2004 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Sierra Leone, 2004
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Reference ID
SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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- SLE2004_PHC-H-H
- SLE2004_PHC-P-H
Economic activity in the last 30 days (SL2004A_ACTIVITY)
Data file: SLE2004_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
246
End:
247
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="SL04A419 SL04A420 SL04A421 SL04A422">[Questions P22-P25: Persons age 10 years or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="SL04A420 SL04A421 SL04A422"><span class="em">Type of economic activity</span><br />[Questions P23-P25]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="SL04A420">P23. What was [the respondent's] main activity status in the past one month?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Paid employee<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 4 Looking for work<br />[] 5 Not working and not looking for work<br />[] 6 Household work<br />[] 7 Full-time student<br />[] 8 Retired/pensioner<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="SL04A420 SL04A421 SL04A422"><span class="em">Type of economic activity</span><br />[Questions P23-P25]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="SL04A420">P23. What was [the respondent's] main activity status in the past one month?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Paid employee<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 4 Looking for work<br />[] 5 Not working and not looking for work<br />[] 6 Household work<br />[] 7 Full-time student<br />[] 8 Retired/pensioner<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Paid employee |
| 02 | Self-employed |
| 03 | Unpaid family worker |
| 04 | Looking for work |
| 05 | Not working and not looking for work |
| 06 | Household work |
| 07 | Full-time student |
| 08 | Retired/pensioner |
| 09 | Other |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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 the main status of the individual pertaining to economic activity during the previous 30 day period.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2004: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.5%]
concept
Concept