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Labour Force Survey 2010

Bhutan, 2010
Reference ID
BTN_2010_LFS_v01_M
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Ministry of Labour & Human Resources
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Occupation during past week (Q26)

Data file: LFS_2010

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 55
Width: 4
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
B. Economic characteristics (for persons 15 years old and over)
1. For persons who worked, did not work, had no job/business during the past one week
primary job
Literal question
What was _____ main occupation during past week?
Interviewer instructions
This column should be specific as the example provided in the column. Occupation refers to the kind of work performed by a person having more than one job; only the job at which he worked for the greater number of hours during the survey period should be recorded. If the number of working hours for each job was exactly the same, the job which gave him/her highest income should be recorded. If the working hours and income earned from each job were the same, the job for which he had preferences should be recorded. If the respondent could not give his preferences, the job at which he had been working for the longest time should be recorded.

Example 1: if a person says he/she is a health staff, ask the tile of job - gynecologist, surgeon, nurse, x-ray technician, etc. During the reference period.

Example 2: mr. A, has worked on his farm (ploughing and sowing seeds) for the last 4 days and he also worked in cutting wood for 3 days. In this case, mr. A's main occupation is worked on the farm.
Question post text
Specify occupation eg. Teacher: pry, hs, college/inst., etc.

Description

Definition
Occupation-occupation is the type of work, trade or profession performed by the person during the reference period.
Universe
Q22 = 1 or Q23 = 1
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