Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 1973
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Reference ID
CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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- CRI1973_PHC-H-H.dat
- CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 1 digit (CR1973A_OCC1)
Data file: CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
206
End:
207
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CR73A419 CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422 CR73A423 CR73A424 CR73A425 CR73A426 CR73A427"><span class="em">Only for individuals 12 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 17 - 22]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422 CR73A423 CR73A424 CR73A425 CR73A426 CR73A427">Only for those who "worked" or "did not work"<br />[Applies to questions 18-20]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422">18. Principal occupation<br /><div class="i1">Specify the principal occupation held during the week of May 7th - 12th.<br />If the status was "did not work," write the last occupation held.<br />Do not forget to write the answer according to the instructions on page 47 of the Enumerator's Manual.<br /><br />____ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422 CR73A423 CR73A424 CR73A425 CR73A426 CR73A427">Only for those who "worked" or "did not work"<br />[Applies to questions 18-20]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422">18. Principal occupation<br /><div class="i1">Specify the principal occupation held during the week of May 7th - 12th.<br />If the status was "did not work," write the last occupation held.<br />Do not forget to write the answer according to the instructions on page 47 of the Enumerator's Manual.<br /><br />____ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Professionals, technicians and related jobs |
| 01 | Managers, administrators and directors |
| 02 | Office workers and related jobs |
| 03 | Merchants, tradesmen, salesmen, and related jobs |
| 04 | Farmers, ranchers and related jobs |
| 05 | Transportation drivers and related jobs |
| 06 | Specialized craftsmen/machinists and skilled workers |
| 07 | Other craftsmen/machinists |
| 08 | Manual and day laborers not previously covered |
| 09 | Pers service and related job (incl job not clearly spec) |
| 99 | 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 a="all" v="CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422"><span class="h2">24.- Question No. 18.- Principal occupation</span><br /><br />Ask this question only to persons in the classifications "Worked" or "Did not Work".<br /><br />Clearly write in this space the nature of the occupation that the person did during the week of May 7 to 12.<br /><br />If the occupation cannot be written down with one defined name, describe the nature of the job, for example: puts lining on steering wheels of vehicles.<br /><br />When a person has had more than one occupation in this period, ask and write down that which is considered the principal.<br /><br />Avoid the use of generic terms such as: worker, aid, owner, day laborer, etc., which say nothing about nature or class of work that a person did during the period of reference.<br /><br /><span class="em">When it concerns not worked, ask the last occupation they had, it does not matter how long ago it was.</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />Keep in mind that here what you should write down is the occupation and not profession. Of course, it can happen, and it is very frequent, that both (occupation and profession) coincide; but also it can happen that they do not; for example: it is common that doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc. work in the same profession; nevertheless also it can be that a doctor is the <span class="em">administrator</span> of a hospital, or an engineer the <span class="em">manager</span> of a company. It is evident that in the last two examples, the occupation of the doctor is <span class="em">administrator</span> and that of the engineer is <span class="em">manager</span>.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 48]</span><br /><br />Examples of correct and incorrect occupations:<br /><br />[Below are two columns, one marked <span class="em">Incorrect</span> and one marked <span class="em">Correct</span>. In this translation we list them in a single column.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect</span><br /><div class="i1">Professor</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Correct</span><br /><div class="i1">Professor of Primary School<br />Professor of Secondary School<br />Professor of Dance, Song, etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect</span><br /><div class="i1">Mechanic</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Correct</span><br /><div class="i1">Automobile Mechanic<br />Thresher Mechanic<br />Aviation Mechanic</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect</span><br /><div class="i1">Construction Worker</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Correct</span><br /><div class="i1">Mason<br />Carpenter<br />Carpenter's Helper</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Incorrect</span><br /><div class="i1">Worker</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Correct</span><br /><div class="i1">Agricultural Worker<br />Quarry Worker<br />Poultry Farm Worker</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupation (1 digit).
Universe
Costa Rica 1973: Persons age 12+ who worked or had worked [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |