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Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1990 - 1991
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Reference ID
PAK_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies [Pakistan] and IRD/Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
Aug 22, 2018
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Reason first started working: Other (C_WK1STOTH)

Data file: PAK1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 433
End: 433
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
723. Why did you start working initially?

FINANCIAL NEED 1
SUPPLEMENT FAMILY'S INCOME 1
PERSONAL FULFILLMENT 1
HUSBAND DIED/BECAME ILL 1
SUBSEQUENT TO DIVORCE/SEPARATION 1
OTHER (SPECIFY)___ 1
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
WK1STOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported some "other" reason as the reason for starting to work. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific response categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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