Primary occupation
(V77)
File: LFS 2002-2003
Overview
Type:
Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 0
Range:
0-9999
| Valid cases: 19834 (878917.4)
Invalid: 30114 (1349911.3)
Minimum: 1120
Maximum: 9999
Mean: 5658.3 (5628.2)
Standard deviation: 1914 (1967.6)
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Definition
If any member had more than one economic activity - wage employment or self-employment - during the reference period (say, past week or past 12 months), then the primary occupation was one which the respondent accepts as such based on the time spent and /or income earned from different activities and other considerations like social and legal status. If the person was engaged in only one occupation, then that was his/her primary occupation.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the main type of work, trade or profession _________ did in his primary occupation in the last 12 months?
