General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998 - IPUMS Subset
Cambodia, 1998
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KHM_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, IPUMS
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Occupation (KH1998A_OCC)
Data file: KHM1998_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
226
End:
228
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="KH98A414"><span class="em">15 Main Activity (Enter Code from list below)</span><br /><div class="i1"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Main activity during last year</span><br /><br />Codes for Column 15 Main Activity During Last Year<br />1 Employed (Fill in Cols. 16 to 20)<br />2 Unemployed (Employed any time before - Fill in Cols. 16 to 20 for last employment)<br />3 Unemployed (Never employed any time before)<br /><span class="em">Inactive</span><br />4 Homemaker<br />5 Student <br />6 Dependent<br />7 Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipient<br />8 ___ Other (Specify) <br /> (For codes 3 to 8, put dash ( - ) in Cols. 16 to 20)]</div></div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="KH98A416"><span class="em">___ 17 Occupation (Name of Occupation)</span> <br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="KH98A416"><span class="em">___ 17 Occupation (Name of Occupation)</span> <br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Armed forces |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officials of special-interest organizations |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 131 | General managers |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 233 | Primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative and performing artists |
| 246 | Religion professionals |
| 311 | Physical science and engineering technicians |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment controllers |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related workers |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 324 | Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Government associate professionals |
| 345 | Social work associate professionals |
| 346 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 347 | Non-ordained religion associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and guides |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care workers |
| 514 | Barbers and Hairdressers |
| 515 | Beauticians and related workers |
| 516 | Other personal services workers |
| 517 | Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers |
| 518 | Policemen/women |
| 519 | Protective services workers |
| 521 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 522 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 621 | Subsistence agricultural, fishery and related workers |
| 711 | Miners and blasters, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural metal preparers and related workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and related workers |
| 723 | Automobile mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Motorbike mechanics and fitters |
| 725 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 726 | Electrical and electronic instrument mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters and related workers |
| 733 | Glass formers and related workers |
| 734 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related materials |
| 735 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food and related products processing trades workers |
| 742 | Cigarette rollers and tobacco products makers |
| 743 | Cabinet makers, wood treaters and related workers |
| 744 | Palm leaf products makers, basketry weavers and related workers |
| 745 | Bamboo products makers |
| 746 | Rope makers |
| 747 | Handloom weavers |
| 748 | Tailors, dressmakers and hatters |
| 749 | Textile and garment trades workers |
| 750 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 811 | Mining and mineral-processing plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing and papermaking plant operators |
| 816 | Power-generating and related plant operators |
| 821 | Metal and mineral products processing machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber and plastics products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing, binding and paper products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products processing machine operators |
| 831 | Railway engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Moto drivers |
| 833 | Taxi drivers |
| 834 | Other motor vehicle drivers |
| 835 | Agricultural, earth-moving, lifting and other mobile materials-handling equipment operators |
| 836 | Ship's deck crews and related workers |
| 911 | Street vegetable and fruit sellers |
| 912 | Street meat sellers |
| 913 | Street fish sellers |
| 914 | Street food snack sellers |
| 915 | Street cool drink and water sellers |
| 916 | Street cigarette sellers |
| 917 | Street petrol sellers |
| 918 | Petty firewood sellers |
| 919 | Other street vendors and related workers |
| 920 | Airpump operators (inflate wheels) |
| 921 | Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary occupations |
| 922 | Domestic helpers and maids |
| 923 | Laundry workers |
| 924 | Cleaners and related workers |
| 925 | Building caretakers and window cleaners |
| 926 | Private security guards |
| 927 | Messengers, watchers and security workers |
| 928 | Commercial sex workers |
| 929 | Tins and plastic materials collectors |
| 930 | Rag pickers |
| 931 | Other garbage collectors and related laborers |
| 941 | Agricultural, fishery and related laborers |
| 942 | Firewood collectors |
| 951 | Mining and construction laborers |
| 952 | Manufacturing laborers |
| 953 | Loaders and unloaders |
| 954 | Cyclo drivers |
| 955 | Other transport laborers |
| 996 | Response suppressed |
| 997 | Occupation not adequately described |
| 998 | Occupation not stated |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation of the person.
Universe
Cambodia 1998: Persons who work or have worked [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept