Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996

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Reference ID

LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Sector of employment (EMPSECT)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 164

End: 165

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	Public
20	Private
21	Private, not elsewhere classified
22	Individual/family enterprise, and self-employed
23	Foreign
30	Mixed: public-private or parastatal
40	Collective or cooperative
50	Foreign government or non-governmental organization
60	Other, unspecified
61	Canal zone
62	Faith-based organization
63	Informal sector
99	Unknown

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

EMPSECT indicates the economic sector in which the person was employed. Economic sector is defined in terms of ownership or control of the enterprise in which the person worked.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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