Census for Ireland for the Year 1901 - IPUMS Subset
Ireland, 1901
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Occupation (5-digit), HISCO (IE1901A_OCCHISCO)
Data file: IRL1901_PHC-P-H
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Discrete
Start:
293
End:
297
Width:
5
Range:
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Format:
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Literal question
Form A. - Return of the members of this family and their visitors, boarders, servants who slept or abode in this house on the night of Sunday, the 31st of March, 1901.</p>
<p><span class="em">9. Rank, profession, or occupation </span><div class="i1">State the particular rank, profession, trade, or other employment of [the respondent]. Children or young persons attending a school or receiving regular instruction at home should be returned as scholars.<br /><br />(Before filling this column you are requested to read the instructions on the other side.)<br /><br />Rank, profession, or occupation ____<br /><br />The titles of peers and other persons of rank to be inserted as well as any important office they may hold.<br /><br />Members of Parliament, Magistrates, Aldermen, and other important public officers, to state their profession or occupation, if any, after their official rank or title.<br /><br />All persons serving in the Army and Navy to state their rank, and the branch of the service to which they belong. Officers to state whether on the active or the retired list; Pensioners from the Army and Navy to state the service to which they belong.<br /><br />All persons in the civil service to state their rank, and the department or branch to which they belong; those retired or superannuated to be distinguished.<br /><br />Ministers of religion - Clergymen of every religious denomination are requested to describe themselves according to their clerical rank or position, and to state distinctly the religious body to which they belong.<br /><br />Legal profession - Barrister to state whether they are in actual practice. The designation solicitor to be confined to those whose names are actually on the roll. Clerks in Solicitors' offices should state whether they are solicitor's managing, articled, or general clerk. officers of any court, to state the name of the office, and the name of the court.<br /><br />Members of the medical profession to state whether they practice as physician, surgeon, dentist, oculist, general practitioner, apothecary, medical assistant etc., or are not practicing. They should also state the university or other society of which they are graduates, fellows, or licentiates.<br /><br />Professors, teacher, public writers, authors, and scientific men, to state the particular branch of science or literature which they follow; artists, the art which they cultivate. Graduates should enter their degrees in this column.<br /><br />Students of Theology, Law, or Medicine, and Undergraduates of any University, to be so returned.<br /><br />Scholars - Children or young persons attending a School or receiving regular instruction at home to be returned as scholars.<br /><br />Farmers - This term is to be applied only to the occupiers of land. Sons or daughters employed at home or on the farm may be returned as farmer's son or farmer's daughter. Persons employed on the farm and sleeping the farmer's house should be described as farm servants.<br /><br />Agricultural labourers, shepherds, and other employed on farms, but not living in the farmer's house, should be described as agricultural labourers, shepherds, etc..<br /><br />Persons engaged in commerce, as merchants, brokers, agents etc., to state in all cases the particular branch of commerce in which they are engaged, or the commodity in which they chiefly deal. examples such as corn merchant, member of ---- stock exchange, tea agent.<br /><br />Commercial clerk, commercial traveler, shopman, always to add in what branch of business.<br /><br />In trades, manufactures, or other business, masters should, in all cases, be distinguished. Example "Carpenter - Master"<br /><br />Workers in manufactures, and generally in the mechanical arts, should distinctly state the particular branch of work, and the material, if they are not implied in the names as in Brass founder, Iron moulder. where the trade is much sub-divided, both trade and branch are to be returned thus Watchmaker - Finisher or Printer - Compositor.<br /><br />Miners should state the description of mine in which they work. Examples: coal miner, lead miner, copper miner etc.. The term miner should never be used alone.<br /><br />Engineers - Civil Engineers and mining engineers, to be so described. Workmen employed in works or factories are to be so distinctly described. Examples: Engine smith at factory, engine fitter at works. engine drivers, stokers, and firemen to be described in connection with the manufactory, railway, steam-vessel, etc., in which they are employed. Examples: Railway engine driver, stoker in linen factory. Engineer alone is not to be used.<br /><br />Artisans and mechanics should invariably state the particular branch of mechanical art or business in which they are employed.<br /><br />Weaver - Silk, wool, worsted, cotton, etc., should always be written before this general term, so as to express distinctly the material which he weaves; thus Cotton Weaver.<br /><br />Domestic servants should be described according to the nature of their service, adding in all cases domestic servant. Examples: Coachman - Domestic Servant, Gardener - Domestic Servant, Cook - Domestic Servant.<br /><br />Labourers, porters, to be described according to the nature of their employment. Examples: Railway porter, bricklayer's labourer, labourer in iron works, general labourer. See also Instruction No. 12. The term Labourer should never be used alone.<br /><br />Person ordinarily engaged in some industry, but out of employment at the time of the census, should be so described; as bricklayer, unemployed; carpenter, unemployed.<br /><br />Persons following no profession, trade, or calling, and holding no public office, but deriving their incomes chiefly from land, houses, dividends, interest of money, annuities, etc., should describe themselves accordingly. The indefinite terms, gentlemen, esquire, are not to be used. person who have retired from business are to be entered thus. Retired farmer, retired grocer.<br /><br />Women and children - The occupation of those who are regularly employed from home, or who follow any business at home, is to be distinctly recorded, but no entry should be mad in the case of those who solely engaged in domestic duties at home. See also Instruction No. 10.</div>
<p><span class="em">9. Rank, profession, or occupation </span><div class="i1">State the particular rank, profession, trade, or other employment of [the respondent]. Children or young persons attending a school or receiving regular instruction at home should be returned as scholars.<br /><br />(Before filling this column you are requested to read the instructions on the other side.)<br /><br />Rank, profession, or occupation ____<br /><br />The titles of peers and other persons of rank to be inserted as well as any important office they may hold.<br /><br />Members of Parliament, Magistrates, Aldermen, and other important public officers, to state their profession or occupation, if any, after their official rank or title.<br /><br />All persons serving in the Army and Navy to state their rank, and the branch of the service to which they belong. Officers to state whether on the active or the retired list; Pensioners from the Army and Navy to state the service to which they belong.<br /><br />All persons in the civil service to state their rank, and the department or branch to which they belong; those retired or superannuated to be distinguished.<br /><br />Ministers of religion - Clergymen of every religious denomination are requested to describe themselves according to their clerical rank or position, and to state distinctly the religious body to which they belong.<br /><br />Legal profession - Barrister to state whether they are in actual practice. The designation solicitor to be confined to those whose names are actually on the roll. Clerks in Solicitors' offices should state whether they are solicitor's managing, articled, or general clerk. officers of any court, to state the name of the office, and the name of the court.<br /><br />Members of the medical profession to state whether they practice as physician, surgeon, dentist, oculist, general practitioner, apothecary, medical assistant etc., or are not practicing. They should also state the university or other society of which they are graduates, fellows, or licentiates.<br /><br />Professors, teacher, public writers, authors, and scientific men, to state the particular branch of science or literature which they follow; artists, the art which they cultivate. Graduates should enter their degrees in this column.<br /><br />Students of Theology, Law, or Medicine, and Undergraduates of any University, to be so returned.<br /><br />Scholars - Children or young persons attending a School or receiving regular instruction at home to be returned as scholars.<br /><br />Farmers - This term is to be applied only to the occupiers of land. Sons or daughters employed at home or on the farm may be returned as farmer's son or farmer's daughter. Persons employed on the farm and sleeping the farmer's house should be described as farm servants.<br /><br />Agricultural labourers, shepherds, and other employed on farms, but not living in the farmer's house, should be described as agricultural labourers, shepherds, etc..<br /><br />Persons engaged in commerce, as merchants, brokers, agents etc., to state in all cases the particular branch of commerce in which they are engaged, or the commodity in which they chiefly deal. examples such as corn merchant, member of ---- stock exchange, tea agent.<br /><br />Commercial clerk, commercial traveler, shopman, always to add in what branch of business.<br /><br />In trades, manufactures, or other business, masters should, in all cases, be distinguished. Example "Carpenter - Master"<br /><br />Workers in manufactures, and generally in the mechanical arts, should distinctly state the particular branch of work, and the material, if they are not implied in the names as in Brass founder, Iron moulder. where the trade is much sub-divided, both trade and branch are to be returned thus Watchmaker - Finisher or Printer - Compositor.<br /><br />Miners should state the description of mine in which they work. Examples: coal miner, lead miner, copper miner etc.. The term miner should never be used alone.<br /><br />Engineers - Civil Engineers and mining engineers, to be so described. Workmen employed in works or factories are to be so distinctly described. Examples: Engine smith at factory, engine fitter at works. engine drivers, stokers, and firemen to be described in connection with the manufactory, railway, steam-vessel, etc., in which they are employed. Examples: Railway engine driver, stoker in linen factory. Engineer alone is not to be used.<br /><br />Artisans and mechanics should invariably state the particular branch of mechanical art or business in which they are employed.<br /><br />Weaver - Silk, wool, worsted, cotton, etc., should always be written before this general term, so as to express distinctly the material which he weaves; thus Cotton Weaver.<br /><br />Domestic servants should be described according to the nature of their service, adding in all cases domestic servant. Examples: Coachman - Domestic Servant, Gardener - Domestic Servant, Cook - Domestic Servant.<br /><br />Labourers, porters, to be described according to the nature of their employment. Examples: Railway porter, bricklayer's labourer, labourer in iron works, general labourer. See also Instruction No. 12. The term Labourer should never be used alone.<br /><br />Person ordinarily engaged in some industry, but out of employment at the time of the census, should be so described; as bricklayer, unemployed; carpenter, unemployed.<br /><br />Persons following no profession, trade, or calling, and holding no public office, but deriving their incomes chiefly from land, houses, dividends, interest of money, annuities, etc., should describe themselves accordingly. The indefinite terms, gentlemen, esquire, are not to be used. person who have retired from business are to be entered thus. Retired farmer, retired grocer.<br /><br />Women and children - The occupation of those who are regularly employed from home, or who follow any business at home, is to be distinctly recorded, but no entry should be mad in the case of those who solely engaged in domestic duties at home. See also Instruction No. 10.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01100 | Chemists |
| 02100 | Architects |
| 02700 | Mining engineers |
| 03010 | Surveyors, general and nfs |
| 03200 | Technician, Specialisation Unknown |
| 04250 | Ship's navigating officers and ship's mates |
| 04260 | Ship and boat pilots |
| 04290 | Other ship deck officers and pilots |
| 06100 | Medical doctors and surgeons |
| 06200 | Dentists |
| 06300 | Veterinarians |
| 07110 | Trained nurses |
| 07220 | Medical nurses, untrained or level of training unknown |
| 07320 | Midwives |
| 07990 | Other medical, dental, veterinary and related workers |
| 11010 | Accountants |
| 12120 | Barristers |
| 12130 | Solicitors |
| 13200 | Teachers not in higher education |
| 13920 | Governesses |
| 13990 | Other teaching personnel |
| 14120 | Ministers of religion |
| 14130 | Missionaries |
| 14140 | Members of religious orders |
| 15100 | Authors |
| 16110 | Artists nfs and art teachers |
| 16120 | Sculptors |
| 16130 | Artistic painters |
| 16150 | Engravers and etchers (artistic) |
| 16300 | Photographers |
| 17120 | Musical performers and musicians nfs |
| 17300 | Actors and related workers |
| 17900 | Performing artists nec |
| 19990 | Other professional, technical and related workers nec |
| 20200 | Government administrators |
| 21140 | Proprietor, mining, quarrying, oil and natural gas extraction |
| 21160 | Proprietor, other transport and communications |
| 21182 | Executive officer finance company |
| 21192 | Executive officers of other large scale productive enterprises |
| 21194 | Publisher |
| 21230 | Builders |
| 22190 | Superintendents and managers, nec |
| 24100 | Inspectors of manufactories, companies etc. |
| 31090 | Government functionaries, nec |
| 33130 | Cashiers, bank or office |
| 33210 | Railway clerks (UK) and railway agents (CA or US) |
| 36020 | Railway guards (UK) and railroad conductors (US or CAN) |
| 36040 | Bus, tram or streetcar conductors |
| 37020 | Postal, mail and telegraph clerks |
| 37030 | Mail carriers, aka postmen (UK) |
| 37040 | Messengers |
| 38010 | Telephone operator |
| 39310 | Office clerks, specialisation unknown |
| 39340 | Legal clerks |
| 39900 | Other specified clerks |
| 41010 | Dealer, merchant etc. (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 41015 | Merchants, specified large-scale wholesaleing |
| 43010 | Agents nfs |
| 43030 | Manufacturers and sales agents |
| 43090 | Other specialized agents |
| 44120 | Insurance salesmen and agents |
| 44330 | Appraisers |
| 45120 | Salespeople, wholesale or retail trade |
| 45220 | Street sellers, pedlars and hawkers, non-food items |
| 49020 | Pawnbrokers |
| 51020 | Hotel keepers and managers |
| 51040 | Boarding and lodging house keepers and managers |
| 51050 | Pub, saloon, tavern and coffee house keepers |
| 52030 | Stewards |
| 53101 | Cook (domestic) UK only |
| 53102 | Cook (not domestic) |
| 53220 | Waiter or waitress |
| 53230 | Bartender |
| 53290 | Other food and drink service workers |
| 54010 | Servants nfs |
| 54020 | House servants nfs and maids |
| 54090 | Other specified servants |
| 55100 | Caretakers and janitors |
| 55200 | Charworkers |
| 55230 | Window cleaners |
| 55240 | Chimney sweeps |
| 55250 | Refuse collectors and removers |
| 56000 | Washing and laundry services |
| 57020 | Hairdressers |
| 57040 | Bath attendants |
| 58220 | Policemen and detectives, public service |
| 58410 | Military, rank unknown |
| 58420 | Military officers |
| 58430 | Other members of the armed forces |
| 58500 | Prison keepers and guards |
| 58900 | Other protective service workers |
| 59990 | Other service workers nec |
| 61110 | General farmers and farmers nfs |
| 61240 | Market gardeners |
| 61250 | Nurserymen and florists |
| 61260 | Livestock farmers |
| 61400 | Farm managers, foremen and supervisors nfs |
| 62110 | Farm workers, specialisation unknown |
| 62113 | Farmer's sons and other male relatives |
| 62410 | Livestock workers, general or nfs |
| 62420 | Cattle workers, except specified dairy |
| 62430 | Sheep workers |
| 62460 | Horse workers |
| 62710 | Gardeners nfs |
| 62711 | Gardener (domestic) |
| 63110 | Woodsmen and workers in the woods, nfs |
| 63120 | Lumbermen, loggers and kindred workers |
| 63290 | Other forestry workers |
| 64100 | Fishermen |
| 64990 | Other fishermen, hunters and related workers |
| 71120 | Miners |
| 71130 | Quarrymen |
| 71300 | Well drillers, borers and related workers |
| 72000 | Metal workers, specialisation unknown |
| 72100 | Metal smelter and furnacemen |
| 72200 | Metal rollers |
| 72400 | Metal casters and workers in metal casting plants |
| 73200 | Sawyers and other titled wood or sawmill operatives |
| 73300 | Papermill machine operators and paper makers |
| 74200 | Gunpowder and explosive makers |
| 74390 | Other coal product makers e.g., coke |
| 74730 | Soap and perfume makers |
| 75000 | Textile workers, specialisation unknown |
| 75100 | Fibre preparers |
| 75200 | Spinners, doublers, twisters and winders |
| 75400 | Weavers |
| 75500 | Knitters |
| 75600 | Bleachers, dyer or textile product finisher |
| 75700 | Rope makers |
| 76140 | Leather curriers and finishers |
| 77100 | Millers and related workers |
| 77200 | Sugar refiners |
| 77310 | Butchers |
| 77340 | Slaughterer, meat cutters or meat packer |
| 77400 | Cannery workers and other food preservers |
| 77650 | Chocolate makers |
| 77690 | Other baked goods makers |
| 77820 | Brewers |
| 77830 | Maltsters |
| 77840 | Wine workers |
| 77880 | Bottlers |
| 78100 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco factory workers |
| 79120 | Tailors and tailoresses |
| 79130 | Dressmakers |
| 79190 | Other garment makers |
| 79320 | Milliners |
| 79330 | Hat makers |
| 79340 | Straw hat makers |
| 79400 | Glove makers and related workers |
| 79540 | Embroiderers |
| 79590 | Others hand sewers |
| 79620 | Upholsterers (except vehicle) |
| 79920 | Sail, tent and awning makers |
| 79930 | Umbrella makers |
| 79940 | Artificial flower makers |
| 79990 | Other cloth and related product manufacturing workers |
| 80100 | Boot and shoe makers and repairers |
| 80320 | Saddlers and harness makers |
| 80390 | Other leather goods makers |
| 81120 | Cabinet makers |
| 81190 | Other furniture makers |
| 81230 | Wood turners and handle makers |
| 81300 | Coach, carriage and wagon makers |
| 81400 | Wheelwrights and cartwrights |
| 81500 | Coopers, hoop makers and benders |
| 81710 | Box makers nfs |
| 81730 | Paper box makers |
| 81990 | Other makers of wooden products |
| 82000 | Stone carvers or cutters and stone yard workers |
| 83120 | Blacksmiths |
| 83150 | Farriers or horseshoers |
| 83160 | Specialised makers of forged metal products |
| 83210 | Tool makers nfs |
| 83230 | Pattern makers nfs and nec |
| 83400 | Machinists |
| 83520 | Metal polishers and finishers |
| 83550 | Cutler (knives, forks, spoon) |
| 83600 | Gunsmiths |
| 83700 | Locksmiths |
| 83850 | Nailer and nail makers |
| 83860 | Wire makers |
| 83890 | Other metal workers nec |
| 84110 | Mechanics |
| 84120 | Millwrights |
| 84130 | Machine makers, builders and fitters |
| 84190 | Other machinery fitters and machine assemblers |
| 84220 | Watch and clock makers |
| 84290 | Other specialized instrument makers (not musical instrument makers) |
| 84300 | Bicycle makers |
| 85100 | Electrical fitters and electrical equipment assemblers |
| 85500 | Electricians and wiremen |
| 85700 | Linesmen: telephone, telegraph and electric |
| 87120 | Plumbers |
| 87130 | Pipe fitters |
| 87330 | Coppersmith or copperware maker |
| 87340 | Tinsmith, tinner or tinker |
| 87350 | Boilermaker |
| 87390 | Other sheet metal workers |
| 87530 | Shipwrights and ship joiners |
| 87590 | Other ship builders |
| 88020 | Jewellers |
| 88040 | Silversmith |
| 88050 | Working with gems and stones |
| 89120 | Glass makers |
| 89130 | Glass bottle makers |
| 89200 | Pottery and porcelain makers and workers |
| 89300 | Brick and tile makers |
| 89620 | Cement makers |
| 89630 | Lime burners |
| 90100 | Rubber product makers |
| 91020 | Paper and paperboard products makers, except boxes |
| 92110 | Printers nfs |
| 92120 | Compositors |
| 92400 | Lithographers |
| 92600 | Bookbinders and related workers |
| 92800 | Textile printers |
| 92900 | Other printers and related workers |
| 93120 | Painters, construction |
| 93190 | Other specialised painters nec |
| 93330 | Japanners |
| 93400 | Gilders |
| 94120 | Piano maker |
| 94290 | Bristle and straw workers nec |
| 94940 | Toy and doll makers |
| 94990 | Production and related workers nec |
| 95110 | Mason nfs or combined |
| 95120 | Bricklayers |
| 95140 | Plasterers |
| 95150 | Paviours |
| 95320 | Slate and tile roofers |
| 95330 | Thatchers |
| 95410 | Carpenter and joiner |
| 95420 | Carpenters |
| 95910 | Construction workers nec |
| 96900 | Other stationary engine and related equipment operators |
| 97120 | Ship boat loaders and dock workers |
| 97130 | Railway freight handlers |
| 97190 | Other freight handlers |
| 97220 | Ship riggers |
| 97430 | Railway builders, workers and labourers |
| 97490 | Other road, railway and related construction labourers |
| 98120 | Seamen |
| 98130 | Boatmen and canalmen |
| 98200 | Ship's engine men |
| 98300 | Railway or railroad locomotive operators |
| 98430 | Railway signallers |
| 98490 | Others skilled railway workers |
| 98520 | Drivers (private) |
| 98540 | Drivers (public) |
| 98550 | Delivery men and drivers of goods |
| 98900 | Other transport equipment operators |
| 99130 | Common labourers or general labourers |
| 99150 | Worker nfs |
| 99200 | Factory labourers (unspecified) |
| 99999 | No occupation reported (unknown or NIU) |
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 person's occupation (five-digit) as classified by HISCO.
Universe
Ireland 1901: All persons
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Concept