4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012

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Reference ID

RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Jul 30, 2025

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Occupation (1-digit) (RW2012A_OCC)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 275

End: 276

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Section P: Characteristics of population </span></p>

<p>[Questions 25-28 were asked for residents aged 5 and over who are currently working or have ever worked (as indicated in questions 20-22 above).]</p>

<p>25. What was the respondent's main occupation (type of work) during the last 7 days preceding the census night or during the last time he/she worked?</p>
<div class="i1">Occupation ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Managers
02	Professionals
03	Technicians and associate professionals
04	Clerical support workers
05	Service and sales workers
06	Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
07	Craft and related trades workers
08	Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
09	Elementary occupations
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 person's main occupation group.

Universe

Rwanda 2012: Persons age 5+ who are working or seeking work [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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