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

St. Lucia, 1991

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LCA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, IPUMS

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Employment type (LC1991A_CLASSWK)

Data file: LCA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 230

End: 230

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar v="LC91A435 LC91A436 LC91A437 LC91A438 LC91A439 LC91A440 LC91A441 LC91A442 LC91A443 LC91A444 LC91A445 LC91A446 LC91A448 LC91A450 LC91A453 LC91A454 LC91A455 LC91A456 LC91A457 LC91A480 LC91A481">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.] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="LC91A437">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? <div class="i1">[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</div> </svar>

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)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the class of employment of the person.

Universe

Saint Lucia 1991: Persons age 15+ who worked or had job last week [discrepancies: type I 1.5%, type II 1.4%]

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