Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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Profession code for the secondary job (s4cq01)

Data file: SCR04C

Overview

Valid: 2321

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 10

Maximum: 97

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 11

End: 12

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 97

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please describe the work to which you devoted the most time, after your main job, during the past 7 days?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
10	Communist Party officials of all levels (career)	2	0.1%
11	Executive, legislative and justice branches	43	1.9%
12	Leadership of large and small institutions both private and public	9	0.4%
21	Leaders in Natural and life sciences e.g (physics, meteorology)	3	0.1%
22	Leaders in Technical Sciences (architecture, planning etc.)	3	0.1%
23	Doctor, dentist	7	0.3%
24	Pharmacist, pharmacy assistant	1	0%
25	Traditional healers including traditional midwife	2	0.1%
26	Nurse, physician's assistant, trained midwife, nurse's aide occupational specialty)	6	0.3%
27	Other medical professionals (veterinarians, etc.)	9	0.4%
28	Junior College/University instructor	2	0.1%
29	Upper and lower secondary school teacher	10	0.4%
30	Primary school teacher	9	0.4%
31	Pre-school teacher (kindergarten and nursery school)	2	0.1%
32	Other educational professionals	2	0.1%
33	Mid-level managers	11	0.5%
34	Legal professions	0	0%
35	Archivist, librarian, information officer, postal clerk	1	0%
36	Social scientists	0	0%
37	Cultural, entertainment, sports	14	0.6%
38	Religious Specialist (priest, monk...)	0	0%
39	Optics, electronic equipment technicians	6	0.3%
40	Safety and quality inspectors	0	0%
41	Business, financial, insurance, real estate agents and other intermediaries	3	0.1%
42	Customs and tax officials (includes social welfare, issuing licenses)	2	0.1%
43	Social worker	18	0.8%
44	Accountant, auditors	2	0.1%
45	Other office workers (secretary, data entry, typist)	0	0%
46	Customer service	3	0.1%
51	Service on transportation (stewardess...)	2	0.1%
52	Cleaning, janitorial services (business and home)	1	0%
53	Personal care (taking care of children, home nursing,...)	3	0.1%
54	Other personal services (haircut, burial, fortune tellers, astrologists...)	15	0.6%
55	Protection services (police, guards, firefighters, parking attendants...)	8	0.3%
56	Sales and promotion in stores	11	0.5%
57	Sales in market and stalls	252	10.9%
58	Sales on street (peddlers)	47	2%
61	Cultivators including those who also raise livestock	891	38.4%
62	Livestock raisers	97	4.2%
63	Forestry and related workers	9	0.4%
64	Aquaculture	47	2%
65	Fishing	53	2.3%
66	Hunting and Trapping	1	0%
71	Skilled manual worker in mining	7	0.3%
72	Skilled construction worker	36	1.6%
73	Metal, mechanical workers	13	0.6%
74	Electricians, electronic equipment assemblers, phone line installers...	19	0.8%
75	Handicraftsmen and printing	9	0.4%
76	Food processing	170	7.3%
77	Woodworking (including rattan and bamboo)	78	3.4%
78	Textile and garment worker	46	2%
79	Leather and shoemaking industry worker	1	0%
81	Production machine and equipment operators	5	0.2%
82	Drivers and operators of motorized equipment	19	0.8%
91	Other simple services on the street not elsewhere specified	2	0.1%
92	Laundry, ironing	1	0%
93	Letter deliverers, porters, doormen	10	0.4%
94	Garbage collectors, scavengers	0	0%
95	Unskilled workers in agriculture, forestry or fisheries	191	8.2%
96	Unskilled workers in mining, construction, industry and transportation	54	2.3%
97	Other unskilled workers	53	2.3%
99	Other Occupations not elsewhere specified (e.g. military)	0	0%

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

Almost all questions in Part C are similar to those asked about in Part B.

Description

Definition

Secondary employment: Is the work in which individuals spend the most time after the main job.

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