Household Socio-Economic Survey 1996
Thailand, 1996 - 1997
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- Data files
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rec01_96 Basic
information on
household -
rec02_96
Household
Membership -
rec04_96 Change
in Assets and
Liabilities -
rec05_96
Housing
Characteristics -
rec06_96
Household
Expenditure on
Goods and
Services -
rec07_96
Expenditure for
Food, Beverages
and Tobacco -
rec08_96
Household
Income -
rec09_96
Summary
Household
Expenditure,
major
expenditure
groups -
rec03_96 Income
from other
sources
HM: secd occ: work status (hmsows)
Data file: rec02_96 Household Membership
Overview
Valid:
66486
Invalid:
23817
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
32
End:
32
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Ask household member who has secondary occupation in economic activities.
Literal question
Work status
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employer |
| 2 | Own-account Worker |
| 3 | Employee - Private |
| 4 | Employee - Government |
| 5 | Unpaid Family Worker |
| 6 | Looking for work |
| 7 | Economically Inactive |
| 9 | No Occupation |
| Sysmiss |
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
Work status was classified into 7 different categories as follows :
( 1) an employer was defined as a person who operated his or her own enterprise for profit or dividends and hired one or more persons as his or her employees.
(2) An own-account worker was a person who operated an enterprise on his or her own account or operated it jointly with others in the form of a partnership either for profit or dividends and hired no employees.
(3) A private employee was a person who worked for pay in a non - government enterprise owned and operated by an employer.
(4) A government employee was a person who worked for pay in a government agency, a government enterprise as well as an international organization.
(5) An unpaid family worker was a person who worked without pay on a farm or in a business owned or operated by the household head or other household members.
( 6) A person looking for work was a person who did not work at all during the last 52 weeks but had applied for work either at business establishments or by mailing letters of application.
(7) An economically inactive person was one of the following:
a) a housewife or person who worked around the house,
b) a student,
c) a retired person,
d) a disabled person who was unable to work because of physical or mental disability or because of chronic illness,
e) a person doing nothing who was voluntarily idle, and
f) a beggar.
( 1) an employer was defined as a person who operated his or her own enterprise for profit or dividends and hired one or more persons as his or her employees.
(2) An own-account worker was a person who operated an enterprise on his or her own account or operated it jointly with others in the form of a partnership either for profit or dividends and hired no employees.
(3) A private employee was a person who worked for pay in a non - government enterprise owned and operated by an employer.
(4) A government employee was a person who worked for pay in a government agency, a government enterprise as well as an international organization.
(5) An unpaid family worker was a person who worked without pay on a farm or in a business owned or operated by the household head or other household members.
( 6) A person looking for work was a person who did not work at all during the last 52 weeks but had applied for work either at business establishments or by mailing letters of application.
(7) An economically inactive person was one of the following:
a) a housewife or person who worked around the house,
b) a student,
c) a retired person,
d) a disabled person who was unable to work because of physical or mental disability or because of chronic illness,
e) a person doing nothing who was voluntarily idle, and
f) a beggar.