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XII Recenseamento Geral da População e II Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1981
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PRT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Professional situation (PT1981A_CLASSWK)

Data file: PRT1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT81A401 PT81A403 PT81A405 PT81A406 PT81A407 PT81A408 PT81A409 PT81A410 PT81A411 PT81A412 PT81A415 PT81A416 PT81A417 PT81A418 PT81A419 PT81A420 PT81A421 PT81A422 PT81A423 PT81A424 PT81A425 PT81A426 PT81A427 PT81A428 PT81A429">[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT81A405 PT81A419 PT81A420 PT81A421 PT81A422 PT81A423 PT81A424 PT81A425">[Questions 17-27 were asked of persons age 12+]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT81A420">24. Professional situation<br /><div class="i1">The profession you indicated as your main occupation was performed as:<br /><br />[] 1 Employer (with one or more employees)<br />[] 2 Own-account worker<br />[] 3 Contributing family worker<br />[] 4 Employee<br />[] 5 Member of a production cooperative<br />[] 6 Other situation</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 24 - Professional situation</span><ul class="b1">
<li><span class="em">Own-account worker</span>: refers to the individual who works on his own and usually does not have paid workers, although he can receive help from family member whom he does not pay.</li>

<li><span class="em">Contributing family worker</span>: refers to the individual who works at least 15 hours per week in a family economic activity, without receiving payment.</li>

<li><span class="em">Employee</span>: refers to the individual who works for another person, firm, or organization in exchange for a wage. Workers in production cooperatives choose this option.</li>

<li><span class="em">Member of a production cooperative</span>: refers to the member of a production cooperative, where he works. This option includes, also, workers of self-managed firms.</li>
</ul>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self-employed
3 Contributing family worker
4 Employee
5 Member of a producers co-operative
6 Other situation
8 Unknown
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 describes the person's professional situation as an employer, self-employed, contributing family worker, employee, member of a cooperative or other situation.
Universe
Portugal 1981: Persons age 12+ who are active or looking for a new job [discrepancies: Type I error: trace; Type II error: none]

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