SES Combined socio-economic data
Malawi
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-SES-2007-v01b
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Grouped occupation (D) (occind)
Data file: combined_ses_ind
Overview
Valid:
332537
Invalid:
166958
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
69
End:
70
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not working | 167397 |
50.3%
|
| 1 | student | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | unskilled manual (irr wage) | 2585 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | farmer | 125881 |
37.9%
|
| 4 | fisherman | 5252 |
1.6%
|
| 5 | skilled manual (irr wage) | 8194 |
2.5%
|
| 6 | non-manual (irr wage) | 243 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | small trader/business | 2572 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | unskilled manual (reg wage) | 2617 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | skilled manual (reg wage) | 1831 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | non-manual (reg wage) | 924 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | professional | 15041 |
4.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 166958 |
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
Grouped occupation
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
variable: emp (table[s]: cen_individ, crs_cenm, css_sei_all, combined_tb_cases_controls_final [derived table])
variable: occ (table[s]: cen_individ, crs_cenm, css_sei_all, combined_tb_cases_controls_final [derived table])
label define oc 0 "Not working" 1 "student" 2 "unskilled manual (irr wage)" 3 "farmer" 4 "fisherman" 5 "skilled manual (irr wage)" 6 "non-manual (irr wage)" 7 "small trader/business" 8 "unskilled manual (reg wage)" 9 "skilled manual (reg wage)" 10 "non-manual (reg wage)" 11 "professional"
recode occ 11/24=11 24=7 25/26=11 31=6 32=7 33=11 34/35=6 36/37=11 39/41=6 42/51=5 52=2 53/54=3 55=4 56/59=2 99=., gen(occind)
replace occind=8 if occind==2 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
replace occind=9 if occind==5 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
replace occind=10 if occind==6 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
label values occind oc
variable: occ (table[s]: cen_individ, crs_cenm, css_sei_all, combined_tb_cases_controls_final [derived table])
label define oc 0 "Not working" 1 "student" 2 "unskilled manual (irr wage)" 3 "farmer" 4 "fisherman" 5 "skilled manual (irr wage)" 6 "non-manual (irr wage)" 7 "small trader/business" 8 "unskilled manual (reg wage)" 9 "skilled manual (reg wage)" 10 "non-manual (reg wage)" 11 "professional"
recode occ 11/24=11 24=7 25/26=11 31=6 32=7 33=11 34/35=6 36/37=11 39/41=6 42/51=5 52=2 53/54=3 55=4 56/59=2 99=., gen(occind)
replace occind=8 if occind==2 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
replace occind=9 if occind==5 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
replace occind=10 if occind==6 & (emp==51 | emp==52)
label values occind oc