PHC 1989

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Collection(s) Population and Housing Census

Overview

Identification

COUNTRY

Mongolia

TITLE

PHC 1989
 

STUDY TYPE

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
 

SERIES INFORMATION

Mongolia has conducted population censuses in 1918, 1935, 1944, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1979 and 1989 . Census conducted in the country. On 9 January 1989, there were 2,043,954 persons enumerated as residents of Mongolia. Of this figure 49 % were males and 51 % were females. From 1956 the growth rate increased sharply, remaining above an annual equivalent of 2.5 percent up to the 1989 census.
 

ID NUMBER

MNG-NSO-EN-PHC-1989-v1.0

Version

VERSION DESCRIPTION

-v2.0:Edited data for internal use only.
 

PRODUCTION DATE

1990-07-01

Overview

ABSTRACT

The objective of the Population and housing census 1989 is to provide comprehensive and basic statistical data required to study changes in economic, social and demographic status of Mongolia for the last 10 years and its reasons and determinants, to plan economic and formulate state policies to implement such planned measures and make researches and analysis.
 

KIND OF DATA

Census/enumeration data [cen]
 

UNITS OF ANALYSIS

-Individuals

-Families/households

-Houses
 

Scope

NOTES

In the early discussions on the scope of the population census it was agreed that the following topics would be included:

Social and demographic characteristics

Name

Relation to household head

Date of birth

Age

Sex

Marital status

Number of children ever born

Citizenship

Social origin

Social group

Ethnicity

Geographical and migration characteristics

Residential status

Place of birth

Place of work and place of studying

Educational characteristics

Educational level

Profession

Economic characteristics

Activity status

Occupation

Industry

Employment status

Income Source
 

Coverage

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE

All aimags, cities, soums, khoroos, districts and local cities.
 

UNIVERSE

By 00.00 hours of 4-5th of January, 1989 the following population shall be counted:

- people who permanently reside in a household whether they are present or absent (the people who are described by Articles 109 and 110 of Mongolia_1989_Census_Enumerator_Manual);

- people temporarily residing in a household or flats or dormitories despite having jurisdiction in a different administrative unit (i.e people who are described by Articles 109 and 110 of Mongolia_1989_Census_Enumerator_Manual);

- all children who were born prior to the monitoring period whether they were registered into citizen's family organization or not; people who passed away during the census period after the monitoring period; (therefore, children who were born prior to the monitoring period and people who passed away prior to the monitoring period shall not be counted);

- people who are being present in a household or flats or dormitories but unable to specifically name a place of his/her permanent residence.

- People who have not yet registered in the administrative unit they moved in or people who have been living in a Soum or District or Khoroo more than 6 months shall be counted as the permanent residence of the place.

- Students of Universities or Institutes or colleges or schools or courses (of more 6 months) shall be counted as permanent residents of an administrative unit on the territory of which the Universities or Institutes or colleges or schools or courses (of more 6 months) are located at.

-The Population Census Commission established by The Ministry of Defense and The Ministry of State Security shall count soldiers and students of Military Schools. However, Generals or officers or sergeants, who are staying on or Police Officers, or Firemen or Supervisors who are working for The Ministry of Defense and The Ministry of State Security or organizations under their jurisdiction, shall be counted as citizens in the place of their respective residences.

- Citizens of the People’s Republic of Mongolia who is living abroad shall be counted by their respective Census Commission established either Embassy of Mongolia or Diplomatic Corp.

-The Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of Mongolia shall count foreign citizens and their family members who are working at invitation (of government or other bodies) as well as foreign citizens who are visiting at their invitation. Foreign citizens who entered into the territory of Mongolia before 00.00 hours of the 4-5 January, 1989 on transit visit shall be counted. However, foreign citizens who entered into the territory of Mongolia after the monitoring period (i.eafter 00.00 hours of the 4-5 January, 1989 on transit visit shall be not be counted, but Mongolia citizens shall be counted.

- Census Commission established at the Ministry of State Security shall count people who are in jail. However, people who are being detained for petty crimes for up to 30 days shall be double counted by the Commission at to be temporarily residing in their respective administrative units of their place of detention as well as by the enumerators of their residential administrative unit as to be absentees.

- Foreign citizens permanently residing in the territory of the People’s Republic of Mongolia or the people accompanied them or people without citizenship shall be counted as citizens of the country.
 

Producers and Sponsors

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR(S)

Name Affiliation
National Statistical Office of Mongolia  

FUNDING

Name Abbreviation Role
Government of the People’s Republic of Mongolia GOF Financial and technical assistance

Metadata Production

METADATA PRODUCED BY

Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Tsolmon Tserendejid   NSO Documentation of the study

DATE OF METADATA PRODUCTION

2008-03-13

DDI DOCUMENT VERSION

Version 1.0
 

DDI DOCUMENT ID

DDI-MNG-NSO-EN-PHC-1989-v1.0

ampling

Sampling Procedure


None
 

Deviations from Sample Design


None reported
 

Response Rate


None reported
 

Weighting


None reported

Data Collection

Data Collection Dates

Start End Cycle
1989-01-05 1989-01-09 1

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

DATA COLLECTION NOTES


The population census shall be conducted within 5 days, from January 8 o'clock (by local hour) of January 5 to January 9, 1989. The assigned enumerators shall visit each household (in apartments, dormitories and gers) and fill out the census questionnaire by asking each family. Enumerator shall not conduct census at factories, economic entities, organizations and schools.

Data Processing

Data Editing


The Dataset in this documentation is not a dataset created at the time of the census since the full database of the census is not available anymore. Therefore, the NSO re-entried data of 42783 households and 190631 persons (10 percent of all of population in 1989) from the completed questionnaires that had archived in the National Center Archives in 2007.

 

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Value Category Cases

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Value Category Cases

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Value Category Cases

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Range: 1 - 22

Value Category Cases

1


Arkhangai

1905



4.45%

2


Bayan-Ulgii

1735



4.06%

3


Bayankhongor

1610



3.76%

4


Bulgan

1166



2.73%

5


Govi-Altai

1246



2.91%

6


Dornogovi

1236



2.89%

7


Dornod

1746



4.08%

8


Dundgovi

1033



2.41%

9


Zavkhan

1839



4.3%

10


Uvurkhangai

2143



5.01%

11


Umnugovi

954



2.23%

12


Sukhbaatar

1792



4.19%

13


Selenge

1022



2.39%

14


Tuv

2171



5.07%

15


Uvs

1768



4.13%

16


Khovd

1511



3.53%

17


Khuvsgul

2315



5.41%

18


Khentii

1664



3.89%

19


Darkhan

1818



4.25%

20


Ulaanbaatar

10773



25.18%

21


Erdenet

1336



3.12%

22


Other

0



3.12%

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Value Category Cases

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Range: 1 - 17

Value Category Cases

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Value Category Cases

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Range: 1 - 5

Value Category Cases

1


Capital city

22023



51.48%

2


Village

1280



2.99%

3


Soum (bag) center

9648



22.55%

4


Brigade, farm center

1323



3.09%

5


Countryside

8509



19.89%

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Valid cases: 42783

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 2

Value Category Cases

1


House

15131



35.37%

2


Ger

27652



64.63%

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 4

Value Category Cases

1


House, apartment

14021



92.66%

2


Some part of house, apartment

433



2.86%

3


Public dormitory

535



3.54%

4


Students dormitory

142



0.94%

Sysmiss


27652


File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 6

Value Category Cases

1


Government

10629



70.25%

2


Agricultural cooperative

270



1.78%

3


Joint venture

1243



8.21%

4


Cooperative

8



0.05%

5


Private, had built by own money

2948



19.48%

6


Private, had built by loan

33



0.22%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 6

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 8

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 3

Type: numeric

Range: 4 - 98

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 3

Type: numeric

Range: 2 - 93

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 9

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 17

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 3

Value Category Cases

1


Centralized

7976



52.71%

2


Non-centralized

894



5.91%

3


Normal

6261



41.38%

Sysmiss


27652


File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 15131

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 4 - 7

Value Category Cases

4


Hot and cold water pipe

7668



50.68%

5


Cold water pipe

817



5.4%

6


Public inside of house

77



0.51%

7


Outside of house

6569



43.41%

Sysmiss


27652


File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 8 - 10

Value Category Cases

8


Inside of house

8184



54.09%

9


Public inside of house

241



1.59%

10


Outside of house

6706



44.32%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 11 - 13

Value Category Cases

11


Yes

11345



74.98%

12


No

3417



22.58%

13


Public

369



2.44%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 14 - 16

Value Category Cases

14


Yes

7266



48.02%

15


No

7690



50.82%

16


Public

175



1.16%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 17 - 18

Value Category Cases

17


Through tube

849



5.61%

18


No tube

14282



94.39%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 19 - 20

Value Category Cases

19


Yes

13986



92.43%

20


No

1145



7.57%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 21 - 22

Value Category Cases

21


Has stove

4741



31.33%

22


No stove

10390



68.67%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 15131

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 23 - 24

Value Category Cases

23


Has stairs

489



3.23%

24


No stairs

14642



96.77%

Sysmiss


27652


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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 3

Value Category Cases

0


26336



95.24%

1


1311



4.74%

2


4



0.01%

3


1



0%

Sysmiss


15131


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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 7

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 8

Value Category Cases

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Width: 2

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Range: 0 - 15

Value Category Cases

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Range: 0 - 1

Value Category Cases

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Range: 0 - 2

Value Category Cases

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Range: 0 - 2

Value Category Cases

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Value Category Cases

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Range: 0 - 1

Value Category Cases

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Range: 0 - 6

Value Category Cases

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Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 10

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 4

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 20

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 1

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 5

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 8

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 7

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 32

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 27652

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 1

Value Category Cases

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 5

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 42783

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 17

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 12

Value Category Cases

1


Household head

42783



22.44%

2


Wife/husband

29937



15.7%

3


Daughter/son

95241



49.96%

4


Parents

2793



1.47%

5


Sister/brother

6978



3.66%

6


Father in law/mather in law

575



0.3%

7


Daughter/son in law

693



0.36%

8


Grandparents

337



0.18%

9


Grandchild

4933



2.59%

10


Other relatives

1987



1.04%

11


Single

287



0.15%

12


Separated from houshold

4087



2.14%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 3

Value Category Cases

1


Resident

188861



99.07%

2


Temporary absent

759



0.4%

3


Visitor

1011



0.53%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 1011

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 25

Value Category Cases

1


Arkhangai

76



7.52%

2


Bayan-Ulgii

27



2.67%

3


Bayankhongor

40



3.96%

4


Bulgan

13



1.29%

5


Govi-Altai

36



3.56%

6


Dornogovi

24



2.37%

7


Dornod

46



4.55%

8


Dundgovi

46



4.55%

9


Zavkhan

61



6.03%

10


Uvurkhangai

39



3.86%

11


Umnugovi

49



4.85%

12


Sukhbaatar

51



5.04%

13


Selenge

41



4.06%

14


Tuv

54



5.34%

15


Uvs

25



2.47%

16


Khovd

11



1.09%

17


Khuvsgul

21



2.08%

18


Khentii

69



6.82%

19


Darkhan

29



2.87%

20


Ulaanbaatar

243



24.04%

21


Erdenet

10



0.99%

Sysmiss


189620


File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 1011

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 26

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 2

Value Category Cases

1


Male

95203



49.94%

2


Female

95428



50.06%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 4

Type: numeric

Range: 1884 - 1989

Value Category Cases

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190417

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 12

Value Category Cases

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190409

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 31

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 3

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 104

Value Category Cases

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Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 21

Value Category Cases

1


0-4

32235



16.91%

2


5-9

26003



13.64%

3


10-14

22940



12.03%

4


15-19

17835



9.36%

5


20-24

18532



9.72%

6


25-29

17456



9.16%

7


30-34

12425



6.52%

8


35-39

8003



4.2%

9


40-44

6108



3.2%

10


45-49

6453



3.39%

11


50-54

5303



2.78%

12


55-59

5117



2.68%

13


60-64

3605



1.89%

14


65-69

3340



1.75%

15


70-74

2296



1.2%

16


75-79

1672



0.88%

17


80-84

849



0.45%

18


85-89

380



0.2%

19


90-94

57



0.03%

20


95-99

18



0.01%

21


100+

4



0%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 0 - 29

Value Category Cases

1


Arkhangai

11222



5.89%

2


Bayan-Ulgii

9613



5.04%

3


Bayankhongor

8198



4.3%

4


Bulgan

6638



3.48%

5


Govi-Altai

7696



4.04%

6


Dornogovi

6172



3.24%

7


Dornod

6978



3.66%

8


Dundgovi

5179



2.72%

9


Zavkhan

11624



6.1%

10


Uvurkhangai

10680



5.6%

11


Umnugovi

4088



2.14%

12


Sukhbaatar

8834



4.63%

13


Selenge

4900



2.57%

14


Tuv

10873



5.7%

15


Uvs

10428



5.47%

16


Khovd

9604



5.04%

17


Khuvsgul

11863



6.22%

18


Khentii

7078



3.71%

19


Darkhan

3371



1.77%

20


Ulaanbaatar

33386



17.51%

21


Erdenet

1733



0.91%

22


SU

174



0.09%

23


Poland

59



0.03%

24


Czechoslovak

61



0.03%

25


China

104



0.05%

26


Germany

53



0.03%

27


Hungary

13



0.01%

28


Bulgaria

8



0%

29


Cuba

1



0%

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 28

Value Category Cases

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 26

Value Category Cases

1


Khalkh

150612



79.01%

2


Kazakh

9778



5.13%

3


Dorvod

2553



1.34%

4


Buriad

3222



1.69%

5


Bayad

7809



4.1%

6


Dariganga

4059



2.13%

7


Uriankhai

972



0.51%

8


Zakhchin

4037



2.12%

9


Darkhad

4391



2.3%

10


Torguud

971



0.51%

11


Uuld

689



0.36%

12


Khoton

146



0.08%

13


Myangad

182



0.1%

14


Barga

85



0.04%

15


Uzemchin

793



0.42%

16


Kharchin

11



0.01%

17


Tsakhar

13



0.01%

18


Khotgoid

66



0.03%

19


Chantuu

7



0%

20


Khorchin

4



0%

21


Russian /Mongolian citizens/

21



0.01%

22


Chinese /Mongolian citizens/

26



0.01%

23


Other ethnicity /Mongolian citizens/

58



0.03%

24


Russian /Russian citizens/

69



0.04%

25


Chinese /Citizens of PRC/

43



0.02%

26


Other ethnicity /Foreign citizens/

14



0.01%

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 2

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 16

Value Category Cases

1


Mongolia

189630



99.47%

2


SU

502



0.26%

3


Bulgaria

189



0.1%

4


Vietnam

104



0.05%

5


Germany

9



0%

6


Cuba

11



0.01%

7


Poland

9



0%

8


Romania

5



0%

9


DPRK

11



0.01%

11


China

93



0.05%

12


Czechoslovak

8



0%

13


Cambodia

15



0.01%

14


Laos

30



0.02%

15


Japan

3



0%

16


Other

12



0.01%

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Valid cases: 190631

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 6

Value Category Cases

1


Employee

82454



43.25%

2


Civil servant (intellectual)

28670



15.04%

3


Herder

37662



19.76%

4


Member of cooperative

41761



21.91%

5


Member of craftsmen cooperative

23



0.01%

6


Other

61



0.03%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 4

Value Category Cases

1


Employee

102908



53.98%

2


Civil servant (intellectual)

34553



18.13%

3


Member of cooperatives

52585



27.58%

4


Other

585



0.31%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 190631

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 9

Value Category Cases

1


Industry, enterprise, official organization

56283



29.52%

2


Agricultural cooparitive

17865



9.37%

3


Pension

13753



7.21%

4


Students Stipend

5190



2.72%

5


Other kind of pension benefits

2395



1.26%

6


Under care of others

93254



48.92%

7


Own farm, private labour

662



0.35%

8


Society for labour, work(cooperative)

200



0.1%

9


Other

1029



0.54%

File: General.NSDstat

Valid cases: 147510

Width: 1

Type: numeric

Range: 1 - 8

Value Category Cases

1


Completed High

8793



5.96%

2


Non completed high

1023



0.69%

3


Technical vocational

10276



6.97%

4


General Education Grade 9-10

19420



13.17%

5


General Education Grade 4-8

35513



24.07%

6


Primary

40490



27.45%

7


Literate

23937



16.23%

8


Illetirate

8058



5.46%

Sysmiss


43121


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Married

66569



60.82%

2


Widowed

7486



6.84%

3


Divorced

1665



1.52%

4


Never married

33736



30.82%

Sysmiss


81175


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Value Category Cases