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Population and Housing Census 2000

Ghana, 2000
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P17 Employment sector (Empsect)

Data file: Population

Overview

Valid: 90626
Invalid: 99242
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 6
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
TYPE OF ACTIVITY - ANSWER ONLY FOR AGES 7 YEARS OR OLDER. THE ANSWER SHOULD REFER TO THE 7 DAYS BEFORE CENSUS NIGHT:
Literal question
P17 EMPLOYMENT SECTOR: In what sector was (NAME) mainly working?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Public 5453
6%
2 Private formal 12703
14%
3 Private informal 69335
76.5%
4 Semi Public or Parastatal 551
0.6%
5 Ngo Int Organisation 270
0.3%
6 Other 2314
2.6%
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.
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