Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

main income-generating activity of (last) husband/partner (wom_q806)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4191

invd 42

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

CURRENTLY MARRIED/LIVING WITH A MAN: What is your husband's/partner's main income generating activity? FORMERLY MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN: What was your last husband's/partner's main income generating activity?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	established own business	351	8.4%
2	unestablished own business	159	3.8%
3	informal casual	870	20.8%
4	informal salaried	407	9.7%
5	formal salaried	505	12%
6	formal casual	139	3.3%
7	rural agriculture	11	0.3%
8	urban agriculture	9	0.2%
9	other:religious leader (pastor)	4	0.1%
92	other:not employed	34	0.8%
93	other:unspecified	0	0%
96	other	15	0.4%
97	refused	3	0.1%
98	don't know	14	0.3%
99	not applicable	1425	34%
9999995	missing:impute	245	5.8%
Sysmiss		42

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.

Question pretext

CHECK 801:

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

First, check Q.801. If a woman is currently married or living with a man, select the CURRENTLY MARRIED/LIVING WITH A MAN option and ask about the husband's/partner's occupation. If she is not currently married but was formerly married or lived with a man, select the FORMERLY MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN option and ask about the most recent (last) husband's/partner's occupation. Examples of occupations are clerk, secretary, barber, taxi driver, nurse, teacher, lawyer, salesman, fisherman, rice farmer, carpenter, etc. We are not interested in the industry that he works in (e.g., agriculture, mining, or sales) or where he works (in a bank, a retail clothing store, or a government office), but we need to know what his job is.

Example: If the respondent says her husband works in the Ministry of Planning, ask what he does there. Write the answer in the respondent's own words. If you are not sure how to write the occupation, it is better to give more detail than less.

“Not currently working” is not an acceptable response. If he is unemployed, get a description of his most recent job. If he does more than one job, write down what he does most of the time. If he is not working because he is in school, write “student.” Use the code sheet to assign a code for the general industry in which the husband works.

Definitions of codes for occupations:

Established own business- this refers to businesses with fixed premises where the individual runs the business from. This includes shopkeeper, kiosk owners, hotel/eateries; salons etc. the business is owned by the respondent.

Unestablished own business- refers to businesses with no fixed premises from where to operate. This category will include itinerant traders such as hawkers, roadside vegetable sellers etc.

Informal casual- refers to individuals working in the informal sector on a casual basis and most likely are paid a daily wage. For example, someone works as a mason in a construction site.

Informal salaried- this category includes those employed in the informal sector but have a salary at the end of the month. For example a house-help who is salaried will be coded under this category.

Formal Salaried- this category includes people working in the formal sector who are salaried- for example teachers, nurses etc.

Formal casual- refers to individuals who work in the formal sector but on a casual basis e.g. a packaging job in a flour mill which is done on a casual basis will be categorized here.

Urban Agriculture- refers to any farming activities (either crop or animal farming and farming related activities such as tilling land, harvesting) done within an urban environment. For instance someone rearing pigs or chicken in his backyard in the city for purposes of selling to earn an income belongs to this category.

Rural Agriculture- refers to any farming activities (either crop or animal farming and farming related activities such as tilling land, harvesting) done within a rural environment. For instance someone planting beans in his rural farm for purposes of selling to earn an income belongs to this category.

Description

Text

Last husband's/partner's main income-generating activity

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who are currently married/living together according to wom_q601 or who are formerly married/living together according to wom_q602A