Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009
Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
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Nov 18, 2011
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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- RECH0
- RECH1
- RECH2
- RECH3
- RECH4
- RECH5
- RECH6
- RECHMA
- RECHMH
- RECHML
- REC01
- REC11
- REC21
- REC22
- REC31
- REC32
- REC41
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- REC43
- REC44
- REC51
- REC61
- REC71
- REC75
- REC80
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- RECDV
- RECGC
- RECML
- REC91
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- MREC01
- MREC11
- MREC22
- MREC31
- MREC32
- MREC41
- MREC51
- MREC61
- MREC71
- MREC75
- MREC80
- MREC91
Respondent's occupation (mv716)
Data file: MREC71
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
12
End:
14
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not currently working, not worked in last year |
| 1 | Armed forces |
| 11 | Government officials |
| 12 | Government administrators |
| 13 | Chief executives and Departmental managers |
| 14 | Non-departmental managers |
| 15 | Other adminstrators and managers |
| 16 | Religious worker/ volunteer/ traditional healer |
| 21 | Physicists, chemists and other related professionals |
| 22 | Mathematicians, statisticians and computer professionals |
| 23 | Architects, engineers, surveyors, cartographers |
| 24 | Health and life science professionals |
| 25 | University and other teaching professionals |
| 26 | Lawyers, jurists, judges |
| 27 | Social science and related professionals |
| 28 | Accountants, business professionals |
| 29 | Authors, journalists, sculptors, painters, composers, other artistic professionals |
| 31 | Engineering, electronic, media communication technicians |
| 32 | Medical, nursing, dental, pharmaceutical, veterinary professionals |
| 33 | Physical and life science technicians |
| 34 | Shipping officers, aviators and air traffic controller |
| 35 | Business, securities, insurance professionals |
| 36 | Mid-level personnel |
| 37 | Primary, pre-primary and other educational instructors |
| 39 | Performance workers, athletes, announcers, inspectors |
| 41 | Clerks, cashiers, secretaries, tellers, stenographers |
| 42 | Information clerks, client-related clerks |
| 51 | Shop assistants, fashion models |
| 52 | Undertakers, barbers, hairdressers, astrologers |
| 53 | Cooks, housekeepers, waiters, caterers |
| 54 | Ship/flight attendants, travel guides, transport conductors |
| 61 | Farmers, livestock, poultry, dairy workers |
| 62 | Fishery workers |
| 63 | Subsistence agriculture and fishery workers |
| 64 | Forestry workers |
| 65 | Hunting, wildlife workers |
| 71 | Mining, building trades workers |
| 72 | Blacksmiths, machinery mechanics, electrical workers |
| 73 | Potters, glassmakers, handicraft workers |
| 74 | Engravers, bookbinders, photographic workers |
| 75 | Butchers, food and drink preparers, food processing workers |
| 76 | Cabinet makers, woodworkers |
| 77 | Fiber preparers, weavers, tailors, dressmakers |
| 78 | Upholsterers, shoemakers, tanners |
| 81 | Well diggers, mineral product machine operators |
| 82 | Metal workers |
| 83 | Wood processing workers |
| 84 | Petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical plant operators |
| 85 | Power generating operators |
| 86 | Food, drink, tobacco processing machine operators |
| 87 | Machinery and product assemblers |
| 88 | Train, ship, motor vehicle drivers |
| 89 | Plant and machine operators not classified elsewhere |
| 91 | Sales and service laborers |
| 92 | Farming, forestry, fishery laborers |
| 93 | Mining, construction, manufacturing, transport laborers |
| 94 | Unclassified laborers |
| 95 | Reported currently working, but no occupation |
| 96 | Other |
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.