Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 1991
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Principal occupation (3 digits) (MY1991A_0433)
Data file: MYS1991-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
203
End:
205
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]
For person aged 10 years and above (Date of birth before/on 14 of August, 1981)
[Questions 18-27 are asked of those who lived in their households on Census Days and 10 years old or above.]
[Questions C25-27 were asked of persons who worked at least 1 hour during the 7 days and had a job to return to. (Yes was chosen in Question C18 or C19.)]
C25. Occupation
(a) What is your occupation? ________
(b) Please describe your duties/nature of your work ________
For person aged 10 years and above (Date of birth before/on 14 of August, 1981)
[Questions 18-27 are asked of those who lived in their households on Census Days and 10 years old or above.]
[Questions C25-27 were asked of persons who worked at least 1 hour during the 7 days and had a job to return to. (Yes was chosen in Question C18 or C19.)]
C25. Occupation
(a) What is your occupation? ________
(b) Please describe your duties/nature of your work ________
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Chemist |
| 13 | Physical scientists not elsewhere classified |
| 14 | Physical science laboratory assistants and related technicians |
| 21 | Architects and town planners |
| 22 | Civil engineers |
| 23 | Electrical and electronic engineers |
| 24 | Mechanical engineers |
| 25 | Chemical engineers |
| 27 | Metallurgists |
| 28 | Mining engineers |
| 29 | Industrial engineers |
| 31 | Surveyors |
| 32 | Draughtsmen |
| 33 | Civil engineering assistants and related technicians |
| 34 | Electrical and electronics engineering assistants and related technicians |
| 35 | Mechanical engineer assistants and related technicians |
| 36 | Chemical engineering assistants and related technicians |
| 38 | Metallurgist assistants |
| 39 | Engineering assistants and related not elsewhere classified |
| 41 | Aircraft pilots, navigators and fight engineers |
| 42 | Ship's deck officers and pilots |
| 43 | Ship's engineers |
| 51 | Biologists zoologists and related scientists |
| 52 | Bacteriologists, pharmacologists and related scientist |
| 53 | Agronomists and related scientists |
| 54 | Life sciences research laboratory assistants and related technicians |
| 61 | Physicians and surgeons, allopathic |
| 62 | Medical assistants, medical laboratory assistants and related technicians |
| 63 | Dental surgeons |
| 64 | Dentists (division two), dental professional nurses and dental assistants |
| 65 | Veterinarians |
| 66 | Veterinary assistants |
| 67 | Pharmacists |
| 68 | Pharmaceutical assistant |
| 69 | Dieticians and nutritionists |
| 71 | Professional nurses (except dental) |
| 72 | Non-professional nurse (dental and medical) |
| 73 | Professional midwives |
| 74 | Non-professional midwives |
| 75 | Optometrists and opticians |
| 76 | Physiotherapists and occupational therapists |
| 77 | Medical X-ray technicians |
| 78 | Physicians and surgeons, traditional medicine |
| 81 | Statisticians |
| 83 | Systems analyst |
| 84 | Computer programmers and statistical and mathematical technicians |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 111 | Auditors |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges, presidents, magistrates and related judicial officers |
| 129 | Jurists not elsewhere classified |
| 131 | University, college and related higher institution teachers |
| 132 | Secondary school teachers |
| 133 | Primary school teachers |
| 134 | Kindergarten, nursery and related pre-primary education teachers |
| 135 | Teachers, handicapped persons |
| 136 | Chancellors, deans and principals, university and college |
| 137 | Educational researchers, advisers and related workers |
| 138 | Instructors, industrial and vocational training institutions |
| 139 | Teachers not elsewhere classified |
| 141 | Religious workers |
| 149 | Workers in religion not elsewhere classified |
| 151 | Authors and critics |
| 152 | Journalists and editors |
| 159 | Authors, critics, journalists, editors and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and related artists (except commercial artists) |
| 162 | Commercial artists and designers |
| 163 | Still cameramen (except photo engravers) |
| 164 | Movie cameramen |
| 171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 172 | Choreographers and dancers |
| 173 | Actors and stage directors |
| 174 | Producers |
| 175 | Circus performers |
| 179 | Performing artists not elsewhere classified |
| 180 | Athletes, sportsmen and related workers |
| 191 | Librarians, archivist and curators |
| 193 | Social workers |
| 194 | Personnel and occupational specialists |
| 195 | Translators, interpreters and philologists |
| 199 | Other professional, technical and related workers |
| 201 | Legislative officials |
| 202 | Government administrators |
| 211 | General managers |
| 212 | Production managers (except farm) |
| 213 | Construction managers |
| 214 | Managers, recreation and entertainment services |
| 215 | Managers, financial institutions |
| 216 | Managers, mining and quarrying |
| 217 | Managers, electricity, gas, water and sanitary |
| 218 | Managers, transport services |
| 219 | Managers not elsewhere classified |
| 300 | Clerical supervisors |
| 310 | Government executive officials |
| 321 | Stenographers, typists and teletypists |
| 331 | Card and tape-punching machine operators |
| 339 | Bookkeepers, cashiers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 341 | Bookkeeping and calculating machine operators |
| 342 | Automatic data processing machine operator |
| 351 | Railway station masters |
| 352 | Postmasters |
| 359 | Transport and communications supervisors not elsewhere classified |
| 360 | Transport conductors |
| 370 | Mail distributors and related workers |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 391 | Stock clerks |
| 392 | Material and production planning clerks |
| 393 | Correspondence and reporting clerks |
| 394 | Receptionists and travel agency clerks |
| 395 | Library and filing clerks |
| 396 | Statistical Clerks |
| 397 | Census, market research and related field workers |
| 398 | Hotel, catering and lodging service clerks and related workers |
| 399 | Clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 400 | Managers (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 410 | Working proprietors (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 421 | Sales supervisors |
| 422 | Buyers |
| 431 | Technical salesmen and service advisors |
| 432 | Commercial travelers and manufacturers' agents |
| 441 | Insurance, real estate and securities salesmen |
| 442 | Business services salesmen |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 451 | Salesmen, shop assistants and demonstrators |
| 452 | Street vendors, canvassers and news vendors |
| 490 | Sales workers not elsewhere classified |
| 500 | Managers (catering and lodging services) |
| 510 | Working proprietors (catering and lodging services) |
| 520 | Housekeeping and related service supervisors |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Waiters, bartenders and related workers |
| 540 | Maids and related housekeeping service workers not elsewhere specified |
| 551 | Building caretakers |
| 552 | Char workers, cleaners and related workers |
| 553 | Public health cleaners and related workers |
| 560 | Launderers, drycleaners and pressers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers |
| 581 | Fire fighters |
| 582 | Policemen and detectives |
| 589 | Protective service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 591 | Guides |
| 592 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 593 | Sports, recreation and amusement attendants and related workers |
| 594 | Gambling hall workers |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Plantation mangers |
| 601 | Plantation supervisors |
| 611 | Planters and farmers |
| 612 | Specialized field crop farmers |
| 613 | Specialized livestock farmers |
| 621 | General plantation farm workers |
| 622 | Field crop and vegetable farm workers |
| 623 | Fruit tree and related tree and shrub crop workers |
| 624 | Livestock workers |
| 625 | Dairy farm workers |
| 626 | Poultry farm workers |
| 627 | Nursery workers and gardeners |
| 628 | Farm machinery operators |
| 629 | Agricultural and animal husbandry workers not elsewhere classified |
| 631 | Loggers |
| 632 | Forestry workers (except loggers) |
| 641 | Fishermen |
| 649 | Fishermen, hunters and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 700 | Production supervisors and general foremen |
| 711 | Miners and quarrymen |
| 712 | Mineral treaters and ore separators |
| 713 | Well drillers, borers and related workers |
| 721 | Metal smelting, converting and refining furnacemen |
| 722 | Metal rolling mill workers |
| 723 | Metal melters and reheaters |
| 725 | Metal molders and coremakers |
| 727 | Metal drawers and extruders |
| 728 | Metal platers and coaters |
| 729 | Metal processors not elsewhere classified |
| 731 | Wood treaters |
| 732 | Sawyers, plywood makers and related wood processing workers |
| 733 | Papers pulp preparers |
| 734 | Paper makers |
| 741 | Crushers, grinders and mixers |
| 742 | Cookers, roasters and related heat treaters |
| 743 | Filter and separator operators |
| 744 | Still and reactor operators |
| 745 | Petroleum refining workers |
| 746 | Rubber processing workers |
| 747 | Oil palm processors |
| 749 | Chemical processors and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 751 | Fiber preparers |
| 752 | Spinners and winders |
| 753 | Weaving and knitting machine setters and pattern card preparers |
| 754 | Weavers and related workers |
| 755 | Knitters |
| 756 | Bleachers, dyers and textile products finishers |
| 759 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 761 | Tanners, fellmongers and pelt dressers |
| 771 | Grain millers and related workers |
| 772 | Sugar processors and refiners |
| 773 | Butchers and meat preparers |
| 774 | Food preservers |
| 775 | Dairy product processor |
| 776 | Bakers, pastry cooks and confectionery makers |
| 777 | Tea, coffee and cocoa preparers |
| 778 | Brewers, wine and beverage makers |
| 779 | Food and beverage processors not elsewhere classified |
| 781 | Tobacco preparers |
| 782 | Cigar makers |
| 783 | Cigarette makers |
| 791 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 793 | Milliners and hatmakers |
| 794 | Patternmakers and cutter |
| 795 | Sewers and embroiderers |
| 796 | Upholsterers and related workers |
| 799 | Tailors, dressmakers, sewers, upholsterers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 801 | Shoemakers and shoe repairers |
| 802 | Shoe cutters, lasters, sewers and related workers |
| 803 | Leather goods makers |
| 811 | Cabinetmakers |
| 812 | Woodworkingmachine operators |
| 819 | Cabinetmakers and related woodworkers not elsewhere classified |
| 820 | Stone cutters and carvers |
| 831 | Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press operators |
| 832 | Toolmakers, metal pattern makers and metal markers |
| 833 | Machine tool setter operators |
| 834 | Machine tool operators |
| 835 | Metal grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 839 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machine tool operators not elsewhere classified |
| 841 | Machinery fitters, assemblers and repairers |
| 842 | Watch, clock and precision instrument makers |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Aircraft engine mechanics |
| 849 | Machinery fitters, assemblers, repairers and precision instrument makers (except electrical) not elsewhere classified |
| 851 | Electrical fitters |
| 852 | Electronics fitters |
| 853 | Electrical and electronics equipment assemblers |
| 854 | Radio and television repairmen |
| 855 | Electrical wiremen |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Electric linemen and cable jointers |
| 859 | Electrical fitters and related electrical and electronics workers not elsewhere classified |
| 861 | Broadcasting station operators |
| 862 | Sound equipment operators and cinema projectionists |
| 871 | Plumbers, welders, sheet metal and structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 872 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 873 | Sheet metal workers |
| 874 | Structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 880 | Jewelry and precious metal workers |
| 891 | Glass formers, cutters, grinders and finishers |
| 892 | Potters and related clay and abrasive formers |
| 893 | Glass and ceramics kiln men |
| 894 | Glass engravers and etchers |
| 895 | Glass and ceramics painters and decorators |
| 899 | Glass formers, potters and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 901 | Rubber products makers (except tire makers and tire vulcanizers) |
| 902 | Tire makers and vulcanizers |
| 903 | Plastics products makers |
| 910 | Paper and paperboard products makers |
| 921 | Compositors, typesetters and phototype setters |
| 922 | Printing pressmen |
| 923 | Stereotypers and electrotypers |
| 924 | Printing engravers (except photo engravers) |
| 925 | Photo engravers |
| 926 | Bookbinders and related workers |
| 927 | Photographic darkroom workers |
| 929 | Printers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Painters, construction |
| 939 | Painters not elsewhere classified |
| 941 | Musical instrument makers and tuners |
| 942 | Basketry weavers and brush makers |
| 943 | Non-metallic mineral product makers |
| 949 | Other production and related workers |
| 951 | Bricklayers, stonemasons and tile setters |
| 952 | Reinforced concreters, cement finishers and terrazzo workers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters, joiners and parquetry workers |
| 955 | Plasterers |
| 957 | Glaziers |
| 959 | Construction workers not elsewhere classified |
| 961 | Power generating machinery operators |
| 969 | Stationary engine and related equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 971 | Dockers and freight handlers |
| 972 | Riggers and cable splicers |
| 973 | Crane and hoist operators |
| 974 | Earth-moving and related machinery operators |
| 979 | Material handling equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 981 | Ships' deck ratings, barge crews and boatmen |
| 982 | Ships' engine room ratings |
| 983 | Railway engine drivers and firemen |
| 984 | Railway brakemen, signalmen and shutters |
| 985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 989 | Transport equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 990 | Laborers not elsewhere classified |
| 995 | Activities inadequately described |
| 998 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
Questions C18-C27
General Guidelines
Who should be asked?
(i) These questions (C18-C27) should be asked for persons aged 10 years and above, that is, those who were born before or on 14 August 1981.
Refer to Question C5 to find out the date of birth. For persons whose birth dates are 14 August 1981 or earlier, Questions C18-C27 must be asked.
If no information is provided for C5, refer to Question C6. For persons who are 10 years or more, Question C18 - C27 must be asked.
(ii) For Questions C25 and C26, if possible, obtain the information from the household members directly so that more detailed information may be given.
Reference Period
The reference period for Question C18-C27 refer to the 7 days prior to the day of the interview.
To determine the reference period, refer to the calendar provided in Document 7 (Thank You Card).
Example:
If the interview was conducted on 15 August 1991, the information required should be based on the period 8-14 August 1991.
Question C25
[Question C25 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]
Purpose
To find out the occupation of a person who worked during the last 7 days before interview.
How to ask the question
To obtain complete information on occupation you should ask two questions, that is:
Question (a)
"What is ____ (member's name) occupation?"
Question (b)
"Please describe the duties/nature of work ____ (member's name) does?"
[p.152]
How to record the answer
Question 25(a)
Record the name of the position or occupation in detail. For example, store clerk, finance clerk, lorry driver, construction worker, lift attendant, rubber tapper, rubber estate manager, restaurant manager, primary school teacher, fisherman, shoe production worker in a factory, etc.
Avoid general terms such as clerk, driver, laborer, attendant, farmer, mechanic, teacher, etc.
If the respondent has two or more jobs, record the one which he spent most of his time.
Question 25(b)
Record the duties carried out by the respondent clearly. Avoid using general terms.
Examples of complete answers are as follows:
(i) Mixing cement and plastering walls.
(ii) Preparing and selling "nasi lemak at night market".
(iii) Making furniture in own workshop.
(iv) Tapping rubber in own estate.
General Guidelines
Who should be asked?
(i) These questions (C18-C27) should be asked for persons aged 10 years and above, that is, those who were born before or on 14 August 1981.
Refer to Question C5 to find out the date of birth. For persons whose birth dates are 14 August 1981 or earlier, Questions C18-C27 must be asked.
If no information is provided for C5, refer to Question C6. For persons who are 10 years or more, Question C18 - C27 must be asked.
(ii) For Questions C25 and C26, if possible, obtain the information from the household members directly so that more detailed information may be given.
Reference Period
The reference period for Question C18-C27 refer to the 7 days prior to the day of the interview.
To determine the reference period, refer to the calendar provided in Document 7 (Thank You Card).
Example:
If the interview was conducted on 15 August 1991, the information required should be based on the period 8-14 August 1991.
Question C25
[Question C25 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]
Purpose
To find out the occupation of a person who worked during the last 7 days before interview.
How to ask the question
To obtain complete information on occupation you should ask two questions, that is:
Question (a)
"What is ____ (member's name) occupation?"
Question (b)
"Please describe the duties/nature of work ____ (member's name) does?"
[p.152]
How to record the answer
Question 25(a)
Record the name of the position or occupation in detail. For example, store clerk, finance clerk, lorry driver, construction worker, lift attendant, rubber tapper, rubber estate manager, restaurant manager, primary school teacher, fisherman, shoe production worker in a factory, etc.
Avoid general terms such as clerk, driver, laborer, attendant, farmer, mechanic, teacher, etc.
If the respondent has two or more jobs, record the one which he spent most of his time.
Question 25(b)
Record the duties carried out by the respondent clearly. Avoid using general terms.
Examples of complete answers are as follows:
(i) Mixing cement and plastering walls.
(ii) Preparing and selling "nasi lemak at night market".
(iii) Making furniture in own workshop.
(iv) Tapping rubber in own estate.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the principal occupation (3 digits) the person had.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who worked last week and those not working but have a job
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |