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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main employment occupational category (PE2007A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 250
End: 250
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="em">For persons aged six or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A445">18. What type of employment did you have at your job last week? (Read each option and circle only one number)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 White-collar or professional employee<br />[] 2 Laborer<br />[] 3 Self-employed worker<br />[] 4 Employer<br />[] 5 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 6 Domestic employee</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 White-collar or professional employee
2 Laborer
3 Self-employed worker
4 Employer
5 Unpaid family worker
6 Domestic employee
9 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="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="h3">For persons aged six and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A445"><span class="em">Question 18: What type of employment did you have at your job last week?</span><br />Read the question and each of the options slowly, continuing until you receive a positive response from the respondent. Circle the corresponding option.<br /><span class="ital">Reminder</span><br />Record agricultural laborers as laborers if they are paid in cash or kind for their work.<br /><span class="pg">[p. 57]</span><br />[Each of the 6 examples below is accompanied by a drawing illustrating it.]<br /><div class="i1">1. <span class="ital"> White-collar or professional employee</span>. This is a person whose job is primarily intellectual. He/she works in an institution, organization, or private or state company in exchange for monthly or bi-weekly payment in the form of a salary or commission, or payment in kind. Examples would be a sales cashier in a store or a professional who works for an institution or a company.<br />2. <span class="ital">Laborer</span> [<span class="lang">obrero</span>]. This is a person whose job is primarily manual. He/she works in a company or private or state business for weekly, bi-weekly, or daily pay in the form of salary, or per unit produced, or on commission. Examples would be factory workers in a shoe factory or a bricklayer's assistant.<br />3. <span class="ital">Self-employed worker</span>. This is a person who runs his/her own business or works independently and has no paid employees. Examples would be a sign painter, or a fruit vendor in the street.<br />4. <span class="ital">Employer</span>. This is a person who runs his/her own company or business, or independently practices a profession or trade, and has one or more paid employees. Examples of this would be a certified public accountant that has two paid assistant accountants.<br />5. <span class="ital">Unpaid family worker</span>. This is a person who works without pay in a family company or business run by a relative, regardless of whether or not they live in the same household.<br />6. <span class="ital">Domestic employee</span>. This is a person who works in a private dwelling in exchange for pay. These services are related to specific tasks within the household, such as washer-woman, cook, housekeeper, butler, chauffer, etc.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the class of worker.
Universe
Peru 2007: Persons age 6+ who worked last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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