Codes and Frequencies
Code | Label |
benin
1992
|
---|---|---|
1 | Employed | 204,984 |
2 | Seeking first employment | 2,051 |
3 | Unemployed | 1,197 |
4 | Housewife | 61,342 |
5 | School children and students | 31,750 |
6 | Retired | 2,017 |
7 | Rentier | 1,342 |
8 | Unknown | 7,706 |
9 | NIU (not in universe) | 186,030 |
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Description
This variable indicates the person's employment status.
Universe
- Benin 1992: Persons age 10+ from a private household
Availability
- Benin: 1992
Questionnaire Text
Persons of 10 years or more of age
[Questions in columns 17 - 21 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]
(18) Occupation
[] 1 OCC: employed
[] 2 CT: seeking first employment
[] 3 CHO: unemployed
[] 4 MEN: housewife
[] 5 ETU: school children and students
[] 6 RET: retired
[] 7 REN: rentier
[] 8 SO: Not applicable for persons younger than 10
[] 9 ND: Undeclared
[] 2 CT: seeking first employment
[] 3 CHO: unemployed
[] 4 MEN: housewife
[] 5 ETU: school children and students
[] 6 RET: retired
[] 7 REN: rentier
[] 8 SO: Not applicable for persons younger than 10
[] 9 ND: Undeclared
II. How to fill out the questionnaire (Document RGPH 2 Number 1).
Columns (17) to (21): These columns are only for persons older than 10 i.e. born before February 1982.
Column (17): Marital Status
Is considered married, each individual whose union was celebrated in a civil, religious, or customary rite. The census agent shall circle the codes according to the interviewee's answer.
[] 0 Single i.e. a man or a woman who was never been married.
[] 1 M1: monogamous marriage
[] 2 M2: polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3 M3: polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4 M4+: polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5 D: divorced for each person whose marriage ended through divorce and has not remarried.
[] 6 V: widowed for each person who was married and has lost his or her partner through death and was not remarried at the time of the census.
[] 7 S: separated for each person previously married but declares to be separated at the time of the census.
[] 8 UL (free union) [unmarried couple] for each person living with a partner without an official celebration of a legal marriage, religious or customary.
[] 1 M1: monogamous marriage
[] 2 M2: polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3 M3: polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4 M4+: polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5 D: divorced for each person whose marriage ended through divorce and has not remarried.
[] 6 V: widowed for each person who was married and has lost his or her partner through death and was not remarried at the time of the census.
[] 7 S: separated for each person previously married but declares to be separated at the time of the census.
[] 8 UL (free union) [unmarried couple] for each person living with a partner without an official celebration of a legal marriage, religious or customary.