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Population and Housing Census 1974 - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Minnesota Population Center
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Economic activity (LR1974A_0415)

Data file: LBR1974-P-H

Overview

Valid: -
Invalid: -
Type: Discrete
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Ask all persons over age 10 years


15. Economic activity
What was person doing most during past 12 months? (If the person reported as anything but working, skip columns on occupation, industry and work status.)

[] 1 Working
[] 2 Keeping house
[] 3 Student
[] 4 Retired
[] 5 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Working
2 Keeping house
3 Students
4 Retirees
5 Others
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 economic activity.

Although the form indicates that the question was asked of persons age 10 and over, persons under 10 can be found in the "Student" or "Others" categories.
Universe
All persons
Source of information
Economic activity

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
Economic activity

Others

Security
Economic activity
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