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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Main work 5 years ago (s4gq09)

Data file: SCR04G

Overview

Valid: 13613

Invalid: 5863

Minimum: 10

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 26

End: 27

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Five years ago, what was your main work?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
10	Communist Party officials of all levels (career)	13	0.1%
11	Executive, legislative and justice branches	55	0.4%
12	Leadership of large and small institutions both private and public	76	0.6%
21	Leaders in Natural and life sciences e.g (physics, meteorology)	21	0.2%
22	Leaders in Technical Sciences (architecture, planning etc.)	31	0.2%
23	Doctor, dentist	16	0.1%
24	Pharmacist, pharmacy assistant	11	0.1%
25	Traditional healers including traditional midwife	14	0.1%
26	Nurse, physician's assistant, trained midwife, nurse's aide occupational specialty)	46	0.3%
27	Other medical professionals (veterinarians, etc.)	11	0.1%
28	Junior College/University instructor	11	0.1%
29	Upper and lower secondary school teacher	96	0.7%
30	Primary school teacher	121	0.9%
31	Pre-school teacher (kindergarten and nursery school)	46	0.3%
32	Other educational professionals	10	0.1%
33	Mid-level managers	83	0.6%
34	Legal professions	13	0.1%
35	Archivist, librarian, information officer, postal clerk	12	0.1%
36	Social scientists	6	0%
37	Cultural, entertainment, sports	25	0.2%
38	Religious Specialist (priest, monk...)	0	0%
39	Optics, electronic equipment technicians	7	0.1%
40	Safety and quality inspectors	6	0%
41	Business, financial, insurance, real estate agents and other intermediaries	11	0.1%
42	Customs and tax officials (includes social welfare, issuing licenses)	8	0.1%
43	Social worker	20	0.1%
44	Accountant, auditors	62	0.5%
45	Other office workers (secretary, data entry, typist)	32	0.2%
46	Customer service	25	0.2%
48		1	0%
50		1	0%
51	Service on transportation (stewardess...)	10	0.1%
52	Cleaning, janitorial services (business and home)	9	0.1%
53	Personal care (taking care of children, home nursing,...)	14	0.1%
54	Other personal services (haircut, burial, fortune tellers, astrologists...)	59	0.4%
55	Protection services (police, guards, firefighters, parking attendants...)	40	0.3%
56	Sales and promotion in stores	76	0.6%
57	Sales in market and stalls	985	7.2%
58	Sales on street (peddlers)	229	1.7%
61	Cultivators including those who also raise livestock	8521	62.6%
62	Livestock raisers	110	0.8%
63	Forestry and related workers	11	0.1%
64	Aquaculture	11	0.1%
65	Fishing	156	1.1%
66	Hunting and Trapping	0	0%
71	Skilled manual worker in mining	51	0.4%
72	Skilled construction worker	174	1.3%
73	Metal, mechanical workers	144	1.1%
74	Electricians, electronic equipment assemblers, phone line installers...	71	0.5%
75	Handicraftsmen and printing	77	0.6%
76	Food processing	203	1.5%
77	Woodworking (including rattan and bamboo)	232	1.7%
78	Textile and garment worker	302	2.2%
79	Leather and shoemaking industry worker	26	0.2%
81	Production machine and equipment operators	49	0.4%
82	Drivers and operators of motorized equipment	134	1%
91	Other simple services on the street not elsewhere specified	7	0.1%
92	Laundry, ironing	4	0%
93	Letter deliverers, porters, doormen	17	0.1%
94	Garbage collectors, scavengers	17	0.1%
95	Unskilled workers in agriculture, forestry or fisheries	513	3.8%
96	Unskilled workers in mining, construction, industry and transportation	241	1.8%
97	Other unskilled workers	134	1%
99	Other Occupations not elsewhere specified (e.g. military)	96	0.7%
Sysmiss		5863

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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