National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset
Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Occupation, 2 digits (BO1976A_OCC2)
Data file: BOL1976_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
200
End:
202
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Economic Information </span></p>
<p><svar v="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415"><span class="em"> Only for those 7 years of age and older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v=" BO76A412 BO76A413">[Questions 13, 14 and 15 should be answered only by those who marked boxes 1, 2 or 3, per Question 12]<br /><br />13. What was the principal occupation or job that you performed during the last week, or in your last job if unemployed?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 13 was asked of persons aged 7 years and older who worked, did not work but had a job, or were unemployed, per Question 12.]<br /><br />Write, for example: farmer, sugar cane cutter, retail vendor, mine worker, tailor, doctor, domestic servant, etc.</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Occupation</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415"><span class="em"> Only for those 7 years of age and older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v=" BO76A412 BO76A413">[Questions 13, 14 and 15 should be answered only by those who marked boxes 1, 2 or 3, per Question 12]<br /><br />13. What was the principal occupation or job that you performed during the last week, or in your last job if unemployed?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 13 was asked of persons aged 7 years and older who worked, did not work but had a job, or were unemployed, per Question 12.]<br /><br />Write, for example: farmer, sugar cane cutter, retail vendor, mine worker, tailor, doctor, domestic servant, etc.</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Occupation</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Architects, engineers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 001 | Chemists, physicists, pharmacists, and persons in similar occupations |
| 002 | Agronomists, veterinarians, biologists, naturalists, and persons in similar occupations |
| 003 | Doctors, surgeons, and dentists |
| 004 | Paramedics and persons in similar occupations |
| 005 | Nurses and midwives |
| 006 | Professors and teachers |
| 007 | Specialists in mathematical, economical, social, and similar sciences |
| 008 | Lawyers, judges, and persons in similar occupations |
| 009 | Artists, writers, entertainers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 010 | Members of religious organizations and similar occupations |
| 011 | Persons in other occupations related to those of professionals and technicians |
| 012 | Deck officers, pilots, and machinist officers of maritime and fluvial navigation |
| 013 | Aviation pilots, flight mechanics, and navigators |
| 015 | Directive employees of public administration |
| 016 | Directors and managers in wholesale and retail commerce |
| 017 | Other directors, managers and owner-administrators |
| 020 | Accountants and accounting assistants |
| 021 | Bookkeepers, cashiers, account collectors, and persons in similar occupations |
| 022 | Typists and short-hand takers and teletypists |
| 023 | Operators of other office machinery and equipment units not in another category |
| 024 | Inspectors, dispatchers and controllers in transportation and communications services |
| 025 | Mailmen, messengers and persons in similar occupations |
| 026 | Telephone and telegraph operators and other telecommunications operators |
| 027 | Other office workers and persons in similar occupations in transportation services |
| 028 | Other office workers and persons in similar occupations |
| 030 | Vendors-owners in wholesale and retail commerce |
| 031 | Employees in stores and traveling vendors |
| 032 | Wholesale traveling salesmen and representatives |
| 033 | Other vendors and persons in similar occupations |
| 040 | Farmer-owners, ranchers, bosses and administrators in agricultural enterprises |
| 041 | Farm workers, gardeners, and other agricultural workers |
| 042 | Fishermen and persons in similar occupations |
| 043 | Hunters, trappers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 044 | Lumber workers, rubber farmers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 050 | Chauffeurs, truck drivers, car drivers and other drivers of vehicles |
| 051 | Locomotive machinists and firemen |
| 052 | Sailors, motor boaters, and sail boaters in maritime and fluvial navigation |
| 053 | Operators of transit signal equipment, brakemen and switchmen |
| 060 | Bobbin winders, weavers, dyers and persons in similar occupations |
| 061 | Tailors, clothing designers, leather workers and persons in similar occupations related to manufacture of textile articles and leather clothing pieces |
| 062 | Shoe makers, shoe repairmen, leather workers and persons in similar occupations related to the manufacture of leather goods |
| 063 | Carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 064 | Construction laborers, bricklayers, glass installers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 065 | Painters and wall paper installers |
| 066 | Plumbers, pipe installers and adjusters, riveters, tinsmiths, assemblers of iron structures and welders |
| 067 | Electricians, installers of electrical cables, radio and television repairmen and persons in similar occupations |
| 068 | Mechanics, machinery and vehicle repairmen, operators of tooling machinery and persons in similar occupations |
| 069 | Precision instrument repairmen, watchmakers and persons in similar occupations |
| 070 | Jewelers and goldsmiths |
| 071 | Operator of stationary machinery for excavation and elevations and persons in similar occupations |
| 072 | Operators of radio and television transmission equipment, cinematographic sound and projection equipment |
| 073 | Typographers, lithographers, type setters, printing press operators, engravers, binders, developers of photographic film and persons in similar occupations |
| 074 | Miners, quarry workers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 075 | Foundry workers, laminators, blacksmiths, forge workers, and other persons in similar occupations |
| 076 | Potters, mold makers, glass blowers and other workers in the ceramics, glass and stonework industries |
| 077 | Cookers, toasters, grinders, distillers and other operators in the chemical industries |
| 078 | Slaughterers, butchers, bakers, millers, beer makers and persons in similar occupations |
| 079 | Cigarette makers and other operators in tobacco manufacturing |
| 080 | Tanners, stretchers, skinners and other operators in tanning and preparing hides and leathers |
| 081 | Operators in the manufacture of paper goods |
| 082 | Operators in the manufacturing process and similar occupations not in another category |
| 083 | Workers and day laborers, not in another category |
| 084 | Workers and day laborers in manufacturing industries |
| 085 | Workers and day laborers in construction industries |
| 086 | Workers and day laborers in electricity, gas, water, sanitation and communications |
| 087 | Workers and day laborers in transportation and storage |
| 088 | Other workers and day laborers not in another category |
| 089 | Workers in protection services |
| 090 | Butlers, household managers, housekeepers, and similar workers |
| 091 | Cooks, servants, and employees in domestic services |
| 092 | Cooks and servants in restaurants and cafes, bartenders and workers in similar occupations |
| 093 | Launderers, pressers and dry cleaners in cleaning establishments and similar day laborers |
| 094 | Other launderers and pressers |
| 095 | Doormen, concierges, elevator operators in buildings and workers in similar occupations |
| 096 | Barbers, hairdressers, beauticians and similar workers |
| 097 | Athletes, sportsmen, and persons in similar occupations |
| 098 | Photographers and similar workers |
| 099 | Other service workers |
| 996 | Persons who are seeking first employment |
| 997 | Persons who declare occupations not identifiable and other workers not in another category |
| 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="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415"><span class="em">C. Economic information</span><br /><br />Questions 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Economic Information should be asked to all persons 7 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v=" BO76A412 BO76A413"><span class="em">Question 13. What is the principal occupation or job you worked last week or your last job if you were unemployed?</span><br /><br />This question should only be asked to persons who answered 2 or 3 in question 12.<br /><br />If the response that the informant gives is ambiguous or not very clear, request that they describe the job in detail and write down word for word what was said.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 28]</span><br /><br />Examples:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Professor.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: High school professor, university professor, grade school professor, music professor.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Craftsman.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Carpenter, sawyer, blacksmith, potter.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Mechanic.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Automobile mechanic, precision mechanic, railroad mechanic, aviation mechanic, dental mechanic.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Worker or day laborer.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Bridge worker, construction worker, mine driller, car washer, vehicle washer.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Vendor.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Department store clerk, ticket vendor, life insurance agent, medical worker.</div><br /><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v=" BO76A412 BO76A413"><span class="em">Question 13. What is the principal occupation or job you worked last week or your last job if you were unemployed?</span><br /><br />This question should only be asked to persons who answered 2 or 3 in question 12.<br /><br />If the response that the informant gives is ambiguous or not very clear, request that they describe the job in detail and write down word for word what was said.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 28]</span><br /><br />Examples:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Professor.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: High school professor, university professor, grade school professor, music professor.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Craftsman.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Carpenter, sawyer, blacksmith, potter.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Mechanic.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Automobile mechanic, precision mechanic, railroad mechanic, aviation mechanic, dental mechanic.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Worker or day laborer.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Bridge worker, construction worker, mine driller, car washer, vehicle washer.<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect annotation</span>: Vendor.<br /><span class="em">Correct annotation</span>: Department store clerk, ticket vendor, life insurance agent, medical worker.</div><br /><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupation, 2 digits.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Persons age 7+ in the labor force [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |