Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Respondent's occupation (Mv716)
Data file: Mens
Overview
Valid:
15401
Invalid:
1321
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
97
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
313
End:
315
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 998
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is your occupation, that is, what kind of work do you mainly DO?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not working | 2349 |
15.3%
|
| 1 | Physical science | 6 |
0%
|
| 2 | Architects, engineers, technologists and surveyors | 80 |
0.5%
|
| 3 | Engineering technicians | 59 |
0.4%
|
| 4 | Aircraft and ships officers | 2 |
0%
|
| 5 | Life scientists | 4 |
0%
|
| 6 | Life science technicians | 3 |
0%
|
| 7 | Physicians and surgeons | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Nursing and other medical and health technicians | 76 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | 3 |
0%
|
|
| 10 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related workers | 4 |
0%
|
| 11 | Economists, and related workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Accountants, auditors and related workers | 66 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Social scientists and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 14 | Jurists | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Teachers | 467 |
3%
|
| 16 | Poets, authors, journalists and related workers | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Sculptors, painters, photographers, and related creative art | 97 |
0.6%
|
| 18 | Composers and performing artists | 110 |
0.7%
|
| 19 | Professional workers, not elsewhere classified (n.E.C.) | 7 |
0%
|
| 20 | Elected and legislative officials | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 21 | Administrative and executive officials government and local | 41 |
0.3%
|
| 22 | Working proprietors, directors and managers, wholesale and r | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 23 | Directors and managers, financial institutions | 5 |
0%
|
| 24 | Working proprietors, directors and managers mining construct | 2 |
0%
|
| 25 | Working proprietors, directors managers and related executiv | 1 |
0%
|
| 26 | Working proprietors, directors and managers, other services | 3 |
0%
|
| 27 | not code | 1 |
0%
|
| 28 | not coded | 0 |
0%
|
| 29 | Administrative, executive and managerial workers, n.E.C. | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 30 | Clerical and other supervisors | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 31 | Village officials | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 32 | Stenographers, typist and card and tape punching operators | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Book keepers, cashiers and related workers | 25 |
0.2%
|
| 34 | Computing machine operators | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 35 | Clerical and related workers | 63 |
0.4%
|
| 36 | Transport and communication supervisors | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 37 | Transport conductors and guards | 29 |
0.2%
|
| 38 | Mail distributors and related workers | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 39 | Telephone and telegraph operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 40 | Merchants and shopkeepers, wholesale and retail trade | 1386 |
9%
|
| 41 | Manufacturers, agents | 10 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | Technical salesmen and commercial travellers | 57 |
0.4%
|
| 43 | Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers | 43 |
0.3%
|
| 44 | Insurance, real estate, securities and business service, sal | 33 |
0.2%
|
| 45 | Money lenders and pawn brokers | 2 |
0%
|
| 46 | Civil servant | 241 |
1.6%
|
| 47 | not coded | 0 |
0%
|
| 48 | Businessman, not specified | 52 |
0.3%
|
| 49 | Sales workers, n.E.C. | 7 |
0%
|
| 50 | Hotel and restaurant keepers | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 51 | House keepers, matron and stewards (domestic & institutional | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 52 | Cooks, waiters, bartenders and related workers (domestic & i | 25 |
0.2%
|
| 53 | Maids and related house keeping service workers, n.E.C. | 3 |
0%
|
| 54 | Building caretakers, sweepers, cleaners and related workers | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 55 | Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers, n.E.C. | 29 |
0.2%
|
| 56 | Hair dresser, barbers, beauticians and related workers | 84 |
0.5%
|
| 57 | Protective service workers | 244 |
1.6%
|
| 58 | Drivers (official, taxi, bus), okada (motorcycle drivers) | 858 |
5.6%
|
| 59 | Service workers | 52 |
0.3%
|
| 60 | Farm plantation, dairy and other managers and supervisors | 4 |
0%
|
| 61 | Cultivators | 5525 |
35.9%
|
| 62 | Farmers, other than cultivators | 250 |
1.6%
|
| 63 | Agricultural labourer | 6 |
0%
|
| 64 | Plantation labourers & related workers | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 65 | Other farm workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 66 | Forestry workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 67 | Hunters and related workers | 10 |
0.1%
|
| 68 | Fishermen and related workers | 184 |
1.2%
|
| 69 | not coded | 1 |
0%
|
| 70 | not coded | 1 |
0%
|
| 71 | Miners, quarrymen, well drillers & related workers | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 72 | Metal processors | 4 |
0%
|
| 73 | Wood preparation workers and paper makers | 30 |
0.2%
|
| 74 | Chemical processors and related workers | 2 |
0%
|
| 75 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers | 24 |
0.2%
|
| 76 | Tanners, fellmongers and pelt dressers | 0 |
0%
|
| 77 | Food and beverage processors | 108 |
0.7%
|
| 78 | Tobacco preparers & tobacco product makers | 0 |
0%
|
| 79 | Tailors, dress makers, sewers, upholsterers & related worker | 236 |
1.5%
|
| 80 | Shoemakers & leather goods makers | 51 |
0.3%
|
| 81 | Carpenters, cabinet & related wood workers | 413 |
2.7%
|
| 82 | Stone cutters & carvers | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 83 | Blacksmiths, tool makers and machine tools operators | 54 |
0.4%
|
| 84 | Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precession instrum | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 85 | Electrical fitters & related electrical & electronic workers | 84 |
0.5%
|
| 86 | Broadcasting station and sound equipment operators and cinem | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 87 | Plumbers, welders, sheet metal & structural metal preparers | 134 |
0.9%
|
| 88 | Jewellery & precious metal workers and metal engravers | 1 |
0%
|
| 89 | Glass formers, potters & related workers | 6 |
0%
|
| 90 | Rubber and plastic product makers workers | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 91 | Paper & paper board products makers/printing and related wor | 28 |
0.2%
|
| 92 | Painters/production & related workers, n.E.C/bricklayers and | 273 |
1.8%
|
| 93 | Stationery engines and related equipment operators, oilers a | 321 |
2.1%
|
| 94 | Transport equipment operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 95 | Labourers (labourers, n.E.C.) | 295 |
1.9%
|
| 96 | Other (new workers seeking employment, workers reporting occ | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 97 | None (workers not reporting any occupation, including housew | 404 |
2.6%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 998 | Dk | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | 85 | ||
| Sysmiss | 1236 |
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.