Census of Population and Housing 1991, IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Spain, 1991
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Reference ID
ESP_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE), IPUMS
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- ESP1991_PHC-H-H.dat
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Occupation (ES1991A_OCC)
Data file: ESP1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
336
End:
337
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="ES91A438 ES91A439 ES91A440 ES91A447"><span class="em">Questions 23, 24 and, 25 are to be answered only by those answered the previous question [Number 22] as 2, 4, or 5. Employed persons (answer 2) should refer to their occupation during the week of February 22 to 28. Persons who were unemployed (answer 4) or retired (answer 5) should refer to their last job. </span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a=" ES91A438" v="ES91A438 ES91A449"><span class="em">23. What is your occupation, your profession, or the work that you perform or performed?</span><br />First, describe in detail your occupation (for example: commercial employee, construction contractor, etc.). If you held more than one job during the reference week, describe your principal occupation. Next, in the table on page 22, find the number that corresponds to the description provided (in the previous example, _ 9 and 1 4, respectively).<br /><div class="i1">Description:<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ Number in the table on page 22 that corresponds to this occupation</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a=" ES91A438" v="ES91A438 ES91A449"><span class="em">23. What is your occupation, your profession, or the work that you perform or performed?</span><br />First, describe in detail your occupation (for example: commercial employee, construction contractor, etc.). If you held more than one job during the reference week, describe your principal occupation. Next, in the table on page 22, find the number that corresponds to the description provided (in the previous example, _ 9 and 1 4, respectively).<br /><div class="i1">Description:<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br />_ _ Number in the table on page 22 that corresponds to this occupation</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Degrees professionals in sciences and engineering |
| 02 | Support professionals in sciences and engineering |
| 03 | Writers, artists, and professionals in entertainment and sports |
| 04 | Education personnel and other titled professionals not listed above |
| 05 | Directive personnel in public administration and businesses |
| 06 | Offices heads |
| 07 | Remaining administrative employees |
| 08 | Commercial agents and heads of buying and sales |
| 09 | Salesmen, store workers and similar |
| 10 | Workers in hotel services and personal services |
| 11 | Workers in protection and security services |
| 12 | Remaining service workers |
| 13 | Agricultural, cattle ranching, forestry, and fishing workers |
| 14 | Supervisors and heads of workshops in industrial businesses, mining, or construction |
| 15 | Specialized construction workers |
| 16 | Specialized workers in extractive industries and metallurgy |
| 17 | Specialized workers in textile industries, food manufacture and graphic arts. Other artisans |
| 18 | Operators of industrial installations and non-mobile and mobile machinery |
| 19 | Day laborers and other non-specialized workers |
| 20 | Professionals in the armed forces |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupation.
Universe
Spain 1991: Persons employed, unemployed but worked before, and retirees [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |