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
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
Metadata
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- Data files
- SLE2004_PHC-H-H
- SLE2004_PHC-P-H
Occupation (SL2004A_OCC)
Data file: SLE2004_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
248
End:
249
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="SL04A421">P24. What kind of work did [the respondent] do?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers<br />[] 2 Professionals<br />[] 3 Technicians and associate professionals<br />[] 4 Clerks<br />[] 5 Service workers, shop and market sales workers<br />[] 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery worker<br />[] 7 Craft and related trade workers<br />[] 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers<br />[] 9 Elementary occupations<br />[] 0 Armed Forces</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="SL04A421">P24. What kind of work did [the respondent] do?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers<br />[] 2 Professionals<br />[] 3 Technicians and associate professionals<br />[] 4 Clerks<br />[] 5 Service workers, shop and market sales workers<br />[] 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery worker<br />[] 7 Craft and related trade workers<br />[] 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers<br />[] 9 Elementary occupations<br />[] 0 Armed Forces</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Legislators, senior officials and managers |
| 02 | Professionals |
| 03 | Technicians and associate professionals |
| 04 | Clerks |
| 05 | Service workers, shop and market sales workers |
| 06 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers |
| 07 | Craft and related trade workers |
| 08 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers |
| 09 | Elementary occupations |
| 10 | Armed forces |
| 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 type of work (occupational category) that the worker performs.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2004: Persons age 10+ who worked in the last 30 days [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept