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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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Reference ID
MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Earnings for work (C_WKINCOME)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 416
End: 423
Width: 8
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
721. How much do you usually earn for this work?
INSIST: Is it by day, by week or by month?
RECORD IN MGF X 1,000.

BY HOUR 1 _____
BY DAY 2 _____
BY WEEK 3 _____
BY MONTH 4 _____
BY YEAR 5 _____
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ 999996
Categories
Value Category
99999997 Don't know
99999998 Missing
99999999 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
For respondents who reported earning cash for their work, WKINCOME (V736) is an 8-digit numeric variable that reports the usual amount the respondent earns in cash.

The first digit gives the units in which the amount was specified, while the remaining 7 digits give the total amount. The first digit, or units digit, is coded as follows:


1 indicates earnings per hour
2 indicates earnings per day
3 indicates earnings per week
4 indicates earnings per month
5 indicates earnings per year


For example, 30000400 would indicate that the respondent received 400 per week. The currency and units of currency used are both country-specific.

The values reported in WKINCOME are used to create two other variables with standard time units:

WKINCOMEDAY

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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