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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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District or country of employment in urban areas (LS1996A_WKLOC2)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 223
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section D. For all persons aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p>Location of employment in Urban Areas</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Butha- Buthe<br />[] 2 Hlotse<br />[] 3 Maputsoe<br />[] 4 Teyateyaneng<br />[] 5 Maseru<br />[] 6 Mafeteng<br />[] 7 Mohale's Hoek<br />[] 8 Moyeni<br />[] 9 Qacha's Nek<br />[] 10 Mokhotlong<br />[] 11 Thaha-Tseka<br />[] 12 Republic of South Africa<br />[] 13 Other countries<br />[] 99 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Butha Buthe
02 Hlotse
03 Maputsoe
04 Teyateyaneng
05 Maseru
06 Mafeteng
07 Mohale's Hoek
08 Moyeni
09 Qacha's Nek
10 Mokhotlong
11 Thaba Tseka
12 South Africa
13 Other countries
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">4. Part D of the questionnaire</span>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the location of employment for those employed in urban areas during the previous week.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: Persons age 10+ who are employed and work in urban areas [discrepancies: type I 7.5%; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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