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Third Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2002
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Reference ID
BEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Economic activity (in the last 3 months) (BJ2002A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 274
End: 275
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home</p>

<p><span class="em"> Residents of 6 years or more of age</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 18 - 22 were asked of residents 6+ years old]</p>

<p>(19) Occupation status
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 OCSI = employed informal sector<br />[] 1 OCFP = employed formal state sector<br />[] 2 OCFP = employed formal private sector<br />[] 3 CT = seeking first employment<br />[] 4 CHO = unemployed<br />[] 5 MEN = housewife<br />[] 6 ETU = school children and students<br />[] 7 RET = retired<br />[] 8 REN = rentier<br />[] 9 AINA = other unemployed</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Employed informal sector
01 Employed formal state
02 Employed formal private sector
03 Seeking first employment
04 Unemployed
05 Housewife
06 Student
07 Retired person
08 Rentier
09 Other inactive
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
This variable indicates the person's primary economic activity during the past three months.
Universe
Benin 2002: Residents age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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