X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 2011
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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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- CRI2011_PHC-H-H.dat
- CRI2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation 1-digit (CR2011A_OCC1)
Data file: CRI2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
259
End:
260
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Only for people 12 years or older
<br />[Questions 20 through 23 are asked only of persons aged 20 and older]</p>
<p>About the main job</p>
<p>[This question is asked of persons who worked for an hour or more, had employment or helped with family business or farm]</p>
<p>24. What is the occupation or profession that [the respondent] has at this job? ____</p>
<p>For question 24 from Block IV, about the main occupation, you can detail the responses like in the following examples: school director, hospital director, farmer, peon farmer, construction worker, school teacher, art teacher, dental mechanic, vehicle mechanic, domestic employee, waitress, store worker, store owner, fish raiser, bank cashier, supermarket cashier, bus chauffeur, truck driver.
<br />[Questions 20 through 23 are asked only of persons aged 20 and older]</p>
<p>About the main job</p>
<p>[This question is asked of persons who worked for an hour or more, had employment or helped with family business or farm]</p>
<p>24. What is the occupation or profession that [the respondent] has at this job? ____</p>
<p>For question 24 from Block IV, about the main occupation, you can detail the responses like in the following examples: school director, hospital director, farmer, peon farmer, construction worker, school teacher, art teacher, dental mechanic, vehicle mechanic, domestic employee, waitress, store worker, store owner, fish raiser, bank cashier, supermarket cashier, bus chauffeur, truck driver.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Managers |
| 02 | Professionals |
| 03 | Technicians and associate professionals |
| 04 | Clerical support workers |
| 05 | Service and sales workers |
| 06 | Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers |
| 07 | Craft and related trades workers |
| 08 | Plant and machine operators, and assemblers |
| 09 | Elementary occupations |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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
Questions 20 to 31 are asked only of people 12 years of age or older.</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 24 to 29: Determine the characteristics of the people's main work</span>
<br />This refers to the characteristics of the main job, that to which the person habitually dedicates the most number of hours or that which generates the greatest income.</p>
<p><span class="em">About the main job</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 24: Main occupation</span></p>
<p>_____ 24. What is the occupation or profession that [name] has in this job?</p>
<p>The occupation or office is the type of work that carried out the person in his/her main occupation. You must request the informant to correctly describe the name of the occupation that he/she carried out.</p>
<p>In order to do so, obtain the complete name of that occupation, with every detail necessary so that the nature of the work that the person carried out is clear.</p>
<p>Don't write generic occupations such as: peon, helper, assistant, mechanic, or professor, that by themselves do not provide details to classify the various occupations.</p>
<p>Below some examples of the correct and incorrect forms to gather information will be shown that will surely help you understand what is asked for:</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 163]</span></p>
<p>[The left-hand side is the general but incorrect type of occupation; examples of more specific and correct identification of occupation follow to the right]</p>
<p>Teacher: elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher, university professor, private class professor</p>
<p>Mechanic: automotive mechanic, dental mechanic, aviation mechanic</p>
<p>Maintenance: gardener, miscellaneous, electrician</p>
<p>Day worker: agricultural cane worker, miler, construction worker, cattle worker, fisherman</p>
<p>Merchant: store owner, mini super worker, vegetable salesman, soda salesman</p>
<p>Lawyer: attorney in private practice, examining magistrate, legal advisor of a bank, price attorney</p>
<p>Assistant: accounting assistant, nursing assistant, topography assistant</p>
<p>Machine operator: embroidery machine operator, print machine operator</p>
<p>Store manager: human resource manager, merchandise manager</p>
<p>Chauffeur: truck driver, bus driver, trailer driver
<p><span class="em">Questions 24 to 29: Determine the characteristics of the people's main work</span>
<br />This refers to the characteristics of the main job, that to which the person habitually dedicates the most number of hours or that which generates the greatest income.</p>
<p><span class="em">About the main job</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 24: Main occupation</span></p>
<p>_____ 24. What is the occupation or profession that [name] has in this job?</p>
<p>The occupation or office is the type of work that carried out the person in his/her main occupation. You must request the informant to correctly describe the name of the occupation that he/she carried out.</p>
<p>In order to do so, obtain the complete name of that occupation, with every detail necessary so that the nature of the work that the person carried out is clear.</p>
<p>Don't write generic occupations such as: peon, helper, assistant, mechanic, or professor, that by themselves do not provide details to classify the various occupations.</p>
<p>Below some examples of the correct and incorrect forms to gather information will be shown that will surely help you understand what is asked for:</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 163]</span></p>
<p>[The left-hand side is the general but incorrect type of occupation; examples of more specific and correct identification of occupation follow to the right]</p>
<p>Teacher: elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher, university professor, private class professor</p>
<p>Mechanic: automotive mechanic, dental mechanic, aviation mechanic</p>
<p>Maintenance: gardener, miscellaneous, electrician</p>
<p>Day worker: agricultural cane worker, miler, construction worker, cattle worker, fisherman</p>
<p>Merchant: store owner, mini super worker, vegetable salesman, soda salesman</p>
<p>Lawyer: attorney in private practice, examining magistrate, legal advisor of a bank, price attorney</p>
<p>Assistant: accounting assistant, nursing assistant, topography assistant</p>
<p>Machine operator: embroidery machine operator, print machine operator</p>
<p>Store manager: human resource manager, merchandise manager</p>
<p>Chauffeur: truck driver, bus driver, trailer driver
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's primary occupation (1 digit).
Universe
Costa Rica 2011: Persons age 12+ who are employed [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |