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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Economic activity (LR1974A_ECONACT)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 129
End: 129
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all persons over age 10 years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">15. Economic activity</span>
<br />What was person doing most during past 12 months? (If the person reported as anything but working, skip columns on occupation, industry and work status.) </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Working <br />[] 2 Keeping house <br />[] 3 Student <br />[] 4 Retired <br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working
2 Keeping house
3 Students
4 Retirees
5 Others
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 economic activity.
Although the form indicates that the question was asked of persons age 10 and over, persons under 10 can be found in the "Student" or "Others" categories.
Universe
Liberia 1974: All persons

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Concept
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