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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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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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Reason not working in previous week (RW2012A_WKREAS)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 246
End: 246
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>21. Why did the respondent not work during the last 7 days (August 8-14, 2012)?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 21 was asked of residents aged 5 years or older that have not worked at least 1 hour during the last 7 days preceding the census night.]<br /><br />[] 0 Home worker<br />[] 1 Non-worker (never worked)<br />[] 2 Non-worker (ever worked)<br />[] 3 On leave, but has job [Go to Question 25.]<br />[] 4 Retired [Go to Question 23.]<br />[] 5 Old age [Go to Question 23.]<br />[] 6 Student [Go to Question 23.]<br />[] 7 Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
Home worker
1 Non-worker, never worked
2 Non-worker, ever worked
3 On leave, but has job
4 Retired
5 Old age
6 Student
7 Other
9 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 reason person did not work in the previous week.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: Persons age 5+ who did not work [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
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