V717 Standardized respondent's occupation groups. Agricultural categories also include
fishermen, foresters and hunters and are not the basis for selection of agricultural/nonagricultural
workers. In countries, where it is not possible to differentiate between selfemployed
agricultural workers and agricultural employees, no attempt has been made to use
other information, and code 4 has been used for both categories. The analyst may wish to
use other related information to differentiate between these two categories.
BASE: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months
(V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).

The DHS occupation categories are based on the major occupation groups in the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). The major ISCO groups and the occupations that fit within each major group are available at: http:// www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco88/major.htm. However, each country can make modifications based on their own census occupation grouping, the need to incorporate additional occupations that may not be common elsewhere in the world, or other considerations.