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Population Census 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1972
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PAK_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Occupation, 1 digit (pk73a_occ1)

Data file: PAK1973-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Economic characteristics
(For persons 10 years of age and above)

For those who answered yes in Col. 15

16. What kind of work did he/she do most of the last week?

[Question 16 was asked of persons who had a job last week, per question 15.]

(Write title of occupation, e.g. Motor Mechanic, Carpenter, Taxi Driver, Cultivator, etc.
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Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Professional, technical and related workers
2 Administrative and managerial workers
3 Clerical and related workers
4 Sales workers
5 Service workers
6 Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers, fishermen and hunters
7 Production and related workers, transport equipment operators and laborers
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.
Interviewer instructions
7.27 Question No.16
This question will be asked from those persons of the household who are working or had the job but did not work and from those respondents against whom code-1 has been entered in column 15.

The respondent may be asked that what type of work he had been doing last week. If he had work but he did not work last week then it will be enquired that what type of work he had but did not work.

If the respondent tells that more than one type of work is done and inform his actual [Pg. 53] profession, the work will be written on which most of time was spent. The answer to this question may acquire in such a way that his profession/job may be explained fully.

The doubtful and common answers may not be entered. Sometime a worker does not know about name of his job but he can explain that what type of work he is doing. The enumerator has to enter correct nature of job or profession. By writing generally some words (for work) or the name of instruments he is using in job. This goal can be achieved.

The ambiguous entries (e.g., employment, labour, driver, conductor, etc.) will not be entered. The following examples will explain how the entries should be made:


"Agent" Tell whether he is a premium agent, commission agent, customer agent or agent of advertisements.
"Engineer" Tell whether he is Civil engineer, Mining engineer, Electrical engineer, Chemical engineer, Mechanical engineer, Ship engineer, aeronautical engineer, etc.
"Clerk" It may be written whether he is stenographer, typist, cashier, bookkeeper, postman, calculating machine operator, electronic computer operator, train dispatcher, radio, telephone operator, correspondent clerk, insurance clerk, store room clerk, statistical clerk, travel agency clerk, library clerk, proof reader, card and tap punching machine operator, etc.
"Manager" It may be written whether he is a restaurant manager, hotel manager, cinema manager, wholesale manager, munshi of lawyer, retailer manager, farm manager, sales manager, and transport manager, etc.
"Salesman" Tell whether he is an insurance salesperson, advertising salesperson, wholesale salesperson, retailer salesperson, hawker, or newspaper seller, etc. and also ask whether the laborer of factory is related to spinner, dying worker, cigar /cigarette maker, electro platter or machine maker etc.
"Driver" Tell whether he is railway driver, tram driver, taxi driver, bus driver, tonga driver, sailor, driver of unmoved engine, crane operator, lifter, etc.
[Pg. 54]
"Mechanic" Tell whether he is motor truck driver or cycle motorcycle mechanic; textile mechanic; watch maker; or radio, television, telephone, and telegraph mechanic, etc.
"Laborer" Tell whether he is the laborer of train, seaport, sweeper or dry port.
"Inspector" Tell whether he is the inspector of health, excise, income tax, police, food or electricity, etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (1-digit) last week.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who worked last week

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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