Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 1973
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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Occupation, 3 digits (CR1973A_OCC3)
Data file: CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
200
End:
202
Width:
3
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 |
|---|---|
| 000 | Architect and Architectural engineers |
| 001 | Surveyors and topographers |
| 002 | Civil engineers |
| 003 | Electrical engineers |
| 004 | Mechanical engineers |
| 005 | Industrial engineers, chemical engineers, and mining engineers |
| 006 | Agronomists (agricultural engineers) |
| 007 | Other engineers |
| 008 | Technical artists |
| 009 | Non-professional technicians related to engineering, electrical, mechanical, metallurgic, and industrial work |
| 010 | Chemists |
| 012 | Bacteriologists |
| 013 | Pharmacologists |
| 014 | Technicians in biological laboratories |
| 015 | Technicians in agronomy laboratories |
| 020 | Agronomists and phytopathologists |
| 021 | Veterinarians |
| 023 | Aviculture technicians |
| 025 | Biologists and naturalists |
| 026 | Other professionals in related occupations |
| 030 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 031 | Dentists |
| 034 | Medical radiology technicians |
| 036 | Pharmacists |
| 038 | Professional nurses and professional midwives |
| 039 | Other nurses and midwives; other paramedics |
| 040 | Literary authors, editors, newspaper reporters, newscasters, news correspondents, reporters, radio and television commentators and related occupations |
| 041 | Painters, sculptors, cartoonists, calligrapher; decorator, commercial artist, stage designers, composer, musician, singer, orchestra director, other related professions |
| 042 | Dancer, dance director and choreographer, stage director, actors, entertainers, theater, movie, radio, and television producers; related professions |
| 044 | Athletes and sportsmen, referees, trainers, bullfighters |
| 045 | Personnel administration specialists, analysts of professions |
| 046 | Translators and interpreters, librarians, archivists of public documents and historical documents |
| 047 | Social workers and other professions related to social welfare |
| 048 | Technical photographers, portrait photographers, movie and television film camera operators |
| 050 | Priests, pastors, and members of religious orders |
| 051 | Other members of religious groups and related professions |
| 060 | University rectors, professors, and teachers |
| 061 | High school teachers, vocational school teachers, and specialized education teachers |
| 062 | Elementary school teachers |
| 063 | Pre-school teachers |
| 064 | Special education teachers |
| 065 | Other professors and teachers |
| 071 | Economists |
| 072 | Public and private accountants |
| 080 | Lawyers |
| 082 | Judges of the peace, notaries, and other legal professions |
| 092 | Airplane pilots |
| 093 | Airplane navigators |
| 094 | Airplane mechanics |
| 100 | Officials and directors of national institutions and members of the legislative assembly |
| 101 | Officials and directors of regional or provincial institutions |
| 102 | Officials and directors of municipal or cantonal institutions, or employees of districts or local institutions |
| 110 | Wholesale directors and managers |
| 111 | Retail directors and managers |
| 120 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, general administrators |
| 122 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of finance, insurance, and real estate |
| 123 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of transportation and storage |
| 124 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of communications and public service |
| 125 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of factories |
| 126 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of service industries, hotels, restaurants, cafes, pensions, and guest houses |
| 127 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, administrators of other industries |
| 200 | Officials, agents, and employees of public administration |
| 210 | Accounting assistants |
| 211 | Bookkeepers |
| 212 | Cashiers and tellers |
| 213 | Collector of accounts |
| 214 | Other related occupations |
| 220 | Typists and stenographers |
| 222 | Operators of punch card machinery and similar occupations |
| 230 | Computer operators |
| 232 | Operators of other office equipment |
| 240 | Transportation inspectors, controllers, and dispatchers for air, land, sea, and fluvial transportation |
| 241 | Railroad station mangers |
| 243 | Other related occupations |
| 250 | Mailmen |
| 251 | Messengers |
| 253 | Other related occupations |
| 260 | Telephone operators |
| 261 | Telegraph operators |
| 262 | Radio communication operators |
| 271 | Fare collectors on buses, trains, and other transportation |
| 280 | Employees of warehouses and distributors of office materials |
| 281 | Receptionists and public information employees |
| 283 | Employees of banks and financial institutions |
| 284 | Library and archive employees |
| 285 | Employees in box offices for shows, lottery, voyage and other tickets |
| 286 | Other office employees and related occupations |
| 300 | Wholesale business owners |
| 301 | Retail business owners |
| 310 | Salesmen, store clerks, and demonstrators |
| 311 | Newspaper, lottery, and magazine vendors |
| 312 | Traveling salesmen and order vendors |
| 313 | Sidewalk food vendors |
| 320 | Traveling salesmen and traveling businessmen |
| 321 | Factory or institution representatives |
| 330 | Insurance agents and vendors |
| 331 | Real estate agents and vendors |
| 333 | Auctioneers, resellers, and appraisers |
| 334 | Commissionists and consigners |
| 338 | Publicity agents and advertising agents |
| 339 | Buyers, buyers agents, and related occupations |
| 400 | Mangers and administrators of agricultural enterprises |
| 410 | Farm owner, renters, sharecroppers, and squatters |
| 411 | Cattle ranchers |
| 412 | Bird keepers |
| 414 | Horticulturists |
| 415 | Flower specialists, gardeners |
| 417 | Other agricultures |
| 420 | Farm workers |
| 421 | Operators of machinery, trackers, and other agricultural vehicles |
| 422 | Workers in greenhouses, vegetable and flower gardens, nurseries, seedbeds; and workers in recreational and sports fields |
| 423 | Agricultural workers that work with herds |
| 424 | Other workers in agriculture and cattle raising, cowboys, herders, and related occupations |
| 430 | Fishermen and persons in occupations related to raising and caring for fish, and persons in related occupations |
| 431 | Other persons in related occupations |
| 440 | Hunters, trappers, and persons in related occupations |
| 450 | Forestry workers, loggers, lumberjacks, wood cutters, rubber harvesters, charcoal producers and persons in related occupations |
| 500 | Taxi drivers, truck driver, and bus driver, local and interregional |
| 501 | Wagon driver, oxen drivers, and herders of other draft animals |
| 502 | Other conductors of transportation vehicles |
| 510 | Railroad engineers and railroad firemen |
| 520 | Sailors, boatmen, and oarsmen |
| 521 | Boat machinists, firemen, and lubricators |
| 522 | Other related occupations |
| 530 | Air traffic controllers in airports, traffic controllers in river and sea ports and in railway stations |
| 531 | Brakemen and switchmen in trains; sluice and floodgate operators; other related occupations |
| 600 | Fiber preparation, carders, and related occupations |
| 601 | Spinners, thread winders, and weavers who do not work in factories |
| 602 | Spinners, thread winders, and weavers who work in factories |
| 603 | Hand-knitters |
| 604 | Launderers, dyers, textile product finishers and similar occupations |
| 605 | Rug weavers and similar occupations |
| 607 | Persons in occupations related to textile production and similar products |
| 610 | Tailors in factories |
| 611 | Tailors who do not work in factories |
| 612 | Dressmakers, seamstresses, and embroiderers |
| 613 | Clothing designers and cutters |
| 616 | Upholsterers, tanners, mattress makers, umbrella makers, and related occupations |
| 620 | Shoemakers and shoe repairmen |
| 621 | Cutters, formers, and other occupations in shoe manufacture |
| 622 | Leather workers and related occupations |
| 623 | Other occupations related to producing leather articles except shoes, gloves, and clothing |
| 630 | Carpenters and flooring installers |
| 631 | Woodworkers, turners, sanders and related occupations |
| 632 | Workers in the manufacture of furniture and items made of wood |
| 633 | Other craftsmen and woodworkers |
| 640 | Masons, bricklayers, tilers, cement and concrete removers and finishers |
| 650 | Sign painters |
| 651 | Construction painters and maintenance workers |
| 652 | Other painters and related occupations |
| 660 | Pipe fitters, plumbers, tinsmiths, boilermakers and other metalworking occupations |
| 661 | Riveters, metal structure builders, naval construction workers |
| 662 | Welders: soldering by hand or machine, electric welders, and blowtorch welding; oxyfuel cutting |
| 663 | Other related occupations |
| 670 | Electricians |
| 671 | Telephone, telegraph, electricity and telecommunications linemen and line repairmen; telephone and telegraph installers |
| 672 | Radio, television, refrigerator and household electrical appliance repairmen |
| 673 | Electronic equipment repairmen |
| 674 | Installers and mechanics of electrical equipment |
| 675 | Operators of equipment and systems in radio and television studios |
| 677 | Other electricians and related occupations |
| 681 | Automobile, bus, truck, and motorcycle mechanics and repairmen |
| 682 | Airplane, locomotive, and railway mechanics and repairmen |
| 683 | Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairmen; Adjusters-operators of tooling machines, milling machines, spinners, drills, polishers, sanders, wood planes, shapers, and similar machinery. |
| 684 | Typewriter, calculator, and cash register mechanics and repairmen; locksmiths and gunsmiths |
| 685 | Operator of non-movable machinery for electricity production, construction machinery and similar installations and occupations |
| 686 | Persons in occupations related to the above occupations |
| 690 | Clockmakers, watchmakers |
| 692 | Dental prosthesis and orthopedic mechanics |
| 693 | Precision tool and instrument mechanics and installers |
| 695 | Other mechanics for precision instruments and related occupations |
| 696 | Jewelers, goldsmiths, silversmiths, engravers of jewels and precious metal object, and other craftsmen in related occupations |
| 700 | Typesetters, printers, linotype casters, Monotypes, Electro and stereotype setters. |
| 701 | Printing press operators and lithograph printers |
| 702 | Workers in print shops and photo recording shops |
| 703 | Binders |
| 705 | Persons in other occupations related to graphic arts |
| 710 | Miners, mineral extractors, and persons in related occupations metal deposits and non-metal solid mineral deposits |
| 711 | Stonemasons and quarriers |
| 712 | Oil-well drillers and other well drillers |
| 713 | Occupations related to liquid mineral, semi-liquid mineral, or natural gas extraction |
| 714 | Occupations related to other non-metal solid mineral extraction |
| 720 | Foundry workers |
| 721 | Metal casting workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths and related occupations of heating, forging, and hammering |
| 723 | Sheet-metal workers and related sheet-metal occupations |
| 725 | Other occupations in the metal-works industry |
| 730 | Ceramic and clay workers |
| 731 | Glass industry artisans and workers |
| 732 | Glass and ceramic painters and decorators |
| 733 | Artisans and workers in the production of goods made of clay, cement, and similar materials |
| 734 | Kiln operators (clay, porcelain, and glass) |
| 735 | Stone, marble, and granite artisans and workers |
| 736 | Other artisans in related occupations |
| 740 | Chemical industry workers |
| 741 | Lumber industry workers |
| 742 | Paper industry workers |
| 743 | Paper industry occupations: manufacture of paper bags, cardboard boxes and packing materials, and other paper and cardboard goods |
| 750 | Slaughterers, butchers, workers in refrigerated slaughterhouses; occupations of salting, smoking, or preparing meat and fish; food dehydration and other related occupations |
| 751 | Mills (grain) and mill workers |
| 752 | Bakers, cake and pastry chefs, and pasta makers |
| 753 | Cheese and butter producers and other occupations related to the manufacture of ice cream and dairy products |
| 755 | Coffee and cacao selectors, mixers, and roasters |
| 756 | Workers in sugar manufacture and refining industries |
| 757 | Workers in the manufacture of wine, beer, nonalcoholic beverages, and ice |
| 758 | Undocumented |
| 760 | Tobacco manufacture workers |
| 761 | Cigarette rollers (hand-preparation of cigarettes and cigars |
| 762 | Tobacco industry workers |
| 770 | Workers in tanning industries and preparation of furs and skins |
| 780 | Workers in machine manufacturing industries |
| 781 | Workers in electrical equipment manufacturing industries |
| 782 | Workers in transportation equipment manufacturing industries |
| 791 | Workers in industries that manufacture goods out of vegetable fiber |
| 792 | Workers in industries that manufacture goods out of plastic and cork |
| 793 | Workers in industries that manufacture goods out of wood pulp |
| 794 | Workers in industries related to dissecting animals (taxidermists), toy manufacture, matches and fireworks, pencils and inks, cork products, buttons, candles, hairnets and wigs |
| 796 | Workers in industries related to non-specified manufacture |
| 801 | Workers and day laborers in quarries |
| 802 | Workers and day laborers in other mines of solid non-minerals |
| 803 | Workers and day laborers oil wells, extraction of other liquid and semi-liquid minerals, and extraction of natural gases |
| 804 | Other workers and day laborers in mines and quarries |
| 810 | Workers and day laborers in construction activities |
| 820 | Warehouse docker |
| 821 | Warehouse loaders and frontloaders |
| 822 | Packers, movers, markers, and labelers |
| 823 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to storage |
| 824 | Jarring and bottling manufactured products and beverages |
| 825 | Other workers and day laborers shipping occupations |
| 830 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to natural gas distribution, lighting systems, and electrical energy |
| 831 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to water supply and sanitary services |
| 832 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to vehicle storage, washing, lubrication, and parking |
| 833 | Workers and day laborers in public services (cleaning streets and public areas, etc) |
| 834 | Other unspecified workers and day laborers |
| 900 | Firemen |
| 901 | Policemen, detectives and other officials that supervise law enforcement |
| 902 | Guards, watchmen, and related occupations |
| 910 | Butlers, household administrators, housekeepers, and related occupations |
| 920 | Cooks, maids, and domestic servants |
| 930 | Restaurant cooks, waiters, and workers |
| 931 | Barkeepers |
| 932 | Hotel housekeepers and servants |
| 940 | Launderers, pressers, dyers, and other workers in laundering establishments |
| 941 | Household and self-employed launderers and ironers |
| 950 | Doormen, concierges, guards, watchmen, and elevator attendants |
| 951 | Building cleaners, car washers, and related occupations |
| 952 | Shoe shiners and related occupations |
| 960 | Hairdressers and barbers |
| 961 | Stylists, beauty consultants, manicurists, massage and make-up artists |
| 971 | Stewardesses and waitresses on airplanes |
| 973 | Traveling photographers |
| 974 | Other service sector workers |
| 997 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 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
<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 (3 digits).
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 |