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Second Integrated Household Survey 2004-2005

Malawi, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
MWI_2004_IHS-II_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/2ked-2t88
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Jun 09, 2015
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What kind of work did person do for most of his/her life (ac07)

Data file: sec_ac

Overview

Valid: 806
Invalid: 925
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 36
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 16
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Farming 384
47.6%
2 Fishing 13
1.6%
3 Trader/merchant 50
6.2%
4 Transport 8
1%
5 Tradesman 33
4.1%
6 Civil servant 17
2.1%
7 Teacher 10
1.2%
8 Doctor/nurse/etc. 1
0.1%
9 Other profession 15
1.9%
10 Clerk/secretary 10
1.2%
11 Factory worker 16
2%
12 Restaurant/bar 1
0.1%
13 General labourer 24
3%
14 Home worker 105
13%
15 Student 58
7.2%
16 Other 61
7.6%
Sysmiss 925
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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