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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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Class of worker (MW2008A_0507)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 245
End: 245
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P25-P27 were asked only of residents who are currently working or have ever worked]




P26. What is [the respondent's] status in the occupation?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Public service
[] 4 Private sector
[] 5 Family farm / business
[] 6 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self-employed
3 Public service
4 Private sector
5 Family farm/business
6 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
Questions for usual residents age 6 years or older (economic activity)
[Questions P20-P27 were asked of persons age 6 years or over]




Household members who are currently working/ever worked
[Questions P25-P27 were asked of persons currently working or ever worked]




P26. Person's work/occupation status
To be asked only for usual household members who are currently working or have ever worked.

Ask the status in employment of an economically active individual (those who have been classified as working or have worked in the last 7 days). Shade the appropriate codes.

Self-employed refers to an own account worker who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and does not hire anybody for assistance.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's class of worker.

This is the edited version of the original variable that attempts to correct a major data error. For significant parts of the file all individuals within households received duplicate responses, even children. In such households, only the first person who reported that they worked last week retains a response. All other persons are coded out of the universe or to "unknown." There is an alternative version of this variable that retains the original responses for all persons.
Universe
Non-visitors age 6+ who worked last week, do subsistence work, or sought work

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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