Demographic and Health Survey 2008
Sierra Leone, 2008
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Reference ID
SLE_2008_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL), Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS)
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Respondent's occupation (mv716)
Data file: MREC71
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
11
End:
13
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 | Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers |
| 2 | Professionals |
| 3 | Technicians & Associate Professionals |
| 4 | Clerks |
| 5 | Service Workers, Shop and Market Sales workers |
| 6 | Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Worker |
| 7 | Craft and Related Trade Worker |
| 8 | Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers |
| 9 | Elementary Occupations |
| 10 | Armed Forces |
| 11 | Crop Farming |
| 12 | Livestock |
| 13 | Poultry |
| 14 | Hunting |
| 15 | Forestry |
| 16 | Fishing |
| 17 | Mining and Quarrying |
| 18 | Manufacturing |
| 19 | Electricity, Gas and Water supply |
| 20 | Construction |
| 21 | Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and Personal Household Goods |
| 22 | Hotels and Restaurants |
| 23 | Transport, Storage & Communication |
| 24 | Financial Intermediation |
| 25 | Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities |
| 26 | Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security |
| 27 | Education |
| 28 | Health and Social Work |
| 29 | Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities |
| 30 | Private Households with Employed Persons |
| 31 | Extra-territorial Organizations and Bodies |
| 96 | Other |
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.