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Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia 1991 - IPUMS Subset

St. Lucia, 1991
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LCA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, Minnesota Population Center
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Employment type (LC1991A_0437)

Data file: LCA1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section 7. Economic activity
For persons 15 years and over
[Questions 7.1 through 7.17 were asked of all individuals over the age of 15.]




7.14 Did you/he/she carry on your/his/her own business, work for a wage or salary or as an unpaid worker in a family business?

[Question 7.14 was asked of persons 15 and older who have a present workplace, per question 7.12]

[] Paid employee- government -- Skip to 7.16
[] Paid employee- private -- Skip to 7.16
[] Unpaid worker -- Skip to 7.18
[] Own business with paid help (employer) -- Skip to 7.16
[] Own business without paid help (own account)
[] Don't know / not stated -- Skip to 7.18
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid employee, government
2 Paid employee, private
3 Unpaid worker
4 Employer
5 Own account
8 Unknown
9 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 class of employment of the person.
Universe
Persons age 15+ who worked or had job last week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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