1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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- CAN1981_PHC-H-H.dat
- CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 1981 of husband or single male parent (CA1981A_OCCM)
Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
339
End:
340
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CA81A433 CA81A434 CA81A435 CA81A436 CA81A437 CA81A438 CA81A439 CA81A432 CA81A418 CA81A419 CA81A415 CA81A412 CA81A413 CA81A414 CA81A420 CA81A421 CA81A422 CA81A423 CA81A416 CA81A417 CA81A429 CA81A430 CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A431 CA81A424 CA81A425 CA81A021 CA81A404 CA81A405 CA81A449 CA81A450 CA81A451 CA81A452 CA81A453 CA81A455 CA81A456 CA81A457 CA81A460 CA81A461 CA81A462 CA81A463 CA81A468">[Questions 31-46 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 30.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="CA81A416 CA81A417 CA81A429 CA81A430 CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A431 CA81A460 CA81A461">Note: Questions 41 to 44 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1980. If you held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which you worked the most hours.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A460 CA81A461">43. a. What kind of work were you doing? ________<br /><div class="i1">For example, accounting clerk, safes representative, civil engineer, secondary school teacher, chief electrician, metal worker.</div><br />(b) In this work, what were your most important activities or duties? ________<br /><div class="i1">For example, verifying invoices, selling electrical tools, managing the research department, reaching mathematics, supervising construction electricians, operating lathe. (If in the Armed Forces give rank.)</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="CA81A416 CA81A417 CA81A429 CA81A430 CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A431 CA81A460 CA81A461">Note: Questions 41 to 44 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1980. If you held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which you worked the most hours.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A460 CA81A461">43. a. What kind of work were you doing? ________<br /><div class="i1">For example, accounting clerk, safes representative, civil engineer, secondary school teacher, chief electrician, metal worker.</div><br />(b) In this work, what were your most important activities or duties? ________<br /><div class="i1">For example, verifying invoices, selling electrical tools, managing the research department, reaching mathematics, supervising construction electricians, operating lathe. (If in the Armed Forces give rank.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Managerial, administrative and related occupations |
| 02 | Occupations in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics |
| 03 | Occupations in social sciences and related fields |
| 04 | Teaching and related occupations |
| 05 | Occupations in medicine and health |
| 06 | Artistic, literary, recreational and related occupations |
| 07 | Clerical and related occupations |
| 08 | Sales occupations |
| 09 | Service occupations |
| 10 | Farming, horticultural and animal hunsbandry occupatiosn |
| 11 | Other primary occupations |
| 12 | Processing occupations |
| 13 | Machining and product fabricating, assembling and repairing occupations |
| 14 | Construction trades occupations |
| 15 | Transport equipement operating occupations |
| 16 | Other occupations |
| 17 | Did not work since January 1, 1980 |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
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 occupation of the husband or single male parent in a census family.
Universe
Canada 1981: Persons in census families not headed by female lone parents [discrepancies: type I: 0.3%; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |