Employment and Occupation

 

Percent distribution of women and men by employment status

 

Definition

 

Percent distribution of women and men age 15-49 by whether currently employed, employed in the 12 months preceding the survey but not currently, or not employed in the 12 months preceding the survey.

 

Coverage:

Population base: Women and men age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)

Time period: 12 months preceding the survey

 

Numerators:

1)      Number of women (or men) age 15-49 by employment status:

2)      Currently employed (women: v731 in 2,3; men: mv731 in 2,3)

3)      Employed in the 12 months preceding the survey but not currently (women v731 = 1; men: mv731 = 1)

4)      Not employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (women v731 = 0; men: mv731 = 0)

5)      Employment status missing or unknown (women v731 in 8,9; men: mv731 in 8,9)

 

Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49

 

Variables: IR file, MR file.

v731

Respondent worked in last 12 months (women)

v005

Women's sample weight

mv731

Respondent worked in last 12 months (men)

mv005

Men's sample weight

 

Calculation

 

Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Missing data and “don’t know” responses are reported in a separate category in the percent distribution.

 

Notes and Considerations

 

“Currently employed” is defined as having done work in the past 7 days. Includes persons who did not work in the past 7 days but who are regularly employed and were absent from work for leave, illness, vacation, or any other such reason.

 

Percent distribution adds up to 100 percent.

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 3.6.1 and 3.6.2

 

API Indicator IDs:

Women: EM_EMPL_W_EMC, EM_EMPL_W_ENC, EM_EMPL_W_N12, EM_EMPL_W_DKM

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Men: EM_EMPL_M_EMC, EM_EMPL_M_ENC, EM_EMPL_M_N12, EM_EMPL_M_DKM
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Percent distribution of women and men age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation

 

Definition

 

Percent distribution of women and men age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation.

 

Coverage:

Population base: Women and men age 15-49 employed (IR file, MR file)

Time period: 12 months preceding the survey

 

Numerators:

Number of women (or men) age 15-49 in the 12 months preceding the survey employed by occupation group:

1)      Professional, technical or managerial (women: v717 = 1; men: mv717 = 1)

2)      Clerical (women: v717 = 2; men: mv717 = 2)

3)      Sales and services (women: v717 in 3,7; men: mv717 in 3,7)

4)      Skilled manual (women: v717 = 8; men: mv717 = 8)

5)      Unskilled manual (women: v717 = 9; men: mv717 = 9)

6)      Domestic service (women: v717 = 6; men: mv717 = 6)

7)      Agriculture (women: v717 in 4,5; men: mv717 in 4,5)

8)      Missing or don’t know (women: v717 in 96:99; men: mv717 in 96:99)

 

Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49 employed (women: v731 in 1:3; men: mv731 in 1:3)

 

Variables: IR file, MR file.

v717

Respondent's occupation (women)

v005

Women's sample weight

mv717

Respondent's occupation  (men)

mv005

Men's sample weight

 

Calculation

 

Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Missing or “don’t know” responses for whether employed in the 12 months preceding the survey are excluded from the numerators and denominator. Missing or “don’t know” responses for occupation are included in a separate category in the percent distribution.

 

Notes and Considerations

 

Coding of occupations in most surveys follows a coding scheme based on the ILO International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), however the exact coding scheme used can be survey specific.

 

Changes over Time

 

In some prior surveys the domestic service category may have been grouped with the sales and services category.

 

References

 

ILO. 2008. International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco08/

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 3.7.1 and 3.7.2

 

API Indicator IDs:

Women:
EM_OCCP_W_PRO, EM_OCCP_W_CLR, EM_OCCP_W_SAL, EM_OCCP_W_MNS, EM_OCCP_W_MNU, EM_OCCP_W_DOM, EM_OCCP_W_AGR, EM_OCCP_W_OTH, EM_OCCP_W_DKM

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Men:

EM_OCCP_M_PRO, EM_OCCP_M_CLR, EM_OCCP_M_SAL, EM_OCCP_M_MNS, EM_OCCP_M_MNU, EM_OCCP_M_DOM, EM_OCCP_M_AGR, EM_OCCP_M_OTH, EM_OCCP_M_DKM
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Percent distribution of women employed by type of earnings, type of employer, and continuity of employment

 

Definition

 

Percent distribution of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by:

1)      Type of earnings.

2)      Type of employer.

3)      Continuity of employment.

                                                      

Coverage:

Population base: Women age 15-49 employed (IR file)

Time period: 12 months preceding the survey

 

Numerators:

1)      Number of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (v731 in 1:3) by type of earnings: Cash only, cash and in-kind, in-kind only, not paid, missing (v741 in 1,2,3,0,9)

2)      Number of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (v731 in 1:3) by type of employer: Employed by family member, employed by non-family member, self-employed, missing (v719 in 1,2,3,9)

3)      Number of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (v731 in 1:3) by continuity of employment: All year, seasonal, occasional, missing (v732 in 1,2,3,9)

 

Denominator: Number of women age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (v731 in 1:3)

 

Variables: IR file.

v717

Respondent's occupation (grouped)

v719

Respondent works for family, others, self

v731

Respondent worked in last 12 months

v732

Respondent employed all year/seasonal

v741

Type of earnings from respondent's work

v005

Women's sample weight

 

Calculation

 

Numerator divided by denominator multiplied by 100.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Missing values or “don’t know” responses are presented in separate categories in each percent distribution.

 

Notes and Considerations

 

Percent distributions add up to 100 percent.

 

Indicators are typically shown separately for agricultural (v717 = 4,5) and nonagricultural work (v717 in 1:9)

 

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 3.8

 

API Indicator IDs:
EM_EMPT_W_CSH, EM_EMPT_W_CAK, EM_EMPT_W_KND, EM_EMPT_W_NPD, EM_EMPT_W_CMS, EM_EMPT_W_FAM, EM_EMPT_W_NFM, EM_EMPT_W_SEM, EM_EMPT_W_EMS, EM_EMPT_W_AYR, EM_EMPT_W_SES, EM_EMPT_W_OCC, EM_EMPT_W_TMS
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