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National Population and Housing Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 2011
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Reference ID
POL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office of Poland, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 30, 2025
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Main source of income (PL2011A_INC)

Data file: POL2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 117
End: 118
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">5. Module -- Source of maintenance</span><div class="i1">(Concerns persons aged 15 years or more)<br />[Questions 1-2 were asked of persons aged 15 years or more.]</div><p>1. What is your main source of maintenance?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Income from hired work in the public sector<br />[] 2. Income from hired work in the private sector<br />[] 3. Income from self-employment outside agriculture<br />[] 4. Income from self-employment in agriculture<br />[] 5. Income from renting<br />[] 6. Income from property<br />[] 7. Retirement pay (for employees, combatants, farmers)<br />[] 8. Structural pension<br />[] 9. Pension resulting from an inability to work, pension for invalids<br />[] 10. Family pension<br />[] 11. Social pension<br />[] 12. Unemployment benefit<br />[] 13. Pre-retirement benefit or allowance<br />[] 14. Social assistance benefits<br />[] 15. Other sources of income not elsewhere specified<br />[] 16. Dependent</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Earned income from work in public sector
02 Earned income from work in private sector
03 Earned income from self-employment (excluding agriculture)
04 Earned income from self-employment in agriculture
05 Rental income
06 Income from property
07 Pension
08 Structural pension
09 Disability pension
10 Survivor's pension
11 Social pension
12 Unemployment benefits
13 Pre-retirement benefit or allowance
14 Social assistance benefits
15 Other
16 Dependent
98 Unknown
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 main source of income of a person.
Universe
Poland 2011: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 15.4% ]

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