Agriculture Census 2015

Tonga, 2015

Reference ID

SPC_TON_2015_AGC_v01_M

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Tonga Statistics Department, Tonga Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries

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Employment Status (b_col8)

Data file: TON_2015_AGC_SectionB_v01

Overview

Valid: 59144

Invalid: 32087

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 38

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Employment status

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Own-account	18200	30.8%
2	Employer	596	1%
3	Employee - government	4866	8.2%
4	Employee - private	8721	14.7%
5	Unpaid family worker	2193	3.7%
6	Student	9111	15.4%
7	Other	15457	26.1%
Sysmiss		32087

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

This column classifies the status of the principal occupation in which the person was employed during the past week. The classification of the employment status is as follows:
Code 1 Own account is a person who generate his/her income directly from customers, clients or other organizations as opposed to being an employee of a business (or person).
Code 2 Employer is a person who operates his/her own farm or business or is engaged independently in a profession or trade and employs one or more paid workers.
Code 3 Employee - government is a person who works for the government.
Code 4 Employee - private employer is a person who works for a private firm or company such as Molisi, Gateway Rentals, etc.
Code 5 Unpaid worker is a person who works without pay of any kind.
Code 6 Student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution.
Code 7 Others is none of the above classification.

Description

Universe

For household members 15 years old and over.

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