General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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- URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat
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Occupation (ISCO 88, 3 digits) (UY1996A_OCC)
Data file: URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
224
End:
226
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="UY96A425 UY96A426 UY96A427 UY96A428 UY96A429 UY96A430 UY96A431 UY96A432 UY96A433 UY96A434 UY96A435 UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444 UY96A445 UY96A446 UY96A447 UY96A448 UY96A449 UY96A457"><span class="em">For all people age 12 or older</span><br />[Questions 16-28 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444">26. What is the occupation, profession or office that provides (or provided) you the largest income? ________<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444">26. What is the occupation, profession or office that provides (or provided) you the largest income? ________<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Officials of the armed forces |
| 012 | Subordinate personnel of the armed forces |
| 112 | Directive personnel of public administration |
| 121 | Directors and general managers of business |
| 122 | Managers of departments of productions and operations |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | Owner or managers of small business |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists, and similar workers |
| 213 | Computer science professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and similar workers |
| 221 | Professionals in biological sciences and other disciplines related to organic beings |
| 222 | Doctors and similar professionals (except nursing personnel and midwives) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwife personnel of the superior level |
| 231 | Professors of universities and other establishments of higher education |
| 232 | Professors of secondary education |
| 233 | Teachers with degrees in primary education and preschool |
| 234 | Specialized teachers of special education |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Specialists in organization and administration of businesses and similar workers |
| 242 | Professionals in law |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians, documentalists and similar workers |
| 244 | Specialists in social and human sciences |
| 245 | Writers, creative artists and performers |
| 246 | Priests in different religions |
| 311 | Technicians in physical sciences and chemistry and engineering |
| 312 | Technicians in computer programming and control of informatics |
| 313 | Operators of optical and electronic equipment |
| 314 | Technicians in maritime and aeronautical navigation |
| 315 | Inspectors of construction projects, security and health and quality control |
| 321 | Technicians of the middle level in biological sciences, agronomy, zoo technology and similar workers |
| 322 | Professionals of the middle level of modern medicine and health (excluding nursing and midwife personnel) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwife personnel of the middle level |
| 331 | Teachers without degrees in primary education |
| 332 | Teachers without degrees in preschool education |
| 341 | Professionals of the middle level in financial and commercial operations |
| 342 | Commercial agents and stockbrokers |
| 343 | Professionals of the middle level of administrative services |
| 344 | Agents of public administrations of customs, taxes and similar workers |
| 346 | Mid-level social workers and assistants |
| 347 | Mid-level professionals of artistic activities, show businesses and sports |
| 411 | Secretaries and operators of office machinery |
| 412 | Auxiliary accountants and financiers |
| 413 | Employees charged with registering materials and transportation |
| 414 | Employees in libraries and postal services and similar workers |
| 419 | Other office workers |
| 421 | Cashiers, box office clerks and similar workers |
| 422 | Employees of services of information to clientele |
| 511 | Personnel in direct passenger services |
| 512 | Personnel of Intendancy and of restaurants |
| 513 | Workers of personal care and similar workers |
| 514 | Other workers of personal services to individuals |
| 516 | Personnel of protection and security services |
| 522 | Sellers and demonstrators for shops and department stores |
| 523 | Vendors in kiosks and market stalls |
| 611 | Farmers and qualified agricultural workers of crops for the market |
| 612 | Breeders and qualified livestock production workers in the raising of animals for the market and similar workers |
| 613 | Producers and qualified agricultural and livestock production workers whose production is meant for the market |
| 614 | Qualified forest workers and related workers |
| 615 | Fishermen, hunters and trappers |
| 711 | Miners, quarrymen, breakers and stone workers |
| 712 | Officials and operators of construction (structural work) and similar workers |
| 713 | Officials and operators of construction (finished works) and similar workers |
| 714 | Painters, cleaners of facades and similar workers |
| 721 | Molders, welders, laminators, boilermakers, fitters of metallic structures and similar workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and similar workers |
| 723 | Mechanics and machine adjusters |
| 724 | Mechanics and adjusters of electrical and electronic equipment |
| 731 | Precision mechanics in metals and similar materials |
| 732 | Potters, operators of glassworks and similar workers |
| 733 | Craftsmen of wood, fabric and similar materials |
| 734 | Officials and operators of graphic arts and similar workers |
| 741 | Officials and operators in the processing of food and similar workers |
| 742 | Officials and operators in the treatment of wood, cabinet makers and similar workers |
| 743 | Officials and operators of textiles and tailoring and similar workers |
| 744 | Officials and operators of fur, leather and footwear |
| 812 | Operators of installations for metal processing |
| 813 | Operators of installations of glassworks, ceramics and similar workers |
| 814 | Operators of installations for processing wood and paper manufacture |
| 815 | Operators of installations for chemical treatment |
| 816 | Operators of installations for energy production and similar workers |
| 817 | Operators of automatic assembly lines and of industrial robots |
| 821 | Operators of machines for working metals and chemical products |
| 822 | Operators of machines for manufacturing chemical products |
| 823 | Operators of machines for manufacturing rubber products and plastic materials |
| 825 | Operators of machines for printing, binding and manufacturing paper products |
| 826 | Operators of machines for manufacturing textile products and articles of leather and fur |
| 827 | Operators of machinery for manufacturing foods and similar products |
| 828 | Fitters |
| 829 | Other machine operators and fitters |
| 831 | Machinists of locomotives and similar workers |
| 832 | Drivers of motor vehicles |
| 833 | Operators of mobile agricultural machinery and other mobile machines |
| 834 | Deckhands and similar workers |
| 911 | Street salesmen and women and similar workers |
| 912 | Shoe shiners and other street workers |
| 913 | Domestic personnel and similar workers, cleaners, washers and ironers |
| 914 | Superintendents, window cleaners and similar workers |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doormen and women and similar workers |
| 916 | Trash collectors and similar workers |
| 917 | Non qualified workers in personal services |
| 921 | Agricultural and livestock production and forestry and fishing workers and similar workers |
| 931 | Workers of mining and construction |
| 932 | Workers in the manufacturing industry |
| 933 | Transportation workers |
| 990 | Response suppressed, have occupation |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="UY96A425 UY96A426 UY96A427 UY96A428 UY96A429 UY96A430 UY96A431 UY96A432 UY96A433 UY96A434 UY96A435 UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444 UY96A445 UY96A446 UY96A447 UY96A448 UY96A449 UY96A457"><span class="em">Persons age 12 or older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444"><span class="em">Question 26. What is the occupation, profession or office that provides (or provided) you the largest income?</span><br /><br />It is important that the response to this question is asked for with as much detail as possible since very general responses do not give the information that is required.<br /><br />Avoid non precise answers such as "Worker", "Employee", "Public bureaucrat", "Boss", etc. If a person tells you that they are a worker in a factory, you should determine exactly what duty they perform.<br /><br />For occupation, office or profession, a complete description is needed. This is especially important when it concerns little known activities for which it is necessary to add to it a concept that makes it more precise. Examples: insurance agent, guide operator, automobile cleaner, journalist, couturier, mailman, mechanical engineer, surveyor, fisher, pediatric doctor, hairdresser, secretary, street peddler of candy, operator of textile machinery, bricklayer, etc.<br /><br />If a person has more than one occupation, write down the occupation that provides the largest income.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A436 UY96A437 UY96A438 UY96A439 UY96A440 UY96A441 UY96A442 UY96A443 UY96A444"><span class="em">Question 26. What is the occupation, profession or office that provides (or provided) you the largest income?</span><br /><br />It is important that the response to this question is asked for with as much detail as possible since very general responses do not give the information that is required.<br /><br />Avoid non precise answers such as "Worker", "Employee", "Public bureaucrat", "Boss", etc. If a person tells you that they are a worker in a factory, you should determine exactly what duty they perform.<br /><br />For occupation, office or profession, a complete description is needed. This is especially important when it concerns little known activities for which it is necessary to add to it a concept that makes it more precise. Examples: insurance agent, guide operator, automobile cleaner, journalist, couturier, mailman, mechanical engineer, surveyor, fisher, pediatric doctor, hairdresser, secretary, street peddler of candy, operator of textile machinery, bricklayer, etc.<br /><br />If a person has more than one occupation, write down the occupation that provides the largest income.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (ISCO 88, 3 digits).
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Persons age 12+ who had a job or were experienced and looking for work [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |