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IIIème Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat, 16-30 août 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2002
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RWA_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique, Commission Nationale du Recensement, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Employment status (situation in economic activity) (RW2002A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: RWA2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 250
End: 251
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Population aged 6 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions 16-25.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="RW02A423">P21. Occupational situation<br /><div class="i1">During the month from July 15 to August 15, 2002, was ____ employed?<br /><br />Circle the code corresponding to one of the abbreviations copied at the bottom of the page, according to the declaration of the interviewee.<br /><br />[] 1. OCC = Employed (working currently)<br />[] 2. CHO = Unemployed (ever worked)<br />[] 3. RPE = Looking for first job<br />[] 4. PFO = Housewife, person living at home<br />[] 5. ETU = Student/pupil<br />[] 6. RET = Retired<br />[] 7. REN = Pensioned/living on one's private income<br />[] 8. AUT = No work<br /><br />If P21=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (not active in the labor force), go to P26.<br /><br />[Question P21 asked only of people aged 6 years or older.]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employed
02 Unemployed
03 Looking for first job
04 Housewife, person living at home
05 Student / pupil
06 Retired
07 Pensioned / living on one's private income
08 No work
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 respondent's employment status.
Universe
Rwanda 2002: Non-visitors age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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