Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics survey (H.E.D), 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1973

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Reference ID

PAK_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population Census Organization, IPUMS

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Occupation, 1 digit (PK1973A_OCC1)

Data file: PAK1973_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 204

End: 204

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="PK73A414 PK73A415 PK73A416 PK73A417 PK73A418 PK73A419">For those who answered yes in Col. 15<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PK73A414 PK73A415">16. What kind of work did he/she do most of the last week?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 16 was asked of persons who had a job last week, per question 15.]<br />(Write title of occupation, e.g. Motor Mechanic, Carpenter, Taxi Driver, Cultivator, etc.<br />____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Professional, technical and related workers
2	Administrative and managerial workers
3	Clerical and related workers
4	Sales workers
5	Service workers
6	Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers, fishermen and hunters
7	Production and related workers, transport equipment operators and laborers
9	Unknown

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

Definition

This variable indicates the person's occupation (1-digit) last week.

Universe

Pakistan 1973: Persons age 10+ who worked last week [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 0.3%]

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