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Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 2000
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IDN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Employment type of primary occupation (ID2000A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IDN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ID00A417">13. Employment status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Self-employed<br />[] 2 Self-employed/[employer] assisted by temporary employees<br />[] 3 Employer<br />[] 4 Employee<br />[] 5 Unpaid worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Self-employed
2 Employer, assisted by temporary employees
3 Employer, assisted by permanent employees
4 Employee
5 Unpaid worker
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
<svar v="ID00A416 ID00A417"><span class="em">Question 12 and Question 13 are asked if the answer to Question 11 is coded as 1 </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID00A417"><span class="em">Question 13: Employment status</span><br />Employment status is status of employment on the job.<br /><span class="em">1. Self-employed</span> are those who work at their own risk and do not have any assistance. <br /><div class="i1">Examples:<br />1. Taxi drivers who assume the entire risk of their business. <br />2. Pedicap drivers who assume the entire risk of their business.<br />3. Laborers who operating in the market, railway station or similar places who have no particular employer.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">2. Self-employed assisted by temporary employees</span> are those who run their own business at their own risk with assistance from their family members and/or temporary workers.<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Temporary employees</span> are those who work for different employers, whether a personal/institution/government/company, receiving salary/wages based on the length of time working or on a work output volume basis. <br /><br />Example:<br />1. A shop owner is assisted by household members/unpaid workers or other people who receive their wages based on the working days. <br />2. Vendors running their business assisted by unpaid workers or other people who are given wages based on the amount of labor productivity only. <br />3. Farmer who runs business on his/her own land helped by unpaid workers. Although during harvest season the labor was given part of the paddy production by the owner/employer, the laborer is not considered as a permanent worker.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">3. Self-employed assisted by permanent workers</span> are those who run their own business at own risk assisted by at least one employee/permanent worker.<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Permanent worker</span> is an employee for an employer/state/institution/office/establishment who receives salary/wages in cash and in goods permanently, regardless of the availability of economic output/activity. <br />Example:<br />1. Shop owner is assisted by at least one permanent worker.<br />2. Andi is an employee of a cigarette company, so Andi is categorized as a permanent worker.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">4. Worker/employee</span> is an employee for an employer/state/institution/office/establishment receiving salary/wages in cash or in goods permanently, regardless of the availability of economic output/activity. Agriculture laborers without employers are included into "Worker", as well as freelance workers who have no employer.<br /> <br /><span class="em">5. Unpaid worker</span> are permanent and non-permanent workers/laborers who are employed without salary/wages in cash or in goods. <br /> <div class="i1">Unpaid workers consist of:<br />1. Household members assisting/working for family business without payment. <br />2. Non-household members assisting/working for family business without payment, such as shopkeepers.<br />3. Non-household members and non-family members of the business owner who they assisted, such as workers in a handicraft home industry.</div><br /><br />Blacken [the oval] for the appropriate box as provided.<br /><br />Some examples to accurately determine the occupational status and employment status:<br />1. Gino, Yanto, Yanti, Beny, Rano and Ramli work in a shoe industry that is owned by Ms. Ati. Gino is responsible for buying raw materials of industry. Yanto supervises shoe makers, Yanti is a typist, Beny is a driver, Rano is one of the shoe makers and Mono is an office boy. In her daily duties Ms. Ati is helped by her son Alan who is a paid book keeper. Ms. Ati is the manager of company.<br /><br />The occupational status/main industry and employment status of those people in detail are:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Name</span> - <span class="em">Main industry</span> - <span class="em">Employment status</span><br />1. Ms. Ati - shoe industry - self-employed assisted by permanent employees<br />2. Alan - shoe industry - employee<br />3. Gino - shoe industry - employee<br />4. Yanto - shoe industry - employee<br />5. Yanti - shoe industry - employee<br />6. Beny - shoe industry - employee<br />7. Rano - shoe industry - employee<br />8. Ramli - shoe industry - employee</div><br /><br />2. Triman is a self-employed farmer on his own paddy field land. He is helped by his wife and children in running his business. Ms. Mimin weaves mattresses for selling without employees. Nandi is a driver of Ms. Prayogo and is paid. Jono is a tailor with assistance from his wife Inem, and during peak production Jono will employ some laborers who are not household members with payment. Iman is a personal driver of the Air Mancur Herbal Factory and Iman's wife Marni looks for firewood in the jungle for selling.<br /><br />Main industry/occupational status and employment status of the people above in detail are:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Name</span> - <span class="em">Main industry</span> - <span class="em">Employment status</span><br />1. Triman - Agriculture/farmer - Self-employed assisted by temporary employees<br />2. Mimin - Manufacturing industry - Self-employed<br />3. Nandi - Personal services - Employee<br />4. Jono - Personal services (Tailor) - Self-employed assisted by temporary employees<br />5. Inem - Personal services - Unpaid worker<br />6. Iman - Manufacturing industry - Employee<br />7. Marni - Agriculture - Self-employed</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the employment type of the person's primary occupation.
Universe
Indonesia 2000: Persons age 5+ working during previous week [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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