as unpaid family workers, all persons aged 10 years and over who helped family members in their farm, shop or business, but were full-time students in educational institutions. The code is 80 for students.<br /> Housewives are persons who are only engaged in household activities.<br /> Homemakers are persons who are considered active; they do household activities as well as other income generating activities such as selling vegetables from the backyard gardens. Enumerators have to probe in order to find out these extra activities.<br /> Job seekers coded 50 and 55 are persons who have been actively looking for a job and are still looking e.g. Making application or going from place to place asking. Code 50 are people who once worked but are currently out of a job and actively looking for a job. While, code 55 are people who never worked, but are currently looking for a job.<br /> If two answers are possible in this column give status that claims most of his/her time.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's economic activity in the last week.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |