Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset
Switzerland, 1980
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- CHE1980-H-H
- CHE1980-P-H
Present occupation (ISCO-COM), 3 digits (CH1980A_0416)
Data file: CHE1980-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
178
End:
180
Width:
3
Range:
10 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
D. Questions to persons who carry out a profession (Numbers 18-20) and housewives (only Number 18c)
19. Main profession or part-time activity:
a. What is your present activity? Please specify, possibly in note form, e.g. not just factory worker, but e.g. metal polisher, electrical winding-machine operator; not just "employee" but e.g. sales-assistant, punch card operator, general office-work.____
b. Occupational status, hierarchical grade: e.g. apprentice, laborer, unskilled worker, home-worker, skilled worker, foreman, chief clerk, shop-foreman, senior bank employee, works manager, tenant-farmer, proprietor, relative employed in family business.____
c. Name of employer, firm ____
[Persons who work for several employers, e.g. home-workers, cleaners, should write 'several' only.]
d. Branch, line of business: please specify as accurately as possible, e.g. not just "furniture" but "furniture factory" or "furniture dealer" ____
E. Questions to pensioners and retired persons
21. What was your profession before your retirement?____
Examples: see Question 19a
19. Main profession or part-time activity:
a. What is your present activity? Please specify, possibly in note form, e.g. not just factory worker, but e.g. metal polisher, electrical winding-machine operator; not just "employee" but e.g. sales-assistant, punch card operator, general office-work.____
b. Occupational status, hierarchical grade: e.g. apprentice, laborer, unskilled worker, home-worker, skilled worker, foreman, chief clerk, shop-foreman, senior bank employee, works manager, tenant-farmer, proprietor, relative employed in family business.____
c. Name of employer, firm ____
[Persons who work for several employers, e.g. home-workers, cleaners, should write 'several' only.]
d. Branch, line of business: please specify as accurately as possible, e.g. not just "furniture" but "furniture factory" or "furniture dealer" ____
E. Questions to pensioners and retired persons
21. What was your profession before your retirement?____
Examples: see Question 19a
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Armed forces |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 114 | Senior officials of special-interest organizations |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 131 | General managers |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists, and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians, and related professionals |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers, and related professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 231 | College, university, and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians, and related information professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary 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 | Customs, tax, and related government associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment, and sports associate professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating 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 related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters, and trappers |
| 711 | Miners, shot firers, 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 trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers, and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers, and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather, and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers, and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment, and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather, and shoemaking trades workers |
| 812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-, binding-, and paper-products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile-, fur-, and leather-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners, and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window, and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers, and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 990 | Other occupation, response suppressed |
| 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
Question 19: Principal occupation and part time occupation
a) What is your occupation presently?
The current occupation is to be chosen, not the learned profession. The question is to be answered as precisely as possible. The actual occupation, not the position title, is to be entered (see examples on the questionnaire.)
Fulltime housewives and house daughters enter "housewife" or "housekeeping" in question 19a.
Persons working in institutions enter their specific occupation there.
[p. 43]
b) Position at work
Persons who work all or most of the time in a family enterprise are working family members. Home workers are persons who work in their dwelling or another self-selected place for wages for one or more employer.
Other possibilities are, for example, journey man, apprentice, director, co-owner. Public servants give their position title.
c) Name of employer, company
Public servants enter the name of their office.
d) Branch of economy, industry
The branch of economy should be specific, such as cotton spinning, hosiery knitting, grocery store, etc.
Female employees in agriculture should state whether they work predominantly in the household or in agricultural duties.
Questions 21 and 22: Former occupation of retired persons
The analysis of this question is to provide information on health risks and life expectancies of the various professions.
Retired persons state the occupation they had when they retired at the retirement age (men 65, women 62), even so if they might have answered already 19a and b, because they worked beyond the retirement age. If such a job after retirement is different from that before retirement, then the former should be considered for questions 19a and b, and the latter for questions 21 and 22.
a) What is your occupation presently?
The current occupation is to be chosen, not the learned profession. The question is to be answered as precisely as possible. The actual occupation, not the position title, is to be entered (see examples on the questionnaire.)
Fulltime housewives and house daughters enter "housewife" or "housekeeping" in question 19a.
Persons working in institutions enter their specific occupation there.
[p. 43]
b) Position at work
Persons who work all or most of the time in a family enterprise are working family members. Home workers are persons who work in their dwelling or another self-selected place for wages for one or more employer.
Other possibilities are, for example, journey man, apprentice, director, co-owner. Public servants give their position title.
c) Name of employer, company
Public servants enter the name of their office.
d) Branch of economy, industry
The branch of economy should be specific, such as cotton spinning, hosiery knitting, grocery store, etc.
Female employees in agriculture should state whether they work predominantly in the household or in agricultural duties.
Questions 21 and 22: Former occupation of retired persons
The analysis of this question is to provide information on health risks and life expectancies of the various professions.
Retired persons state the occupation they had when they retired at the retirement age (men 65, women 62), even so if they might have answered already 19a and b, because they worked beyond the retirement age. If such a job after retirement is different from that before retirement, then the former should be considered for questions 19a and b, and the latter for questions 21 and 22.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the present occupation (3-digit ISCO) of the person.
Universe
Employed persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |