5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
South Sudan, 2008
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Reference ID
SSD_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, IPUMS
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- SSD2008_PHC-H-H
- SSD2008_PHC-P-H
Occupation (SS2008A_OCC)
Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
230
End:
231
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="SS08A434 SS08A435 SS08A436 SS08A437 SS08A438 SS08A534 SS08A535 SS08A536 SS08A537 SS08A538"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br />[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="SS08A436 SS08A536">21. For those who worked or have worked before (Q19, codes 1-3), state in detail, the main job that [the respondent] was engaged in during the week before census night?<br /><div class="i1">[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]<br />Occupation ________</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="SS08A436 SS08A536">21. For those who worked or have worked before (Q19, codes 1-3), state in detail, the main job that [the respondent] was engaged in during the week before census night?<br /><div class="i1">[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]<br />Occupation ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Armed forces |
| 11 | Chief executives senior officials and legislators |
| 12 | Administrative and commercial managers |
| 14 | Hospitality, retail and other services managers |
| 22 | Health professionals |
| 23 | Teaching professionals |
| 24 | Business, administration and information technology professionals |
| 26 | Legal, social and cultural professionals |
| 31 | Science and engineering associate professionals |
| 32 | Health associate professionals |
| 33 | Business and administration associate professionals |
| 34 | Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals |
| 35 | Information and communications technicians (ICT) |
| 41 | General and keyboard clerks |
| 42 | Customer services clerks |
| 43 | Numerical and material recording clerks |
| 44 | Other clerical support workers |
| 51 | Personal service workers |
| 52 | Sales workers |
| 53 | Personal care workers |
| 54 | Protective services workers |
| 61 | Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers |
| 63 | Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers |
| 71 | Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians |
| 72 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers |
| 73 | Handicraft and printing workers |
| 74 | Electrical and electronic trades workers |
| 75 | Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers |
| 83 | Drivers and mobile plant operators |
| 91 | Cleaners and helpers |
| 92 | Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers |
| 93 | Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport |
| 94 | Food preparation assistants |
| 95 | Street and related sales and service workers |
| 96 | Refuse workers and other elementary workers |
| 97 | Other workers, response suppressed |
| 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 person's occupation.
Universe
South Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who worked or were seeking work not for the first time [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept