Séptimo Censo de Población y Tercero de Vivienda de Panamá 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1970

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PAN_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS

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Class of worker (PA1970A_EMPSTAT2)

Data file: PAN1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 208

End: 208

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">C. Economic Characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar v="PA70A420 PA70A421 PA70A444 PA70A422 PA70A423 PA70A424 PA70A425 PA70A426 PA70A427 PA70A428 PA70A429 PA70A430 PA70A441 PA70A442">[Questions 13 - 18 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA70A422">15. Were you paid for your work in money or in kind by a person, institution or company?<br /><div class="i1">(Only for those who worked and those who had been employed before and looked for work.) <br /><br />If the answer is yes, ask "where did you work" and mark the box 1, 2, or 3 as appropriate. If the answer is no, keep in mind the following: If self-employed without any paid employees or subordinates, mark box 4. If an owner or boss, mark box 5. If working for any family member, without remuneration, mark box 6.<br /><br />Employee</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Of the government<br />[] 2 Of a private company<br />[] 3 Canal Zone</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Own-account worker<br />[] 5 Boss (owner)<br />[] 6 Family worker</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
1	Government employee
2	Company employee
3	Canal Zone employee
4	Own-account worker without employees
5	Owner
6	Unpaid family worker
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's class of worker.

Universe

Panama 1970: Ever worked persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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