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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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Reference ID
IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Employment status (IE2016A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 195
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
27. How would you describe your present principal status?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark one box only<br /><br />[] 1. Working for payment or profit <br />[] 2. Looking for first regular job <br />[] 3. Unemployed <br />[] 4. Student or pupil<br />[] 5. Looking after home/family <br />[] 6. Retired from employment <br />[] 7. Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability <br />[] 8. Other, write in ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Working for payment or profit
02 Looking for first regular job
03 Unemployed
04 Student or pupil
05 Looking after home or family
06 Retired from employment
07 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
08 Other
98 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I 3.5%; type II none]

concept

Concept
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