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)

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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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What kind of work did the father of NAME do for most of his life (s1bq08)

Data file: SCR01B

Overview

Valid: 13334

Invalid: 14046

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 22

End: 23

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

only ask if household member less than or equal 70 years old

Literal question

What kind if work dudd the father of NAME do for most of his life

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		2	0%
1		2	0%
2		1	0%
10	Communist Party officials of all levels (career)	28	0.2%
11	Executive, legislative and justice branches	87	0.7%
12	Leadership of large and small institutions both private and public	142	1.1%
21	Leaders in Natural and life sciences e.g (physics, meteorology)	26	0.2%
22	Leaders in Technical Sciences (architecture, planning etc.)	48	0.4%
23	Doctor, dentist	24	0.2%
24	Pharmacist, pharmacy assistant	12	0.1%
25	Traditional healers including traditional midwife	46	0.3%
26	Nurse, physician's assistant, trained midwife, nurse's aide occupational specialty)	76	0.6%
27	Other medical professionals (veterinarians, etc.)	17	0.1%
28	Junior College/University instructor	15	0.1%
29	Upper and lower secondary school teacher	67	0.5%
30	Primary school teacher	143	1.1%
31	Pre-school teacher (kindergarten and nursery school)	5	0%
32	Other educational professionals	11	0.1%
33	Mid-level managers	89	0.7%
34	Legal professions	9	0.1%
35	Archivist, librarian, information officer, postal clerk	15	0.1%
36	Social scientists	6	0%
37	Cultural, entertainment, sports	36	0.3%
38	Religious Specialist (priest, monk...)	6	0%
39	Optics, electronic equipment technicians	6	0%
40	Safety and quality inspectors	5	0%
41	Business, financial, insurance, real estate agents and other intermediaries	11	0.1%
42	Customs and tax officials (includes social welfare, issuing licenses)	10	0.1%
43	Social worker	8	0.1%
44	Accountant, auditors	69	0.5%
45	Other office workers (secretary, data entry, typist)	58	0.4%
46	Customer service	25	0.2%
51	Service on transportation (stewardess...)	22	0.2%
52	Cleaning, janitorial services (business and home)	16	0.1%
53	Personal care (taking care of children, home nursing,...)	2	0%
54	Other personal services (haircut, burial, fortune tellers, astrologists...)	44	0.3%
55	Protection services (police, guards, firefighters, parking attendants...)	28	0.2%
56	Sales and promotion in stores	30	0.2%
57	Sales in market and stalls	352	2.6%
58	Sales on street (peddlers)	42	0.3%
61	Cultivators including those who also raise livestock	8806	66%
62	Livestock raisers	11	0.1%
63	Forestry and related workers	34	0.3%
64	Aquaculture	4	0%
65	Fishing	284	2.1%
66	Hunting and Trapping	1	0%
71	Skilled manual worker in mining	43	0.3%
72	Skilled construction worker	167	1.3%
73	Metal, mechanical workers	176	1.3%
74	Electricians, electronic equipment assemblers, phone line installers...	42	0.3%
75	Handicraftsmen and printing	95	0.7%
76	Food processing	89	0.7%
77	Woodworking (including rattan and bamboo)	235	1.8%
78	Textile and garment worker	141	1.1%
79	Leather and shoemaking industry worker	13	0.1%
81	Production machine and equipment operators	35	0.3%
82	Drivers and operators of motorized equipment	335	2.5%
91	Other simple services on the street not elsewhere specified	12	0.1%
92	Laundry, ironing	8	0.1%
93	Letter deliverers, porters, doormen	20	0.1%
94	Garbage collectors, scavengers	1	0%
95	Unskilled workers in agriculture, forestry or fisheries	260	1.9%
96	Unskilled workers in mining, construction, industry and transportation	206	1.5%
97	Other unskilled workers	127	1%
99	Other Occupations not elsewhere specified (e.g. military)	548	4.1%
Sysmiss		14046

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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Description

Definition

The questions in part B only ask household members, i.e. people with an X marked in
column A and with their name on the household card. Ask questions 1 to 16 before going on to
the next person.
ask about the biological father of household members

Universe

Household members <=70 years

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