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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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Reference ID
NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Sector of main occupation (NG2010A_SECTOR)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 340
End: 341
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section3: Labour</span>
<br /><span class="em">Ask these questions from individuals 5 years and above</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Main/primary employment</span></p>

<p>15. Who is the employer in this job?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Federal gov.<br />[ ] 2 State gov.<br />[ ] 3 Local gov.<br />[ ] 4 Parastatal<br />[ ] 5 Private sector (include paid apprentice)<br />[ ] 6 NGO<br />[ ] 7 Co-operatives<br />[ ] 8 International organisation/diplomatic mission<br />[ ] 9 Religious organisation<br />[ ] 10 Self employed<br />[ ] 11 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Federal government
02 State government
03 Local government
04 Private sector (include paid apprentice)
05 NGO
06 Cooperatives
07 International organisation or diplomatic mission
08 Religious organisation
09 Self employed
10 Other
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 sector of main occupation.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ who worked in the last seven days [discrepancies: type I 1.3%; type II .9%]

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