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

Producer(s)

Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Class of worker (SS2008A_CLASSWK)

Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 235

End: 235

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="SS08A434 SS08A435 SS08A436 SS08A437 SS08A438 SS08A534 SS08A535 SS08A536 SS08A537 SS08A538">Economic activity [Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="SS08A438 SS08A538">23. For those who worked or have worked before, what was [the respondent's] employment status? <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.] [] 1 Paid employee [] 2 Employer [] 3 Own account worker [] 4 Unpaid family worker [] 5 Unpaid working for others</div> </svar>

Value	Category
1	Paid employee
2	Employer
3	Own account worker
4	Unpaid family worker
5	Unpaid working for others
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's class of worker.

Universe

South Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who worked or were seeking work not for the first time [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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