National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset
Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- Data files
- PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat
- PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation (3-digits) in primary job last week (PE2017A_OCC3)
Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
300
End:
303
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)</span></p>
<p><span class="em">19. Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: high school teacher, lawyer, farm hand, farmer, street food vendor, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
<p><span class="em">19. Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: high school teacher, lawyer, farm hand, farmer, street food vendor, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0011 | Armed forces officers |
| 0012 | Police Forces officers |
| 0021 | Non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces |
| 0022 | Non-commissioned officers of the National Police |
| 0031 | Armed Forces technicians |
| 0111 | Members of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers and executive personnel of the public administration |
| 0113 | General managers of the private sector of the manufacturing industries, mining exploitations and construction |
| 0114 | General managers of the private sector of the accommodation services, restaurants, and shops |
| 0116 | General managers of the private sector of information and communication technology (ICT) services |
| 0117 | General managers of the private sector of personal, educational, cultural, financial and health care |
| 0119 | Chief executives, senior officials and legislators, not elsewhere classified |
| 0121 | Directors of social interest organizations |
| 0122 | Sales, marketing and development managers |
| 0131 | Production managers in agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
| 0132 | Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers |
| 0133 | Information and communications technology service managers |
| 0134 | Professional services managers |
| 0141 | Hotel and restaurant managers |
| 0142 | Retail and wholesale trade managers |
| 0149 | Other directors and service managers of entertainment, leisure and related centers |
| 0211 | Physical and earth science professionals |
| 0212 | Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians |
| 0213 | Life science professionals |
| 0214 | Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology) |
| 0215 | Electrotechnology engineers |
| 0216 | Architects, planners, surveyors and designers |
| 0221 | Medical doctors |
| 0222 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 0224 | Veterinarians |
| 0225 | Other health professionals |
| 0231 | University and higher education teachers |
| 0232 | Vocational education teachers |
| 0233 | Secondary education teachers |
| 0234 | Primary school and early childhood teachers |
| 0235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 0241 | Finance professionals |
| 0242 | Administration professionals |
| 0243 | Sales, marketing and public relations professionals |
| 0251 | Software and applications developers and analysts |
| 0252 | Database and network professionals |
| 0261 | Legal professionals |
| 0262 | Librarians, archivists and curators |
| 0263 | Social and religious professionals |
| 0264 | Authors, journalists and linguists |
| 0265 | Creative and performing artists |
| 0311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 0312 | Mining, manufacturing and construction supervisors |
| 0313 | Maintenance, cleaning, and food and beverage services supervisors |
| 0314 | Process control technicians |
| 0315 | Technical professionals in biological and related sciences |
| 0316 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 0321 | Medical and pharmaceutical technicians |
| 0322 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 0323 | Traditional and complementary medicine associate professionals |
| 0324 | Veterinary technicians and assistants |
| 0325 | Other health associate professionals |
| 0331 | Financial and mathematical associate professionals |
| 0332 | Sales and purchasing agents and brokers |
| 0333 | Business services agents |
| 0334 | Administrative and specialised secretaries |
| 0341 | Legal, social and religious associate professionals |
| 0342 | Sports and fitness workers |
| 0343 | Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals |
| 0351 | Information and communications technology operations and user support technicians |
| 0352 | Telecommunications and broadcasting technicians |
| 0411 | General office clerks |
| 0412 | Secretaries (general) |
| 0413 | Keyboard operators |
| 0421 | Tellers, money collectors and related clerks |
| 0422 | Client information workers |
| 0431 | Numerical clerks |
| 0432 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 0441 | Other clerical support workers |
| 0511 | Travel attendants, conductors and guides |
| 0512 | Cooks |
| 0513 | Waiters and bartenders |
| 0514 | Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers |
| 0516 | Other personal services workers |
| 0521 | Street and market salespersons |
| 0522 | Shop salespersons |
| 0523 | Cashiers and ticket clerks |
| 0524 | Other sales workers |
| 0531 | Child care workers and teachers' aides |
| 0532 | Personal care workers in health services |
| 0541 | Protective services workers |
| 0611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 0612 | Breeders and livestock workers qualified in raising animals for the market and related |
| 0621 | Skilled and related forestry workers |
| 0622 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 0711 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 0712 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 0721 | Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers |
| 0722 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and related trades workers |
| 0723 | Machinery mechanics and repairers |
| 0731 | Handicraft workers |
| 0732 | Workers in the treatment of wood, cabinetmakers and the like |
| 0733 | Workers in the manufacture of paper products, cardboard and printing jobs |
| 0734 | Textile fiber workers and weavers |
| 0735 | Workers in the production of textile and clothing products |
| 0736 | Workers in the treatment and processing of leather and foot |
| 0739 | Other Craftsmen and workers in the production of wood, paper, leather and leather textile products |
| 0741 | Electrical equipment installers and repairers |
| 0742 | Electronics and telecommunications installers and repairers |
| 0743 | Mechanical manufacturers of precision instruments and musical instruments |
| 0751 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 0811 | Mining and mineral processing plant operators |
| 0812 | Metal processing and finishing plant operators |
| 0813 | Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators |
| 0814 | Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators |
| 0815 | Textile, fur and leather products machine operators |
| 0816 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 0817 | Wood processing and papermaking plant operators |
| 0818 | Other machine operators in the production of ceramic, glass, packaging and labeling products |
| 0821 | Assemblers |
| 0831 | Locomotive engine drivers and related workers |
| 0832 | Car, van and motorcycle drivers |
| 0833 | Heavy truck and bus drivers |
| 0834 | Mobile plant operators |
| 0835 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 0911 | Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers |
| 0912 | Vehicle, window, laundry and other hand cleaning workers |
| 0921 | Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers |
| 0931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 0932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 0933 | Transport and storage labourers |
| 0941 | Food preparation assistants |
| 0951 | Street vendors of grocery products |
| 0952 | Street vendors of agricultural products, fishing and hunting |
| 0953 | Street vendors of non-edible manufactured products |
| 0954 | Street vendors of household items |
| 0961 | Refuse workers |
| 0962 | Other elementary workers |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 9999 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For persons of 5 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 19: Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span>
<br />Write down the specific name of the primary occupation performed by the respondent in the last week.</p>
<p>If the respondent answers that he/she had more than one occupation, kindly ask him/her which of them he/she considers as his/her primary occupation. The respondent should identify it, then write it down in the boxes.</p>
<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">Write down the primary occupation in which the respondent worked last week and not the profession or trade that he/she has studied or learned and that he/she does not perform as a job. Example: The respondent is a teacher, but last week he worked as Principal of a national educational center, so write down: Principal Of National Educational Center.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Primary occupation</span>: It is the one that the respondent considers as such and refers to the work performed by the person for the production of goods and services during the last week.
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 19: Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span>
<br />Write down the specific name of the primary occupation performed by the respondent in the last week.</p>
<p>If the respondent answers that he/she had more than one occupation, kindly ask him/her which of them he/she considers as his/her primary occupation. The respondent should identify it, then write it down in the boxes.</p>
<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">Write down the primary occupation in which the respondent worked last week and not the profession or trade that he/she has studied or learned and that he/she does not perform as a job. Example: The respondent is a teacher, but last week he worked as Principal of a national educational center, so write down: Principal Of National Educational Center.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Primary occupation</span>: It is the one that the respondent considers as such and refers to the work performed by the person for the production of goods and services during the last week.
Description
Universe
Peru 2017: Persons age 5+ who worked last week or did not work last week but had a job, business, occasional work or worked on a farm or family business [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |