National Population Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset
Greece, 1981
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Occupation (GR1981A_OCC)
Data file: GRC1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
205
End:
207
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="GR81A412 GR81A413 GR81A414 GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417 GR81A418 GR81A419 GR81A420 GR81A421 GR81A422"><span class="em">The following questions should be answered only by persons born in 1970 or earlier.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="GR81A414 GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417 GR81A418 GR81A419 GR81A420 GR81A421"><span class="em">Occupation [Questions 11 to 14]</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417"><span class="h3">12. If he/she was working or seeking work (answer 1 or 2 in question 11)</span> Answers to questions a and b must be specific. For question c, put an X in the appropriate space. If the person was seeking his or her first job, write "new worker" for questions a and b, and do not answer question c.<br /><br /><div class="i1">___ _ _ _ a) What type of work are they doing (or were they doing, the last time they worked)?<br /><br />___ _ _ _ b) In what type of establishment, enterprise, farm, service, etc. do they work (or did they work, the last time they worked)?<br /><br />c) What is their occupational status in this job (or in the last job that they held)?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Assistant in the family business or farm<br />[] 4 Employee or wage-earner</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="GR81A414 GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417 GR81A418 GR81A419 GR81A420 GR81A421"><span class="em">Occupation [Questions 11 to 14]</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417"><span class="h3">12. If he/she was working or seeking work (answer 1 or 2 in question 11)</span> Answers to questions a and b must be specific. For question c, put an X in the appropriate space. If the person was seeking his or her first job, write "new worker" for questions a and b, and do not answer question c.<br /><br /><div class="i1">___ _ _ _ a) What type of work are they doing (or were they doing, the last time they worked)?<br /><br />___ _ _ _ b) In what type of establishment, enterprise, farm, service, etc. do they work (or did they work, the last time they worked)?<br /><br />c) What is their occupational status in this job (or in the last job that they held)?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Assistant in the family business or farm<br />[] 4 Employee or wage-earner</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Chemists |
| 012 | Physicists |
| 013 | Geologists, astronomers and other physical science professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 014 | Physical science technicians |
| 021 | Architects and town planners |
| 022 | Civil engineers |
| 023 | Electrical and electronics engineers |
| 024 | Mechanical engineers |
| 025 | Chemical engineers |
| 026 | Metallurgy engineers |
| 027 | Mining engineers, metallurgists |
| 028 | Cartographers and surveyors |
| 029 | Other engineers not elsewhere classified |
| 031 | Draughts persons |
| 032 | Civil associate engineers |
| 033 | Electrical and electronics associate engineers |
| 034 | Mechanical associate engineers |
| 035 | Chemical industry associate technicians |
| 036 | Associate metallurgists |
| 039 | Associate engineers and associate technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 041 | Aircraft pilots, air craft engineers |
| 042 | Ships' deck officers and pilots |
| 043 | Ships' engineers |
| 051 | Biologists, zoologists and related professionals |
| 052 | Biochemists, biophysicists, pharmacologists and related professionals |
| 053 | Microbiology technicians |
| 054 | Agriculturalists, foresters and related professionals |
| 055 | Microbiologists and agricultural science associate technicians |
| 061 | Medical doctors |
| 062 | Dentists |
| 063 | Veterinarians |
| 064 | Pharmacists |
| 065 | Pharmaceutical assistants |
| 066 | Dieticians |
| 071 | Nurses (graduates) |
| 072 | Nurses ( non graduates) |
| 073 | Midwives (graduates) |
| 074 | Midwives (non graduates) |
| 075 | Optometrists and opticians |
| 076 | Physiotherapists and work therapists |
| 077 | Radiology laboratories associate technicians |
| 079 | Health specialists related professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 081 | Statisticians |
| 083 | Computer systems analysts |
| 084 | Statistics and mathematics associate technicians |
| 090 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants, university graduates |
| 121 | Lawyers and consultants |
| 122 | Public prosecutors |
| 123 | Judges |
| 124 | Public notaries |
| 131 | University professors |
| 132 | Other university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 133 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 134 | Primary education teaching professionals |
| 135 | Pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 136 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 137 | Preparatory (coaching) private school teaching professionals |
| 138 | Professional and technical schools teaching professionals |
| 139 | Other teaching professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 141 | Clergy |
| 149 | Choristers (chanters) |
| 151 | Authors and reviewers |
| 159 | Journalists, script-writers and other writers |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and related artists |
| 162 | Decorators, model-makers and related artists |
| 163 | Photographers and camera operators |
| 171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 172 | Choreographers and dancers |
| 173 | Film, stage and related actors and directors |
| 174 | Theatre, film and TV producers |
| 179 | Other related artists not elsewhere classified |
| 180 | Athletes, coaches, referees and matches' organizers |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists, curators and related professionals |
| 192 | Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals |
| 193 | Social work professionals |
| 194 | Consultants on profession selection |
| 195 | Linguists, translators and interpreters |
| 199 | Other related professionals and associate technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 201 | Legislators |
| 202 | Senior government officials |
| 211 | Directors and managers |
| 219 | Managers and chief executives |
| 310 | Public administration clerks |
| 321 | Stenographers, typists and teletype operating clerks |
| 322 | Keyboard operating clerks |
| 331 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks |
| 332 | Cashiers and related clerks |
| 341 | Calculating machine operators |
| 342 | Computer operators |
| 351 | Railway station masters |
| 352 | Post office managers |
| 359 | Transport and communications managers not elsewhere classified |
| 360 | Transport conductors and controllers |
| 370 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph switchboard operators |
| 391 | Stock clerks |
| 392 | Receptionists and travel agency clerks |
| 393 | Library and filing clerks |
| 399 | Other office clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 400 | Managers of small enterprises in wholesale and retail trade (on behalf of the proprietor) |
| 410 | Managers of small enterprises in wholesale and retail trade (own behalf) |
| 421 | Sales managers |
| 422 | Purchases managers |
| 431 | Specialist sales managers |
| 432 | Dealers, buyers and salesmen |
| 441 | Insurance representatives, estate agents, brokers |
| 442 | Business services agents |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 451 | Sales persons and shop clerks |
| 452 | Street vendors, stall and market salespersons and newsagents |
| 490 | Trade and sales managers, persons not elsewhere classified |
| 500 | Managers of small enterprises of hotels, restaurants and refreshment stalls (on behalf of the proprietor) |
| 510 | Managers of small enterprises of hotels, restaurants and refreshment stalls (own behalf) |
| 520 | Caretakers, housekeepers and related workers |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Waiters and related workers |
| 540 | Domestic and related helpers not elsewhere classified |
| 551 | Doorkeepers and building caretakers |
| 552 | Servants, building cleaners and related helpers |
| 560 | Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers |
| 570 | Barbers, hairdressers, beauticians and related workers |
| 581 | Fire fighters |
| 582 | Police officers |
| 589 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 591 | Travel guides |
| 592 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 599 | Other personal services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 601 | Managers and bailiffs of enterprises in agriculture |
| 610 | Multi-cultivation agricultural workers unskilled in tree or an annual cultivation |
| 621 | Field crops growers |
| 622 | Cotton growers |
| 623 | Rice growers |
| 624 | Vegetable growers |
| 625 | Tobacco growers |
| 626 | Sugar beet growers |
| 627 | Nursery growers |
| 628 | Gardeners and horticultural growers |
| 629 | Agricultural workers skilled mainly in an annual cultivation not elsewhere classified |
| 631 | Olive cultivation |
| 632 | Citrus cultivation |
| 633 | Other fruiter cultivation |
| 634 | Vineyard cultivation |
| 635 | Raisin vineyard cultivation |
| 639 | Tree cultivation workers not elsewhere classified |
| 641 | Cow producers (cowmen) |
| 642 | Sheep producers |
| 643 | Goat producers |
| 644 | Pig producers |
| 645 | Poultry producers |
| 646 | Apiarists |
| 649 | Animal producers not elsewhere classified |
| 651 | Farm plant drivers and operators |
| 652 | Pruning and inoculating workers |
| 653 | Water distributors |
| 659 | Other technicians and agricultural workers |
| 661 | Shepherds and cowherds |
| 662 | Skilled workers in animal, poultry, apiary and silk produce |
| 663 | Unskilled workers in animal produce |
| 671 | Loggers and forestry related workers |
| 672 | Resin collectors |
| 675 | Foresters |
| 679 | Other forestry workers not elsewhere classified |
| 681 | Deepsea fishery workers |
| 682 | Hatchery, lake and river fishery workers |
| 683 | Spongers |
| 700 | Foremen |
| 711 | Miners and quarry workers |
| 712 | Stone processing plant and mineral ore operators |
| 713 | Well drillers and related workers |
| 721 | Ore and metal furnace operators |
| 722 | Metal melters and rolling mill operators |
| 723 | Metal heat treating plant operators |
| 724 | Metal casters |
| 725 | Metal drawers and extruders |
| 726 | Other metal heat treating plant operators (metal reheating, dyeing and tempering) |
| 727 | Other metal drawers and extruders (wire drawing, metal extruding) |
| 728 | Galvanizing workers |
| 729 | Metal processing plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 731 | Wood processing plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 732 | Sawing, pasting, and other wood processing plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 733 | Paper pulp plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 734 | Papermaking plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 741 | Crushing , grinding and chemical mixing machinery operators (technicians and workers) |
| 742 | Chemical heat treating plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 743 | Chemical filtering and separating equipment operators (technicians and workers) |
| 744 | Chemical still and reactor operators (technicians and workers) |
| 745 | Petroleum refining plant operators (technicians and workers) |
| 749 | Chemical processing plant operators (technicians and workers) not elsewhere classified |
| 751 | Fiber preparers |
| 752 | Spinning and winding machine operators |
| 753 | Weaving and knitting machine controllers and preparing textile paper tape machine operators |
| 754 | Weavers and related workers |
| 755 | Knitters |
| 756 | Bleaching , dyeing and finishing textile products machine operators |
| 759 | Spinners, weavers, knitters and dyers not elsewhere classified |
| 761 | Tanners and leather (except fur) products machine operators |
| 762 | Fur products machine operators |
| 771 | Grain milling machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 772 | Sugar production machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 773 | Meat and sausages processing machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 774 | Food (except sausages) preserving technicians and related workers |
| 775 | Dairy products machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 776 | Baked goods, cereal and chocolate products machine operators (technicians and workers0 |
| 777 | Olive products machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 778 | Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 779 | Food and beverage products machine operators (technicians and workers) not elsewhere classified |
| 781 | Tobacco leaf processing machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 782 | Cigarette production and other tobacco products machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 791 | Tailors |
| 792 | Dressmakers |
| 793 | Undergarment makers |
| 794 | Furriers and related workers |
| 795 | Hatters and related workers |
| 796 | Pattern makers and cutters |
| 797 | Sewers and embroiders |
| 798 | Upholsterers and related workers |
| 799 | Textile, garment and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 801 | Shoe makers and shoe repairing workers |
| 802 | Shoe cutters, stitchers, last makers and related workers |
| 803 | Other pelt and leather products workers (except garments) |
| 811 | Cabinetmakers |
| 812 | Woodworking machine operators |
| 819 | Cabinet makers, woodworking machine operators and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 820 | Stone splitters, cutters and carvers |
| 831 | Blacksmiths, hammer smiths and forging press workers |
| 832 | Toolmakers |
| 833 | Machine tool setters and operators (7223, 8211) |
| 834 | Metal wheel grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 839 | Blacksmiths, tool makers and machine tool operators not elsewhere classified |
| 841 | Mechanical machinery fitters and assemblers |
| 842 | Precision instrument and watches makers and repairers |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters |
| 844 | Aircraft engine mechanics and fitters |
| 849 | Mechanical machinery fitters and assemblers and precision instrument makers not elsewhere classified |
| 851 | Electrical mechanics fitters and servicers |
| 852 | Electronics mechanics, fitters and servicers |
| 853 | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
| 854 | Radio and television servicers |
| 855 | Electrical installations mechanics |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph equipment installers and servicers |
| 857 | Telephone, telegraph and electrical line installers and servicers |
| 859 | Electrical and electronic mechanics and fitters and related technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 861 | Radio and television broadcast station equipment operators |
| 862 | Sound receiving and reproducing and film showing equipment operators |
| 871 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 872 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 873 | Sheet metal workers |
| 874 | Structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 880 | Jewelry and precious metal workers (technicians) |
| 891 | Glass makers, cutters, grinders and finishers |
| 892 | Abrasive wheel formers and potters |
| 893 | Glass and ceramics kiln operators |
| 894 | Glass engravers and etchers |
| 895 | Glass, ceramics and related decorative designers and painters |
| 899 | Glass makers, potters, abrasive wheel formers and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 901 | Rubber and plastic products machine operators (technicians and workers) (except coating) |
| 902 | Coating products machine operators (technicians and workers) and repairers |
| 910 | Paper products machine operators (technicians and workers) |
| 921 | Compositors and related workers |
| 922 | Printing machine operators |
| 923 | Stereotypers and electrotypers |
| 924 | Printing engravers and etchers and related workers |
| 925 | Photographic engravers |
| 926 | Bookbinders and related workers |
| 927 | Photographic and cinematic films processing technicians |
| 929 | Special printing workers not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Building, metal structures, ships and railway carriages painters |
| 939 | Painters not elsewhere classified |
| 941 | Musical instrument makers |
| 943 | Handicraft workers in non metal materials |
| 949 | Handicraft workers not elsewhere classified |
| 951 | Builders, tile and marble layers and related workers |
| 952 | Concrete placers and mosaic floors technicians |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Building carpenters and related workers |
| 955 | Plasterers |
| 956 | Insulation workers |
| 957 | Glaziers |
| 959 | Infrastructure workers not elsewhere classified |
| 961 | Electric power production and distribution plant operators |
| 969 | Stationary plant and machine operators not elsewhere classified |
| 971 | Transport laborers and freight handlers |
| 972 | Building and related electricians and windlass operators |
| 973 | Crane and hoist operators |
| 974 | Earth moving plant operators |
| 979 | Mobile plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 981 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 982 | Ships' engine room workers |
| 983 | Locomotive engine drivers and stokers |
| 984 | Railway brakers, signalers, shunters and guards |
| 985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 986 | Coachmen and related drivers |
| 989 | Land and sea transport workers not elsewhere classified |
| 990 | Laborers not elsewhere classified |
| 996 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 997 | Seeking work for the first time |
| 998 | No answer or occupation insufficiently described |
| 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 v="GR81A414 GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417 GR81A418 GR81A419 GR81A420 GR81A421"><span class="em">Questions 10-15 should only be completed for persons born in 1970 or before</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417">186. If the respondent is <span class="em">working</span> or <span class="em">seeking work</span> then he has to answer the following questions:<br /><br />[Omitted, a), b) and c) as in the form]<br /><br />187. The type of work he is or was doing the last time he worked must be very clear so as to be coded according to the occupational codes.<br /><br />If his answer is general or vague, e.g. "technician", "employee" or "merchant" or "public servant", more questions are needed so as to clarify e.g. "what kind of technician', "what kind of employee", "what kind of trade, whole sale or retail" etc.<br /><br />[Bottom of p. 60 and p. 61 omitted]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br />190. Question (b) "what is the type of establishment, enterprise, agricultural land, service etc. he works (or was the last time he worked)" refers to the type of economic activity (industry branch) of the establishment, enterprise etc. the enumerated is working or if he is seeking work to the establishment, enterprise etc. he was working last. If seeking work for the first time as before "young" will be recorded.<br /><br />191. The answer to this question must not be general or vague as e.g. "shop" or "factory" or "company" but must clarify the economic activity of the establishment or service he is working (or was working last). [Examples omitted]<br /><br />[p. 63 omitted]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 64]</span><br /><br />194. Question (c) "occupational status" the enumerated must answer whether he is (or was) <span class="em">employer, self-employed, assistant in the family business or agricultural land, or employee or wage earner</span>.<br /><br />These categories are clarified as following:<br /><div class="i1">i) <span class="em">Employer</span> is considered the owner of the establishment (either by himself or with partners) and is employing salaried or wage earning staff.<br />ii) <span class="em">Self-employed</span> is the one that works in his own work without employing salaried or wage earning staff apart maybe a member of his family as unpaid assistant.<br />iii) <span class="em">Assistant in the family business or agricultural land</span> is the family member working in the family business or agricultural land without pay, except his livelihood, within the time limits defined in paragraph 181.<br />iv) <span class="em">Employee or wage earner</span> is the person who for his work is having a salary or a day's wage or by contract or percentage on the sales.</div><br /><br />195. The employee or wage earner that works on contract but has the materials or is working with percentages on the profits is not to be considered as employee or wage earner. In these cases, he will be considered as employer (if he employs staff) or self-employed (if not employing staff).<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR81A415 GR81A416 GR81A417">186. If the respondent is <span class="em">working</span> or <span class="em">seeking work</span> then he has to answer the following questions:<br /><br />[Omitted, a), b) and c) as in the form]<br /><br />187. The type of work he is or was doing the last time he worked must be very clear so as to be coded according to the occupational codes.<br /><br />If his answer is general or vague, e.g. "technician", "employee" or "merchant" or "public servant", more questions are needed so as to clarify e.g. "what kind of technician', "what kind of employee", "what kind of trade, whole sale or retail" etc.<br /><br />[Bottom of p. 60 and p. 61 omitted]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br />190. Question (b) "what is the type of establishment, enterprise, agricultural land, service etc. he works (or was the last time he worked)" refers to the type of economic activity (industry branch) of the establishment, enterprise etc. the enumerated is working or if he is seeking work to the establishment, enterprise etc. he was working last. If seeking work for the first time as before "young" will be recorded.<br /><br />191. The answer to this question must not be general or vague as e.g. "shop" or "factory" or "company" but must clarify the economic activity of the establishment or service he is working (or was working last). [Examples omitted]<br /><br />[p. 63 omitted]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 64]</span><br /><br />194. Question (c) "occupational status" the enumerated must answer whether he is (or was) <span class="em">employer, self-employed, assistant in the family business or agricultural land, or employee or wage earner</span>.<br /><br />These categories are clarified as following:<br /><div class="i1">i) <span class="em">Employer</span> is considered the owner of the establishment (either by himself or with partners) and is employing salaried or wage earning staff.<br />ii) <span class="em">Self-employed</span> is the one that works in his own work without employing salaried or wage earning staff apart maybe a member of his family as unpaid assistant.<br />iii) <span class="em">Assistant in the family business or agricultural land</span> is the family member working in the family business or agricultural land without pay, except his livelihood, within the time limits defined in paragraph 181.<br />iv) <span class="em">Employee or wage earner</span> is the person who for his work is having a salary or a day's wage or by contract or percentage on the sales.</div><br /><br />195. The employee or wage earner that works on contract but has the materials or is working with percentages on the profits is not to be considered as employee or wage earner. In these cases, he will be considered as employer (if he employs staff) or self-employed (if not employing staff).<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates occupation of persons born in and before 1970.
Universe
Greece 1981: Persons born in or before 1970 who were working or seeking a job [discrepancies: type I: trace; type II: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |