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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_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, IPUMS
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Activity last week (LC1991A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: LCA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 226
End: 227
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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"><span class="h2">Section 7. Economic activity</span><br /><span class="h3">For persons 15 years and over </span><br />[Questions 7.1 through 7.17 were asked of all individuals over the age of 15.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="LC91A435">7.5 What did ____ do most during the past week -- for example, did you/he/she work, look for a job, keep house or carry on some other activity?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked -- Skip to 7.8<br />[] 2 Had a job but did not work -- Skip to 7.8<br />[] 3 Looked for work<br />[] 4 Wanted work and available<br />[] 5 Home duties -- Skip to 7.7<br />[] 6 Attended school -- Skip to 7.7<br />[] 7 Retired -- Skip to 7.7<br />[] 8 Disabled, unable to work -- Skip to 7.7<br />[] 9 Other (please specify) ____ -- Skip to 7.7<br />[] 10 Not stated -- Skip to 7.7</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked
02 Had a job but did not work
03 Looked for work
04 Wanted work and available
05 Home duties
06 Attended school
07 Retired
08 Disabled
09 Other
98 Unknown
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 activity performed by the person last week.
Universe
Saint Lucia 1991: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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