Demographic and Health Survey 2014
Bangladesh, 2014
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)
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Respondent's occupation (v716)
Data file: REC71
Overview
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
Range
0 - 99
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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.