Population and Dwelling Count 1995 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1995

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MEX_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS

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Occupation (MX1995A_OCC)

Data file: MEX1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 271

End: 272

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="MX95A429 MX95A430 MX95A431 MX95A432 MX95A433 MX95A434 MX95A435 MX95A436 MX95A437 MX95A438 MX95A439 MX95A440 MX95A441 MX95A442 MX95A443 MX95A444 MX95A445 MX95A446 MX95A074 MX95A075 MX95A076">For people 12 years old or older [Applies to questions 7.3 to 7.11] </svar>

Occupation or office

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
11	Professionals
12	Technicians
13	Education workers
14	Workers in art, show business and sports
21	Public employees and directives of public, private and social sectors
41	Workers in agricultural, livestock and forestry activities and of hunting and fishing
51	Heads, supervisors and other control workers in handcrafted and industrial manufacture and in repairing and maintaining activities
52	Artisans and textile workers in the transformation industry and workers in repairing and maintaining activities
53	Operators of fixed machinery of continuous movement and teams in the process of industrial production
54	Aids, day laborers and similar workers in handcraft and industrial manufacture and in repairing and maintaining activities
55	Drivers and helpers of drivers of mobile machinery and means of transportation
61	Heads of departments, coordinators and supervisors in administrative and service activities
62	Support workers in administrative activities
71	Collaborators, commerce employees and sales agents
72	Street salespeople and street service workers
81	Workers in personal services in establishments
82	Workers in domestic services
83	Workers in protection, guarding and armed forces services
99	Other workers with occupations not previously classified, insufficiently specified and not specified

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="MX95A428 MX95A429 MX95A430 MX95A431 MX95A432 MX95A433 MX95A434 MX95A435 MX95A436 MX95A437 MX95A438 MX95A439 MX95A440 MX95A441 MX95A442 MX95A443 MX95A444 MX95A445 MX95A446">VII Economic characteristics In this section some of the economic characteristics of the population of work age (12 years old or older) are found out; which are related to socio-demographic and cultural information about the population, that permit us to know the socioeconomic situation of people and households. [graphic of the question from the census form] The information obtained in this section permits us to know, in a specific reference period (the week before the interview), how the work force [p. 119] in the country is formed, that is, who worked or looked for work; about the first jobs, what is done in the occupation, how many hours are worked, what are the incomes, the relation with the employer, etc. Also in the population of 12 years old or older it is meant to distinguish who receives income by different sources at the job and the importance of these perceptions. </svar>

<svar a="all" v="MX95A429">7.3 and 7.4 Occupation and office The objective to these questions is to know the occupation of employed people, that is, the type of work or office they had and the duties they carried out the week before the date of the interview. In question 7.3, write down the office or position that the person had at the job. When the person had more than one job, write only the office that the informant considers more important. [p. 126] When the answer corresponds to very general offices, like teacher, assistant, operator, supervisor, owner, among others, it is indispensable that they give you more details about the occupation, since the description can refer to different occupations. For example: [Below the text are two columns of occupations. I will translate each section, from left to right.] A teacher can be: Teacher of primary school Carpenter teacher Mechanical teacher Bricklaying teacher Teacher of dance, etc. On operator can be: Operator of motor loader Operator of cranes Truck operator Mill operator Lathe operator A vendor can be: Street salesperson Vendor in a store Food vendor House vendor A driver can be: Taxi driver Metro driver Cargo truck driver Rail road train driver An assistant can be: Bricklayer's assistant Mechanic's assistant Miner's assistant Cook's assistant A director can be: Hospital director Bank director School director Movie theater director Newspaper director [p. 127] A manager can be: Hotel manager Bank manager Airline manager Commercial store manager Automobile agency manager A government employee can be: Municipal president Secretary of state Head of transportation Treasurer of a government office Answers like worker and employee are common; in these cases ask the informant to clarify what the occupation is. [Below the text are two columns listing occupations. I will translate the columns left to right.] Example Teller Salesclerk in a jewelry store Secretary Clinical lab worker Collector Messenger Automobile mechanic Food distributor Electrician Oilier of machinery Tinsmith Bread baker Cane cutter When in 7.1 Condition of activity they mention the office, position, or charge of the person, when arriving at this question, confirm with the informant the selected office, like in the following example: Interviewer: Did Juan work last week? Informant: Yes, he's a taxi driver Interviewer: Then Juan's occupation is taxi driver? Informant: Yes Question 7.4 has as its objective to know duties or activities that the person does in the occupation registered in the previous question, for example: [p. 128] [Question 7.3, Office, position or charge, and question 7.4 Duties or functions are listed side by side. I will translate each position, then its duty.] Bricklayer contractor Controls assistants and heads of the job Supervisor of quality control Supervises the making of clothes Stevedore Arranges boxes in a winery Technicians in electronics Repairs electric domestic appliances Owner in a pharmacy Administers the pharmacy Farmer Grows corn and beans Rancher Raises cows Foreman Organizes ranching activities Vulcanizer Repairs tires [graphic of the question from the census form] Write in the corresponding line the duties or functions that they mention, when the informant indicates that the week before the date of the interview, no work was done because of being on vacation, on strike, on leave or military leave, waiting for the beginning of an agricultural cycle or season of harvest, ask what office or position is done. Register in 7.4 the duties or functions that the informant does in the job, making sure they are as explicit as possible. Do not forget that when a person had more than one job, only the duties that correspond to the office or charge that the informant pointed out as principle are registered. [p. 129] Remember that when in the question about verification of condition of activity (7.2), mark a code 1 to 6 continue with the question about duties or functions (7.4). For these cases ask the question use the term "activity" instead of "work;" for example, What are the duties or functions that Juan has in his activity?" If after investigating, the informant does not know the office or position (question 7.3) or the duties done in the job (question 7.4), write "Does not know," according to what it corresponds to. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's occupation.

Universe

Mexico 1995: Persons age 12+ that worked the week before the census, or did not work but had a job [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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