Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey, Wave 1, 2004
Kenya, 2004
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Reference ID
KEN_2004_GEHDS-W1_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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- Data files
- aghead_a
- aghead_b
- aghead_c
- aghead_d
- aghead_e
- aghead_e1_2
- agspouse_a
- agspouse_b
- agspouse_c
- agspouse_c_2
- anthrop_a
- anthrop_b
- anthrop_c
- assets
- assets_I8
- assets_I12
- assets_I17
- assets_II
- assets_II5
- assets_II11
- assets_III
- assets_III7
- assets_III13
- assets_IV
- assets_V
- assets_V6
- assets_V12
- assets_VI
- behavior
- behavior_c5
- education
- educexp
- enterprise
- food
- health
- health_c
- health_c_I
- health_c_II
- health_c_III
- health_c_IV
- hh_roster
- identification
- income
- iroster
- othexp
- polygamoushh
- shocks
- shocks_a3
- shocks_a7
- shocks_a11
- shocks_a15
- shocks_a19
- shocks_a24
- shocks_a27
- shocks_b30
- shocks_b33
- shocks_b36
- shocks_b40
- shocks_c44
- shocks_c49
- shocks_c53
- timealloc
- transfers
- transfers_a3
- transfers_a9
- transfers_a16
- transfers_b3
- transfers_d
- youth
Occupation (irid04)
Data file: iroster
Overview
Valid:
2193
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is this person’s occupation?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop farmer | 667 |
30.4%
|
| 2 | Animal farmer | 28 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | Housewife | 637 |
29%
|
| 4 | Trader/merchant/salesperson | 196 |
8.9%
|
| 5 | Transport worker | 35 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | Construction worker | 10 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Teacher/education professional | 90 |
4.1%
|
| 8 | Health professional/TBA/trad. Healer | 39 |
1.8%
|
| 9 | Secretary/clerical | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | Factory worker | 12 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | Restaurant/bar/hotel | 15 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Skilled trades (carpenter, tailor, etc.) | 23 |
1%
|
| 13 | Preacher/pastor | 20 |
0.9%
|
| 14 | Village elder | 10 |
0.5%
|
| 15 | Domestic worker | 8 |
0.4%
|
| 16 | Civil Servant/Government | 158 |
7.2%
|
| 17 | Other (specify) | 39 |
1.8%
|
| 88 | No activity/unemployed | 193 |
8.8%
|
| 98 | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| 99 | Don’t Know | 0 |
0%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Use the occupation codes to classify the answer given by the respondent. Write “DK” if the respondent does not know the occupation.