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Costa Rica, 1963
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CRI_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, IPUMS
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Class of worker (CR1963A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CRI1963_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 156
End: 156
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Occupational Characteristics</span>
<br /><svar v="CR63A447 CR63A448 CR63A449 CR63A450 CR63A451 CR63A452 CR63A453 CR63A454 CR63A455 ">Only for those 12 years of age and older [applies to questions 14 to 19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="CR63A448 CR63A449 CR63A450 CR63A451 CR63A452 CR63A453 CR63A454">Items 15 - 18 are only for "employed" and "unemployed"<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CR63A453">17. Occupational category (employment status). Mark the appropriate box<br /><br /><div class="i1">Owner: one who operates his own company and has paid workers<br />Family worker: one who works in the company of a relative without receiving payment<br />Paid worker: one who receives payment, in money or in kind, for working<br />Own-account worker: one who operates his own company and does not have paid workers</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Owner<br />[] 2 Family worker<br />[] 3 Paid worker<br />[] 4 Own-account worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Owner or boss
2 Unpaid family worker
3 Paid worker
4 Own-account worker
5 Never worked
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupational category.
Universe
Costa Rica 1963: Persons age 12+ who were employed or unemployed [discrepancies: none]

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