Demographic and Health Survey 2014

Bangladesh, 2014

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BGD_2014_DHS_v01_M

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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Respondent's occupation (v716)

Data file: REC71

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 27

End: 28

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

Women who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months (V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not working
11	Land owner
12	Farmer
13	Agricultural worker
14	Fisherman
15	Poultry raising, cattle raising
16	Home-based manufacturing (handicraft, food products)
21	Rickshaw driver, brick breaking, road building, construction worker, boatman, and earth work etc.
22	Domestic servant
23	Non-agricultural worker (factory worker, blue collar service)
31	Carpenter, mason, bus/taxi driver, construction supervisor, seamstresses/tailor, policeman, armed services, dai, community health worker, FWA, similar services
41	Doctor, lawyer, dentist, accountant, teacher, nurse, family welfare visitor, mid and high level services (government/private)
51	Big businessman
52	Small business/trader
61	Unemployed/student
62	Retired
63	Housewife
64	Beggar
65	Imam/Religious leader
96	Others
98	Don't know

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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