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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Approximate yearly earnings (W_WKINCOMEYR)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 443
End: 449
Width: 7
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
721) How much do you usually earn for this work?
PROBE: Is this per hour, per day, per week, per month, or per year?

PER HOUR 1 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
PER DAY 2 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
PER WEEK 3 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
PER MONTH 4 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
PER YEAR 5 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
OTHER (SPECIFY) 99999996
Categories
Value Category
9999994 Not paid in cash
9999995 9999995+
9999996 Other responses
9999998 Missing
9999999 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
For respondents who reported earning cash for their work, WKINCOMEYR (V738) is a 7-digit numeric variable that reports the respondent's yearly earnings. The values are estimated from the earnings and unit reported in WKINCOME (V736).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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