General Population Census VI and Housing IV - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1985
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Reference ID
URY_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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- URY1985_PHC-H-H.dat
- URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat
Class of worker (UY1985A_CLASSWK)
Data file: URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
204
End:
204
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="UY85A420 UY85A421 UY85A422 UY85A423"><span class="em">(III) Occupational characteristics</span> <br />[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="UY85A420" v="UY85A420 UY85A421 UY85A422 UY85A423">15. Of the following types of activities, what did you do last week?<br /><div class="i1">Ask them in the indicated order and, when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box and go to the next person.</div><br />A.<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 You worked last week?<br />[] 12 You did not work because of leave, sickness or strike but you have employment?<br />[] 21 You did not work because of maternity leave or being suspended?<br />[] 22 You did not work because of being a harvest or seasonal worker?<br />[] 23 You looked for work having worked before?</div><br />B.<br /><div class="i1">[] 31 You looked for work for the first time? <br />[] 41 You are retired or pensioned and did not work?<br />[] 42 You are a rentier and did not work?<br />[] 43 You studied and did not work?<br />[] 44 You only took care of the home?<br />[] 45 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A423">18. Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative answer, mark the corresponding box and go to the next question.<br /><br />[] 1 Employer with employees at your charge?<br />[] 2 Worker for your own account?<br /><br />Employer or worker with paycheck or salary?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 Public<br />[] 4 Private</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker?<br />[] 6 Member of a production cooperative?<br />[] 7 Other? (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="UY85A420" v="UY85A420 UY85A421 UY85A422 UY85A423">15. Of the following types of activities, what did you do last week?<br /><div class="i1">Ask them in the indicated order and, when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box and go to the next person.</div><br />A.<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 You worked last week?<br />[] 12 You did not work because of leave, sickness or strike but you have employment?<br />[] 21 You did not work because of maternity leave or being suspended?<br />[] 22 You did not work because of being a harvest or seasonal worker?<br />[] 23 You looked for work having worked before?</div><br />B.<br /><div class="i1">[] 31 You looked for work for the first time? <br />[] 41 You are retired or pensioned and did not work?<br />[] 42 You are a rentier and did not work?<br />[] 43 You studied and did not work?<br />[] 44 You only took care of the home?<br />[] 45 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A423">18. Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative answer, mark the corresponding box and go to the next question.<br /><br />[] 1 Employer with employees at your charge?<br />[] 2 Worker for your own account?<br /><br />Employer or worker with paycheck or salary?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 Public<br />[] 4 Private</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker?<br />[] 6 Member of a production cooperative?<br />[] 7 Other? (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Employer |
| 2 | Self-employed |
| 3 | Public employee |
| 4 | Private employee |
| 5 | Family worker |
| 6 | Cooperative |
| 7 | Other |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="UY85A420 UY85A421 UY85A422 UY85A423"><span class="h3">III. Occupational characteristics -- for persons age 12 or older</span><br /><br />With the questions from this chapter, we look to fundamentally quantify the active population and determine what the activities that are done are.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A423"><div class="i1">For question No. 18: "Of the following, what is the category of the occupation that you indicated?" you should read the list of possible answers, one by one in the order presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative answer.</div><br /><br />When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.<br /><br />In case an interviewed person has doubts and asks for clarifications, you should have the following definitions present.<br /><br />"Boss or employer" is a person who does their own economic enterprise and who has one or more employees by salary or daily pay.<br /><br />"Worker for their own account" is a person who, without depending on a boss, does their own economic enterprise, without having any remunerated workers.<br /><br />"Employee or worker" is a person who works for a boss or employee, public or private, and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, daily pay or commissions paid item for item or in kind.<br /><br />All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the State, are considered public employees.<br /><br />"Non-remunerated family worker" is a person who works in a company or business whose owner is related and does not receive any remuneration.<br /><br />"Member of a production cooperative" is a person who is an active member of an economic company that functions under cooperative rules (it is a social cooperative).<br /><br />If a person has a job whose category is not present in the Census document, write it down in the "Other" [category] as exactly as possible.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A423"><div class="i1">For question No. 18: "Of the following, what is the category of the occupation that you indicated?" you should read the list of possible answers, one by one in the order presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative answer.</div><br /><br />When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.<br /><br />In case an interviewed person has doubts and asks for clarifications, you should have the following definitions present.<br /><br />"Boss or employer" is a person who does their own economic enterprise and who has one or more employees by salary or daily pay.<br /><br />"Worker for their own account" is a person who, without depending on a boss, does their own economic enterprise, without having any remunerated workers.<br /><br />"Employee or worker" is a person who works for a boss or employee, public or private, and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, daily pay or commissions paid item for item or in kind.<br /><br />All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the State, are considered public employees.<br /><br />"Non-remunerated family worker" is a person who works in a company or business whose owner is related and does not receive any remuneration.<br /><br />"Member of a production cooperative" is a person who is an active member of an economic company that functions under cooperative rules (it is a social cooperative).<br /><br />If a person has a job whose category is not present in the Census document, write it down in the "Other" [category] as exactly as possible.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's status in employment during the previous week.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: Persons age 12+ who had a job or were looking for work having worked before [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |