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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006
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LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Worked in South Africa since 1996 (LS2006A_WORK10YR)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 270
End: 270
Width: 1
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>31. Has (the respondent) ever worked in Republic of South Africa in the past 10 years (since 1996)? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Never worked <br />[] 2 Worked in past <br />[] 3 Presently working in Republic of South Africa <br />[] 8 Not applicable <br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Never worked
2 Worked in the past
3 Presently working in South Africa
8 Not applicable
9 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>101. Column 31: Ever worked in RSA in the past 10 years (since 1996).</p>
<div class="i1">Code 1 if never worked in RSA, Code 2 if worked in the past 10 years, Code 3 if presently working in the RSA and code 88 if not applicable.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if a person worked in South Africa since 1996.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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