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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Occupation (US2005A_OCC)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 323
End: 325
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="ital">K. Answer questions 35-40 only if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 41.</span></p>

<p>35-40 Current or most recent job activity.
<br />Describe clearly this person's chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give information for his/her last job or business.</p>

<p>35. Was this person? </p>
<div class="i1">Mark (X) one box<br /><br />[] An employee of a private for profit company or business, or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions?<br />[] An employee of a private not for profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization?<br />[] A local government employee (city, county, etc.)?<br />[] A state government employee?<br />[] A Federal government employee?<br />[] Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?<br />[] Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm?<br />[] Working without pay in family business or farm?</div><p>36. For whom did this person work?</p>
<div class="i1">If now on active duty in the armed forces, mark (X) this box --&gt; [] and print the branch of the Armed Forces<br /><br />Name of company, business, or other employer ____</div><p>37. What kind of business or industry was this?</p>
<div class="i1">Describe the activity at the location where employed. (For example: hospital, newspaper publishing, mail order house, auto engine manufacturing, bank)<br /><br />____</div><p>38. Is this mainly? </p>
<div class="i1">Mark (X) one box<br /><br />[] Manufacturing?<br />[] Wholesale trade?<br />[] Retail trade?<br />[] Other (agriculture, service, government, etc.)?</div><p>39. What kind of work was this person doing?</p>
<div class="i1">(For example: registered nurse, personal manager, supervisor of order department, secretary, accountant)<br /><br />____</div><p>40. What were this person's most important activities or duties?</p>
<div class="i1">(For example: patient care, directing hiring policies, supervising order clerks, typing and filing, reconciling financial records)<br /><br />____</div>

Description

Definition
Occupation.
Universe
United States 2005: Persons age 16+ working within the last five years, not new workers [discrepancies: not verifiable]

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 3-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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