1995 Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Laos, 1985
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LAO_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Center, IPUMS
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- LAO1995_PHC-H-H
- LAO1995_PHC-P-H
Main occupation in the last 12 months (3-digit) (LA1995A_OCC3)
Data file: LAO1995_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
246
End:
248
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">D. For persons aged 10 years and above</span>
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above]</p>
<p>[Answer questions 15-16 for codes 01-07 in question 14]</p>
<p>15.What was [the respondent's] main occupation during the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">Describe occupation (see Enumerator's Manual) ____</div>
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above]</p>
<p>[Answer questions 15-16 for codes 01-07 in question 14]</p>
<p>15.What was [the respondent's] main occupation during the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">Describe occupation (see Enumerator's Manual) ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Armed forces |
| 114 | Senior officials of special-interest organisations |
| 115 | Heads of villages |
| 119 | Other legislators and senior officials |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | General managers |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 219 | Other physical, mathmatical and engineering science professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals, nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 231 | Higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teachers |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 249 | Other professionals |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 319 | Other physical and engineering science associate professionals |
| 322 | Health associate professionals |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 329 | Other life science and health associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 349 | Other associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 420 | Customer services clerks |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 621 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 622 | Slash and burn farmers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 719 | Other extraction and building trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders and related workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related workers |
| 739 | Handicraft workers in wood,textile, leather and related materials, printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 810 | Stationary-plant and related operators, machine operators and assemblers, not specified |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 830 | Drivers and mobile-plant operators |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 912 | Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary occupations |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 919 | Other sales and services elementary occupations |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) |
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.
Description
Universe
Laos 1995: Employed persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept