Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Rep., 1991 - 1992

Reference ID

YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Main activity (H_MAINACTIVITY)

Data file: YEM1991-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 283

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

PERSONS AGED 10 YEARS AND OVER
201) What did (NAME) do most of the time during the past month? Was he/she:

WORKING 1
UNEMPLOYED 2
HOUSEWORK AND WORKING 3
STUDENT AND WORKING 4
SEEKING WORK FOR FIRST TIME 5
DOING HOUSEWORK 6
STUDENT 7
RETIRED 8

Categories

Value	Category
10	Working
11	Doing work
12	Housework and work
13	School and work
14	Self-employed
20	Unemployed
21	Unemployed, worked before
22	Unemployed, never worked before
30	Not in labor force
31	Housewife
32	In school
33	Unable to work/handicapped
34	Retired
35	Other
97	Don't know
98	Missing
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

MAINACTIVITY reports the main activity of household members during a specified reference period.

IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable, dividing responses into three broad categories (working, unemployed, and not in labor force), with additional detail preserved in the second digit. If working and doing some second activity (such as housework or attending school) is reported, the response is categorized under the "working" heading, with the additional activity reported in the second digit.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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