Third National Population Census - IPUMS Subset
China, 1982
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CHN_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Occupation (CN1982A_OCC)
Data file: CHN1982_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
137
End:
139
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CN82A407 CN82A408 CN82A409 CN82A410"><span class="h1">Persons aged 15 and above</span><br />[Applies to questions VIII - XI]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CN82A408"><span class="h3">IX. Occupation</span><br /><div class="i1">____<br />_ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CN82A408"><span class="h3">IX. Occupation</span><br /><div class="i1">____<br />_ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 011 | Philosophical researchers |
| 012 | Sociological researchers |
| 013 | Economic researchers |
| 014 | Juridical researchers |
| 015 | Pedagogical researchers |
| 016 | Researchers of literature and the arts |
| 017 | Librarians and staff for information science |
| 018 | Historical researchers |
| 019 | Mathematicians, physicists and chemists |
| 020 | Researchers of engineering |
| 021 | Agronomic researchers |
| 022 | Medical researchers |
| 029 | Other scientific researchers not elsewhere classified |
| 031 | Architects and town planners |
| 032 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 033 | Electrical and electronics engineering technicians |
| 034 | Mechanical engineering technicians |
| 035 | Chemical engineering technicians |
| 036 | Metallurgical engineering technicians |
| 037 | Mining engineering technicians |
| 038 | Industrial engineering technicians |
| 039 | Surveying, drawing and hydrographic technicians |
| 040 | Meteorological and seismic technicians |
| 041 | Geology engineering technicians |
| 042 | Light industry and textile industry technicians |
| 043 | Agricultural technicians |
| 044 | Forestry technicians |
| 049 | Other engineering technicians |
| 051 | Staff for management of scientific technology |
| 052 | Auxiliary staff for scientific technology |
| 061 | Aircraft pilots and navigators |
| 062 | Flight engineers |
| 063 | Deck officers and pilots on ships |
| 064 | Engineers on ships |
| 069 | Other technicians for aircrafts and ships |
| 071 | Doctors of traditional Chinese medicine |
| 072 | Doctors of western medicine |
| 073 | Doctors of combined traditional chinese and western medicine |
| 074 | Pharmacy staff |
| 075 | Head nurses and nurses |
| 076 | Health technicians and assistants |
| 077 | Epidemic prevention health care and medical personnel |
| 078 | Health technicians for neighborhoods (urban areas) and brigades (rural areas) |
| 079 | Veterinary surgeons |
| 089 | Other health technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 091 | Economic planners |
| 092 | Statisticians |
| 093 | Finance and accounting staff |
| 094 | Payroll clerk |
| 095 | Dispatchers |
| 096 | Administrative personnel for taxation, industry and commerce |
| 097 | Banking personnel |
| 098 | Customs inspection officers |
| 099 | Other staff for the economy not elsewhere specified |
| 101 | Judicial affairs |
| 102 | Public prosecutors |
| 103 | Lawyers |
| 109 | Other staff for legal affairs |
| 111 | University and higher teachers |
| 112 | Secondary school teachers |
| 113 | Primary school teachers |
| 114 | Pre-primary school teachers |
| 115 | Teachers in schools for the blind and deaf-mute persons |
| 116 | Assistant teachers |
| 119 | Other teachers |
| 121 | Authors and critics |
| 122 | Writers, musical directors and conductors |
| 123 | Actors |
| 124 | Musical players |
| 125 | Photographers |
| 126 | Film and television cameramen |
| 127 | Art workers |
| 128 | Stage designers |
| 129 | Coaches and referees |
| 130 | Sportsmen |
| 139 | Other staff for literature, arts and sports |
| 141 | Newsmen |
| 142 | Editors |
| 143 | Announcers |
| 144 | Translators |
| 145 | Librarians |
| 146 | Archivists |
| 147 | Archaeologists and cultural relic staffs |
| 148 | Exhibition guides |
| 149 | Other staff for culture |
| 150 | Staff for religion |
| 211 | Managers of government agencies and related working units at the national level |
| 212 | Managers of government agencies and related working units at the provincial level |
| 213 | Managers of government agencies and related working units at the level of prefectures, cities and counties |
| 221 | Managers at all levels of the communist party of china |
| 222 | Managers of the communist youth league of china, labor union and the women's federation |
| 223 | Managers of democratic parties and people's organizations |
| 231 | Managers of subdistrict offices in cities |
| 232 | Managers of neighborhood committees in cities |
| 233 | Managers of people's communes in countryside |
| 241 | Managers of enterprises and institutions |
| 242 | Mangers of work units under enterprises and institutions |
| 311 | Administrative staff of vocational work |
| 312 | Secretaries |
| 313 | Dispatchers and reporters |
| 314 | Typists and copyists |
| 319 | Other administrative staff and office workers |
| 321 | Staff for political affairs |
| 322 | Staff for personnel administration |
| 323 | Political and public security personnel |
| 324 | Firefighters |
| 329 | Other staff for political and security affairs |
| 331 | Staff for posts |
| 332 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 339 | Other staff for post and telecommunication |
| 399 | Other clerical and related staff |
| 411 | Shop employees and salesmen |
| 419 | Other salesmen |
| 421 | Buyers |
| 422 | Traveling salespersons and suppliers |
| 431 | Procurement staff in trust companies |
| 432 | Procurement staff for waste and old materials |
| 433 | Other procurement staff |
| 499 | Other commercial staff |
| 511 | Attendants in restaurants and dining halls |
| 512 | Attendants in inns and hotels |
| 513 | Attendants in cinemas, theaters, gymnasiums, playgrounds, public places and parks |
| 514 | Bathroom attendants |
| 515 | Attendants on ship, bus and aircraft |
| 516 | Ticket sellers |
| 517 | Childcare workers |
| 518 | Housekeepers |
| 519 | Barbers |
| 520 | Washers, dyers and darning workers |
| 521 | Fuel supply workers |
| 522 | Cleaners |
| 523 | Odd-job employees |
| 524 | Funeral and interment workers |
| 529 | Other attendants |
| 530 | Cook and kitchen workers |
| 540 | Guides |
| 551 | Staff for repairing household electrical equipment |
| 559 | Staff for repairing other daily necessities |
| 599 | Others in service trade |
| 600 | Production brigade leaders for farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery |
| 611 | Grain growers |
| 612 | Cotton growers |
| 613 | Vegetable growers |
| 614 | Tea and fruit growers |
| 619 | Other agricultural workers |
| 621 | Forestation workers |
| 622 | Lumberjacks |
| 623 | Forest rangers |
| 624 | Workers for wood transportation by water |
| 629 | Other forestry workers |
| 631 | Livestock growers |
| 632 | Domestic fowl and animal growers |
| 633 | Growers of animals for special use |
| 639 | Other animal husbandry workers |
| 641 | Aquatic product breeders |
| 642 | Fishermen |
| 643 | Natural aquatic animal and plant gatherers |
| 644 | Fishing boat drivers |
| 649 | Other fishery workers |
| 650 | Hunters |
| 661 | Tractor drivers |
| 669 | Other operators of agricultural machines |
| 699 | Other workers in farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery |
| 711 | Mining and stone cutting workers |
| 712 | Mineral and stone processing workers |
| 713 | Oil and natural gas extraction workers |
| 714 | Geological prospecting workers |
| 715 | Salt mining workers |
| 719 | Other mining. quarrying, exploring, well drilling and salt mining workers |
| 721 | Metal smelting workers |
| 722 | Metal rolling and mechanical operators workers |
| 723 | Foundry workers |
| 724 | Metal hot processing workers |
| 725 | Metal drawing and extruding workers |
| 726 | Outside processing of metals workers |
| 729 | Other metal smelting and processing worker |
| 731 | Workers for production of basic chemical raw materials |
| 732 | Workers making chemical fertilizer |
| 733 | Workers making agricultural chemicals |
| 734 | Workers for dairy chemistry |
| 735 | Workers for production of chemical fibers |
| 736 | Oil refining workers |
| 737 | Workers for coking coal |
| 738 | Pharmaceutical workers |
| 739 | Other chemical workers |
| 741 | Rubber machine operators |
| 742 | Plastic machine operators |
| 743 | Tire makers and sulphur suppliers |
| 749 | Other workers for production of rubber and plastic products |
| 751 | Workers for fiber pretreatment |
| 752 | Spinners, silk reeling workers and twisting workers |
| 753 | Workers for installation and maintenance of textile, sewing and dying equipment |
| 754 | Weavers |
| 755 | Knitting workers |
| 756 | Textile and dying workers |
| 759 | Other workers for textiles, knitting and dying |
| 761 | Workers for production of both leather and fur |
| 762 | Workers for leather products |
| 763 | Workers for fur products |
| 769 | Other workers for production of leather and fur |
| 771 | Workers for drawing and cutting out garments |
| 772 | Workers for sewing garments |
| 773 | Workers for production of shoes and caps |
| 774 | Embroidery workers |
| 779 | Other tailoring and sewing workers |
| 781 | Workers who husk rice, mill flour and extract oil |
| 782 | Workers who refine sugar |
| 783 | Butchers and workers for meat products |
| 784 | Workers for food pickling, tinning and preservation |
| 785 | Workers for dairy products |
| 786 | Bakers and workers for candy products |
| 787 | Workers for tea making |
| 788 | Brewers |
| 789 | Other workers for the food and drink industry |
| 790 | Workers for tobacco industry |
| 801 | Workers for wood processing |
| 802 | Workers for wood products |
| 803 | Workers for wood furniture |
| 804 | Carpenters |
| 805 | Workers for products of bamboo, hemp, cane, palm, and straw |
| 809 | Other workers for products of bamboo, hemp, cane, palm and straw |
| 811 | Workers for paper making |
| 812 | Workers for manufacture of paper products |
| 819 | Other workers for manufacture of paper products |
| 821 | Workers for character selection and compositors |
| 822 | Workers for plate making |
| 823 | Printers |
| 824 | Bookbinders |
| 825 | Workers for photocomposition |
| 829 | Other printing and the related workers |
| 831 | Workers for stone cutting |
| 832 | Workers for stone carving |
| 839 | Other stone workers |
| 841 | Forgers and forging press operators |
| 842 | Bench workers |
| 843 | Workers for installation of machine tools |
| 844 | Metal cutting machine operators and blade grinding workers |
| 849 | Other forgers, tool manufacturing workers and machine tool installation workers |
| 851 | Machine assemblers |
| 852 | Workers for machine repair |
| 853 | Workers for manufacture of clocks, watches and precision instruments |
| 859 | Other machine assemblers and workers for manufacture of precision instruments |
| 861 | Workers for installation and repair of electric equipment |
| 862 | Workers for installation and repair of electronic equipment |
| 863 | Workers for assembly of electric and electronic equipment |
| 864 | Electricians |
| 865 | Installation, repair and teletype and telephone equipment assembly workers |
| 869 | Other installation, repair and electronic equipment assembly and related workers |
| 871 | Operators for transmitting equipment |
| 872 | Operators for recording equipment |
| 873 | Projectionists |
| 881 | Plumbers and piping workers |
| 882 | Welders |
| 883 | Workers for cold-working metal components |
| 884 | Workers for installation of metal components |
| 891 | Workers for manufacture of glass products |
| 892 | Workers for manufacture of ceramic products |
| 893 | Workers for manufacture of enamel products |
| 901 | Painters |
| 909 | Other painters |
| 911 | Workers for production of cement and its products |
| 912 | Workers for production of asbestos and its products |
| 913 | Workers for production of lime, bricks and tiles |
| 914 | Workers for production of refractory materials |
| 915 | Workers for production of other non-metallic minerals and products |
| 916 | Workers for production related to culture, education and sports |
| 917 | Workers for pearl, jewel, gold and silver processing |
| 918 | Workers for production and carving of handicraft articles |
| 919 | Other production and related workers |
| 921 | Bricklayers and plasterers |
| 922 | Concrete workers |
| 923 | Reinforcing workers |
| 924 | Scaffolding |
| 925 | Unskilled laborers in construction |
| 929 | Other workers for construction |
| 931 | Operators of electric generating equipment |
| 932 | Operators on duty for power grids |
| 933 | Boiler workers |
| 939 | Other operators of power plants |
| 941 | Loaders |
| 942 | Operators of cranes |
| 943 | Operators of civil engineering, mechanical and related equipment |
| 949 | Other loaders and operators of related equipment |
| 951 | Ships crew |
| 952 | Railway engine drivers and stokers |
| 953 | Railway transportation workers |
| 954 | Bus drivers |
| 955 | Other motor vehicle drivers |
| 956 | Animal-drawn vehicle drivers |
| 957 | Two-wheeled vehicle drivers |
| 959 | Other operators of transportation equipment related staff |
| 961 | Examiners and inspectors |
| 962 | Metrologists |
| 963 | Surveyors |
| 964 | Laboratory technicians |
| 991 | Underwater operation workers |
| 992 | Surveying and drawing workers |
| 993 | Packing workers |
| 994 | Warehouse workers |
| 997 | Other production, transportation and related workers |
| 998 | Other workers not classified elsewhere |
| 999 | 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 person's occupation.
Universe
China 1982: Employed persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]
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