Demographic and Health Survey 2008

Nigeria, 2008

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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Respondent's occupation (mv716)

Data file: MREC71

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 12

End: 14

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Men who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months (MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not working
1	Physical science
2	Architects, engineers, technologists and surveyors
3	Engineering technicians
4	Aircraft and ships officers
5	Life scientists
6	Life science technicians
7	Physicians and surgeons
8	Nursing and other medical and health technicians
9	Scientific, medical and technical persons, other
10	Mathematicians, statisticians and related workers
11	Economists, and related workers
12	Accountants, auditors and related workers
13	Social scientists and related workers
14	Jurists
15	Teachers
16	Poets, authors, journalists and related workers
17	Sculptors, painters, photographers, and related creative artists
18	Composers and performing artists
19	Professional workers, not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
20	Elected and legislative officials
21	Administrative and executive officials government and local bodies
22	Working proprietors, directors and managers, wholesale and retail trade
23	Directors and managers, financial institutions
24	Working proprietors, directors and managers mining construction, manufacturing and related concerns
25	Working proprietors, directors managers and related executives, transport, storage and communication
26	Working proprietors, directors and managers, other services
29	Administrative, executive and managerial workers, n.e.c.
30	Clerical and other supervisors
31	Village officials
32	Stenographers, typist and card and tape punching operators
33	Book keepers, cashiers and related workers
34	Computing machine operators
35	Clerical and related workers
36	Transport and communication supervisors
37	Transport conductors and guards
38	Mail distributors and related workers
39	Telephone and telegraph operators
40	Merchants and shopkeepers, wholesale and retail trade
41	Manufacturers, agents
42	Technical salesmen and commercial travellers
43	Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers
44	Insurance, real estate, securities and business service, salesmen and auctioneers
45	Money lenders and pawn brokers
46	Civil Servant
48	Businessman, not specified
49	Sales workers, n.e.c.
50	Hotel and restaurant keepers
51	House keepers, matron and stewards (domestic & institutional)
52	Cooks, waiters, bartenders and related workers (domestic & institutional)
53	Maids and related house keeping service workers, n.e.c.
54	Building caretakers, sweepers, cleaners and related workers
55	Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers, n.e.c.
56	Hair dresser, barbers, beauticians and related workers
57	Protective service workers
58	Drivers (official, taxi, bus), Okada (motorcycle drivers)
59	Service workers
60	Farm plantation, dairy and other managers and supervisors
61	Cultivators
62	Farmers, other than cultivators
63	Agricultural labourer
64	Plantation labourers & related workers
65	Other farm workers
66	Forestry workers
67	Hunters and related workers
68	Fishermen and related workers
71	Miners, quarrymen, well drillers & related workers
72	Metal processors
73	Wood preparation workers and paper makers
74	Chemical processors and related workers
75	Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers
76	Tanners, fellmongers and pelt dressers
77	Food and beverage processors
78	Tobacco preparers & tobacco product makers
79	Tailors, dress makers, sewers, upholsterers & related workers
80	Shoemakers & leather goods makers
81	Carpenters, cabinet & related wood workers
82	Stone cutters & carvers
83	Blacksmiths, tool makers and machine tools operators
84	Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precession instrument makers (except electrical)
85	Electrical fitters & related electrical & electronic workers
86	Broadcasting station and sound equipment operators and cinema projectionists
87	Plumbers, welders, sheet metal & structural metal preparers and erectors
88	Jewellery & precious metal workers and metal engravers
89	Glass formers, potters & related workers
90	Rubber and plastic product makers workers
91	Paper & paper board products makers/printing and related workers
92	Painters/production & related workers, n.e.c/bricklayers and other constructions workers
93	Stationery engines and related equipment operators, oilers and greasers/material handling & related equipment operators (loaders & unloaders)
94	Transport equipment operators
95	Labourers (labourers, n.e.c.)
96	Other (new workers seeking employment, workers reporting occupations unidentifiable or inadequately described)
97	None (workers not reporting any occupation, including housewives, students, unemployed and retired)
998	DK

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.

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Notes

Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific.

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