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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Secondary job in last 12 months (s4eq01)

Data file: SCR04E

Overview

Valid: 5312

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 10

Maximum: 97

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 11

End: 12

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 97

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

In the past 12 months, what was your secondary job? That is, the job you devoted the most time to after your main job in the past 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
10	Communist Party officials of all levels (career)	3	0.1%
11	Executive, legislative and justice branches	57	1.1%
12	Leadership of large and small institutions both private and public	15	0.3%
21	Leaders in Natural and life sciences e.g (physics, meteorology)	4	0.1%
22	Leaders in Technical Sciences (architecture, planning etc.)	6	0.1%
23	Doctor, dentist	7	0.1%
24	Pharmacist, pharmacy assistant	2	0%
25	Traditional healers including traditional midwife	4	0.1%
26	Nurse, physician's assistant, trained midwife, nurse's aide occupational specialty)	5	0.1%
27	Other medical professionals (veterinarians, etc.)	10	0.2%
28	Junior College/University instructor	3	0.1%
29	Upper and lower secondary school teacher	13	0.2%
30	Primary school teacher	7	0.1%
31	Pre-school teacher (kindergarten and nursery school)	2	0%
32	Other educational professionals	3	0.1%
33	Mid-level managers	20	0.4%
34	Legal professions	0	0%
35	Archivist, librarian, information officer, postal clerk	2	0%
36	Social scientists	1	0%
37	Cultural, entertainment, sports	20	0.4%
38	Religious Specialist (priest, monk...)	0	0%
39	Optics, electronic equipment technicians	7	0.1%
40	Safety and quality inspectors	1	0%
41	Business, financial, insurance, real estate agents and other intermediaries	7	0.1%
42	Customs and tax officials (includes social welfare, issuing licenses)	3	0.1%
43	Social worker	29	0.5%
44	Accountant, auditors	5	0.1%
45	Other office workers (secretary, data entry, typist)	3	0.1%
46	Customer service	6	0.1%
51	Service on transportation (stewardess...)	7	0.1%
52	Cleaning, janitorial services (business and home)	1	0%
53	Personal care (taking care of children, home nursing,...)	6	0.1%
54	Other personal services (haircut, burial, fortune tellers, astrologists...)	26	0.5%
55	Protection services (police, guards, firefighters, parking attendants...)	9	0.2%
56	Sales and promotion in stores	24	0.5%
57	Sales in market and stalls	399	7.5%
58	Sales on street (peddlers)	97	1.8%
61	Cultivators including those who also raise livestock	1830	34.5%
62	Livestock raisers	134	2.5%
63	Forestry and related workers	56	1.1%
64	Aquaculture	52	1%
65	Fishing	139	2.6%
66	Hunting and Trapping	11	0.2%
71	Skilled manual worker in mining	27	0.5%
72	Skilled construction worker	191	3.6%
73	Metal, mechanical workers	29	0.5%
74	Electricians, electronic equipment assemblers, phone line installers...	25	0.5%
75	Handicraftsmen and printing	41	0.8%
76	Food processing	264	5%
77	Woodworking (including rattan and bamboo)	163	3.1%
78	Textile and garment worker	107	2%
79	Leather and shoemaking industry worker	5	0.1%
81	Production machine and equipment operators	20	0.4%
82	Drivers and operators of motorized equipment	65	1.2%
91	Other simple services on the street not elsewhere specified	5	0.1%
92	Laundry, ironing	1	0%
93	Letter deliverers, porters, doormen	27	0.5%
94	Garbage collectors, scavengers	16	0.3%
95	Unskilled workers in agriculture, forestry or fisheries	916	17.2%
96	Unskilled workers in mining, construction, industry and transportation	232	4.4%
97	Other unskilled workers	142	2.7%
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.

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