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XI Censo de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1981
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VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Class of worker (VE1981A_OCCSTAT)

Data file: VEN1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VE81A421 VE81A422 VE81A423 VE81A424 VE81A425 VE81A426 VE81A428 VE81A429 VE81A430 VE81A431 VE81A432">(Only for people 12 years of age and older.)<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE81A426">27. In this job, are (or were) you a?<br /><div class="i1">[] Public sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28<br />[] Private sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28<br />[] Public sector manual laborer (<span class="lang">obrero</span>) -- Go on to question 28<br />[] Private sector manual laborer (<span class="lang">obrero</span>) -- Go on to question 28<br />[] Domestic servant -- Go on to question 29<br />[] Owner -- Go on to question 29<br />[] Own-account worker -- Go on to question 29<br />[] Member of a cooperative -- Go on to question 29<br />[] Unpaid family worker -- Go on to question 30<br /><br />Did you look for work? [Unpaid family worker]</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Public sector professional
2 Private sector professional
3 Public sector manual laborer
4 Private sector manual laborer
5 Unpaid family worker
6 Domestic service
7 Owner with employees
8 Own-account worker
9 Unknown
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 occupational status.
Universe
Venezuela 1981: Persons age 12+ who had a job at the time of the census, or during the year prior, or worked the previous week [discrepancies: type I 1.5%; type II none]

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