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Fourth Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2013
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Reference ID
BEN_2013_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)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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Economic activity (last 3 months) (BJ2013A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: BEN2013_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 278
End: 279
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Residents of 6 years or more of age (questions 20 to 24)</span>
<br />[Questions 20-24 were asked of persons aged 6 years or older]</p>

<p><span class="em">21. Occupation status - Does [the person] currently work or has [the person] worked in the last 3 months for at least one continuous week?</span><div class="i1">[] 0 OCSI: employed informal sector<br /> [] 1 OCFP: employed formal state sector<br /> [] 2 OCFP: employed formal private sector<br /> [] 3 CHO: unemployed<br /> [] 4 CT: seeking first employment<br /> [] 5 MEN: housewife<br /> [] 6 ETU: school children and students<br /> [] 7 RET: retired<br /> [] 8 REN: rentier<br /> [] 9 AINA: other inactive<br /><br />[If the person chose an option between 4 and 9, go to question 25]</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Employed informal sector
01 Employed formal state sector
02 Employed formal private sector
03 Unemployed
04 Seeking first employment
05 Housewife
06 School children and students
07 Retired
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 economic activity of the person.
Universe
Benin 2013: Resident persons age 6+ years [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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