Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018

Bangladesh, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

BGD_2017_DHS_v01_M

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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Dec 23, 2020

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Respondent's occupation (v716)

Data file: REC71.dta

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Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 35

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Not working and didn't work in last 12 months
11	Land Owner
12	Farmer
13	Agricultural Worker
14	Fisherman
15	Poultry raising, Cattle raising
16	Home-based Manufacturing (Handicraft, Food products)
21	Rickshaw driver, Brick breaking, Road building, Construction worker, Boatman, and Earth work etc.
22	Domestic servant
23	Non-agricultural worker (Factory worker, blue collar service)
31	Carpenter, Masson, Bus/taxi driver, Construction supervisor, Seamstresses/Tailor, Policeman, Armed services, Dai, Community health worker, FWA, Similar services
41	Doctor, Lawyer, Dentist, Accountant, Teacher, Nurse, Family welfare visitor, Mid and high level services (Government/private)
51	Big businessman
52	Small business/trader
61	Unemployed/student
62	Retired
96	Others
99998	Don't know

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.

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