Population and Housing census 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Class of worker (KE1989A_0416)

Data file: KEN1989-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 197

End: 197

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C. Persons aged 10 years and over

P32. Work status:

What was [the respondent] working as?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Family worker

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Self employed
3	Employee
4	Family worker
8	Unknown
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.

Interviewer instructions

Column P32 - Work status

144. In column P32, you are required to find out the work status of the respondent. It is important to probe and ascertain the respondent's actual status; that is, whether he/she is an employer, employee etc. Then code using the given codes.

Ask, 'what was --- working as?' If they answer 'employer', enter code 1; if 'self employed', enter code 2, etc.

145 Concepts to help you identify the above group.

(a) Employer
A person who engages the services of another person for the production of goods/services.

(b) Employee
A person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All apprentices should be considered as Employees.

(c) Self employed
A person who operates his or her own enterprise (e.g. farmer, petty trader, carpenter) or a person who operates his or her own enterprise directly without employing private people except family members as helpers.

(d) Family employee
A person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member or members of his/her family without an agreed mode of payment.

(e) Others will include categories not listed above.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's employment status during the seven days before the census night.

NOTE: These data are highly questionable. Most persons did not give a response, including the great majority of agricultural workers.

Universe

Persons age 10+ who worked for pay, worked on family holding, or were on leave 7 days before the census night

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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