Census of Population of Ireland 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1996

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Reference ID

IRL_1996_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Class of worker (IE1996A_0419)

Data file: IRL1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 190

End: 190

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 15-24 were asked of persons 15 years and over]

Q.20 Employment status

It at work, please check the appropriate box to indicate person's present employment status. If unemployed or retired, indicate the person's previous employment status.
[] 1 Self-employed, with paid employees
[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Self-employed, with paid employees
2	Self-employed, without paid employees
3	Employee
4	Assisting relative
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.

Interviewer instructions

Questions which cover persons 15 years and over

Q.20: Employment Status
An answer is required here for persons who ticked boxes 1,3 or 6 at Question 18. Note that the term 'Employee' should be used for a person receiving a fixed wage or salary, even if he/she is assisting a relative. However, if a person is assisting a relative without receiving a fixed wage or salary, he/she should tick box 4. Priests, nuns, brothers etc. should be described as 'Employees'. Persons in partnership in a firm not having paid employees should tick box 2. Persons in partnership in a firm having paid employees should tick box 1. Persons employed as managing directors should tick box 3.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the worker's class.

Universe

Persons age 15+ at work, experienced unemployed or retired

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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