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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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Works or ever worked in South Africa (LS1996A_WKLOCZA)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>24. Has (the respondent) ever or presently working in Republic of South Africa?</p>
<div class="i1">[] NA Not applicable<br />[] 1 Never worked<br />[] 2 Worked in past<br />[] 3 Presently working in Republic of South Africa<br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, never worked in South Africa
2 Yes, worked
3 Yes, working
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
This variable indicates whether the person works or has ever worked in South Africa.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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