Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset
Switzerland, 2000
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- CHE2000-P-H
Present occupation (ISCO-COM), 3 digits (CH2000A_0416)
Data file: CHE2000-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
192
End:
194
Width:
3
Range:
10 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Questions 15 and 16 are intended for people in employment and apprentices
16. What is your present occupation?
Wherever possible, indicate the exact title of your job. Your reply should clearly indicate the precise nature of your work, e.g. 'metal grinder' (instead of just 'grinder'), 'shop assistant, shoes' (instead of 'shop assistant'), 'clerk' (instead of 'employee'), manager, financial services (instead of 'manager'), 'clerk of court' (instead of 'LL.B.'), 'artist/painter' (instead of 'painter/decorator'), 'primary teacher' (instead of 'teaching')
Indicate your main occupation (select just one reply). ________
16. What is your present occupation?
Wherever possible, indicate the exact title of your job. Your reply should clearly indicate the precise nature of your work, e.g. 'metal grinder' (instead of just 'grinder'), 'shop assistant, shoes' (instead of 'shop assistant'), 'clerk' (instead of 'employee'), manager, financial services (instead of 'manager'), 'clerk of court' (instead of 'LL.B.'), 'artist/painter' (instead of 'painter/decorator'), 'primary teacher' (instead of 'teaching')
Indicate your main occupation (select just one reply). ________
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Armed forces |
| 100 | Legislators, senior officials, and managers, not specified |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officials of political-party organizations |
| 120 | Corporate managers, not specified |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | General managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry/ and fishing |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists, and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 213 | Computer systems designers and analysts |
| 214 | Architects, engineers, and related professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Medical doctors |
| 231 | College, university, and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians and related information professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 247 | Administrative managers of public services |
| 290 | Other professionals |
| 300 | Technicians and associate professionals, not specified |
| 310 | Physical and engineering science associate professionals, not specified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Computer assistants |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 340 | Other associate professionals, not specified |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 390 | Other technicians and associate professionals |
| 400 | Clerks, not specified |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library and filing clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Travel agency and related clerks |
| 490 | Other clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 611 | Field crop and vegetable growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry workers and loggers |
| 615 | Aquatic-life cultivation workers |
| 690 | Other skilled agricultural and fishery workers |
| 700 | Craft and related trades workers, not specified |
| 711 | Miners, shot firers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 720 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers, not specified |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 790 | Other craft and related workers |
| 800 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers, not specified |
| 810 | Stationary-plant and related operators, not specified |
| 812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 813 | Glass, ceramics and related plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 815 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 822 | Pharmaceutical- and toiletry-products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber-products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-machine operators |
| 826 | Fibre-preparing-, spinning- and winding-machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 828 | Assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 890 | Other plant and machine operators |
| 900 | Elementary occupations, not specified |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Farm-hands and labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 990 | Other elementary occupations |
| 995 | Other occupation, response suppressed |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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 person's present occupation (ISCO-COM), 3-digit.
Universe
Employed persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |