BCG Immunology Study: Protective immunity following neonatal BCG vaccination
Malawi, 2007 - 2010
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-BIS-2007-v1
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Dr Kate Watkins, Immunologist,
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- bis_adhoc
- bis_baby
- bis_babyvacc
- bis_ghhm
- bis_mother
- bis_review
Occupation of head (hhhocc)
Data file: bis_mother
Overview
Valid:
310
Invalid:
2
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
78
End:
79
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
What is the main occupation of the head of the HH where you are currently living?
Literal question
Occupation head:
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not working | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | Teachers, nurses, clergy, writers | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Teachers | 5 |
1.6%
|
| 13 | Health professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Clergy | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 19 | Other professionals | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Managing small family business | 0 |
0%
|
| 23 | Management in large organisations | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Small family business | 7 |
2.3%
|
| 25 | Commercial farmer | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 26 | Traditional authority | 0 |
0%
|
| 30 | Small trader/store keeper | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Desk, shop or official outdoor jobs | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Small trader/store | 10 |
3.2%
|
| 33 | Office worker | 0 |
0%
|
| 34 | Barman/girl, waiter | 0 |
0%
|
| 35 | Sales assistant | 0 |
0%
|
| 36 | Army/police | 0 |
0%
|
| 37 | Clinical assistants | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 39 | Other non-manual | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 41 | Modern skills | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | Traditional craft | 0 |
0%
|
| 43 | Crafts and related skills | 24 |
7.7%
|
| 44 | Driver/assistant driver | 6 |
1.9%
|
| 45 | African Doctor/herbalist | 6 |
1.9%
|
| 49 | Other skilled manual | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 51 | Agriculture | 0 |
0%
|
| 52 | Other manual work | 0 |
0%
|
| 53 | Subsistence farmer | 182 |
58.7%
|
| 54 | Herdsman | 0 |
0%
|
| 55 | Fisherman | 38 |
12.3%
|
| 56 | Labourer | 8 |
2.6%
|
| 57 | Security guard/watchman | 9 |
2.9%
|
| 58 | House boy/girl | 0 |
0%
|
| 59 | Other unskilled manual | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 2 |
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.