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General Census of Population and Housing, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983
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GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, IPUMS
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Employment status (GN1983A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: GIN1983_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 164
End: 164
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GN83A413 GN83A414 GN83A415 GN83A416 GN83A417 GN83A418"><span class="em">For the population aged 10 years and above: Economic characteristics</span><br />[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GN83A413">15. Activity status<br />[The French text says "Type of activity"]<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Employed<br />[] 2 Unemployed, jobless<br />[] 3 Domestic/housewife<br />[] 4 Student<br />[] 5 Retired, pensioned<br />[] 6 Disabled, handicapped<br />[] 9 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Domestic
4 Student
5 Retired
6 Disabled
7 Other
9 Unknown
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 employment status of the individual during the week preceding the census. A number of responses for children under age 10 are included.
Universe
Guinea 1983: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I 2.5%; type II none]

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