Population Census; Building and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset
Austria, 1981
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AUT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Austrian Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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- AUT1981_PHC-H-H.dat
- AUT1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Socio-economic group (of supporter) in recent/last occupation (AT1981A_SOCEC2)
Data file: AUT1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
171
End:
172
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="AT81A420 AT81A421 AT81A422"><span class="em">(11) Exact Job Description:</span><br /><div class="i1">(a) (For example "paint mixer"--not "support staff"; or for example "booking/reservations machine operator"--not "office employee; or for example "civil servant in higher country-archive-work"--not "civil servant") ____<br /><br />(b) Key word description of your occupational activity ________</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="AT81A418 AT81A419" v="AT81A418 AT81A419 AT81A420"><span class="em">(12) Employed as:</span><br /><div class="i1">Self-employed:<br /><div class="i2">[] With worker(s)<br />[] Without workers</div><br />[] Unpaid family worker<br />[] Employee, civil servant<br />[] Skilled worker<br />[] Semi-skilled worker<br />[] Unskilled worker<br />[] Apprentice</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="AT81A418 AT81A419" v="AT81A418 AT81A419 AT81A420"><span class="em">(12) Employed as:</span><br /><div class="i1">Self-employed:<br /><div class="i2">[] With worker(s)<br />[] Without workers</div><br />[] Unpaid family worker<br />[] Employee, civil servant<br />[] Skilled worker<br />[] Semi-skilled worker<br />[] Unskilled worker<br />[] Apprentice</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Self-employed and family worker in agriculture |
| 02 | Self-employed and family worker in technical and scientific occupations |
| 03 | Employer in other occupations |
| 04 | Self-employed worker and family workers in product and service occupations |
| 05 | Employee - non-manual, university degree |
| 06 | Employee - non-manual, higher education |
| 07 | Employee - non-manual, medium education |
| 08 | Employee - non-manual, vocational education |
| 09 | Employee - non-manual, compulsory education |
| 10 | Skilled manual worker |
| 11 | Semi-skilled manual worker |
| 12 | Unskilled manual worker |
| 13 | Income recipients, last occupation not stated |
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
<svar a="all" v="AT81A420 AT81A421 AT81A422 AT81A423 AT81A424 AT81A425"><span class="em">For questions 11 and 14, Job title, Branch of industry</span><br /><br />The answers for questions 11 and 14 checked in the systematic distortions at the Statistic Central Office, so that they can be properly encoded for processing with the computer. Concerning a general held answer, i.e. "office employee", the editor however does not know if the person should be classified as an authorized signatory, accountant, shorthand typist, or paper sorter. If in question 14 for example only "metal branch" is marked, then this could just as well be a rolling mill or a car factory, an art-lock making or an ironware store. Therefore the most accurate possible answers are requested.<br /><br />In Question 11b, the professional occupation should be described in addition in note form. If someone remarks that they are not able to describe their profession, then they should refer to the auxiliary questions from the explanations (on the fourth page of the household list). During the test census before the people's census, it was found that keyword descriptions of professions were very practical for the encoding of answers.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a=" AT81A418 AT81A419" v="AT81A418 AT81A419 AT81A420"><span class="em">For Question 12, position in profession:</span><br /><br />Persons, who declared themselves as a co-owner, should classify themselves as self-employed in case of doubt.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a=" AT81A418 AT81A419" v="AT81A418 AT81A419 AT81A420"><span class="em">For Question 12, position in profession:</span><br /><br />Persons, who declared themselves as a co-owner, should classify themselves as self-employed in case of doubt.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the socio-economic group of the person or the person's "supporter." The variable reports the actual status for people who were economically active. Economically inactive children reported the status of the household head or working parent, if the head did not work. Other household members reported they were inactive if they were retired or self-supporting non-workers; otherwise they reported the status of the household head.
Universe
Austria 1981: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |