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National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978
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Reference ID
POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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First type of employment (of person providing support) (PL1978A_CLASSWK)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 150
End: 151
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">17 to 20 - Main employment</span>
<br />[Questions 17-20 were asked of the respondent's main employment.]</p>

<p>19. Type of employment ____</p>
<div class="i1">(Please write in one of the types given)<br /><br />Employee<br />Commissioner (commission-merchant)<br />Home-worker<br />Member of productive cooperative<br />User of farm<br />Worker on own account<br />Aiding in work of ____ (write in the relevant successive number of person enumerated)<br />Clergyman</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employed in socialized economy
02 Employed in non-socialized economy
03 Commission worker
04 Cottage worker
05 Member of a productive cooperative
06 User of a farm
07 Self- employed
08 Aiding in the work of a family member
09 Clergyman
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 first type of employment of the person who is providing economic support.
Universe
Poland 1978: Present persons who are economically active or who are being maintaned with earned sources of income [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

concept

Concept
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