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Censos Nacionales. III de Vivienda – VII de Población 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation, 2 digits (CR1973A_0421)

Data file: CRI1973-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 173
End: 175
Width: 3
Range: 0 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Only for individuals 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 17 - 22]




Only for those who "worked" or "did not work"
[Applies to questions 18-20]




18. Principal occupation

Specify the principal occupation held during the week of May 7th - 12th.
If the status was "did not work," write the last occupation held.
Do not forget to write the answer according to the instructions on page 47 of the Enumerator's Manual.

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Categories
Value Category
0 Architects, engineers and related jobs
1 Chemists, physicists, pharmacists and related jobs
2 Agronomists, veterinarians, biologists and related jobs
3 Doctors, dentists, nurses and related jobs
4 Artists, entertainers, athletes etc.
5 Member of a religious order and related jobs
6 Professors and teachers
7 Economists, accountants and related jobs
8 Lawyers, Judges and related jobs
9 Commercial marine and air personnel
10 Public sector administrators
11 Directors and Managers, Commerce (private sector)
12 Others directors, managers, administrators
20 Public administration functionaries
21 Bookkeepers, cashiers and related jobs
22 Typists, stenographers and related jobs
23 Other office workers and office machine operators
24 Inspectors and others in transportation
25 Mail carriers, messengers and related jobs
26 Telephone operators, telegraph operators and related jobs
27 Other office jobs, Transportation
28 Other office jobs
30 Store owners, merchants and tradesmen
31 Retail shop assistants and street vendors
32 Traveling sales representatives and dealers
33 Other salesmen, agents and related jobs
40 Agricultural administrators
41 Farm owners
42 Farm workers and related jobs
43 Fishermen and related jobs
44 Hunters and trappers and related jobs
45 Forestry workers, lumber and related jobs
50 Drivers and other vehicles drivers
51 Train engineers and locomotive stokers
52 Sailors, small boat operators
53 Transit signal equipment operators
60 Spinners, weavers, dyers, etc.
61 Tailors, dressmakers and related jobs
62 Shoemakers, leathermakers, saddle-makers, and related jobs
63 Carpenters, woodworkers and related jobs
64 Bricklayers, masons, tilers and related jobs
65 Painters and wallpaperers
66 Plumbers, pipefitters, welders and related jobs
67 Electricians, electronics workers and similar
68 Mechanics, machine repair, etc.
69 Watchmakers, jewelers, fine metalsmiths, etc
70 Artisans, graphic arts workers
71 Miners, stonemasons, quarriers and related jobs
72 Steelworkers, sheetworkers, ironworkers, blacksmiths, etc.
73 Potters, ceramicists and related jobs
74 Chemical , wood, paper industry workers
75 Food and beverage production workers
76 Cigar makers and tobacco industry workers
77 Hides, tanners, furmakers, etc.
78 Other machinists and factory workers
79 Other machinists and product workers not prev spec
80 Manual or day laborer in mines and quarries
81 Manual or day laborers, construction
82 Stevedores, dockworkers, packers and related jobs
83 Other manual and day laborers not specified previously
90 Workers in security and protection services
91 Stewards, butlers, housekeepers and related jobs
92 Cooks, servants, and other domestic services
93 Bartenders, waiters and related jobs
94 Launderers, pressers and related jobs
95 Porters, doormen and related jobs
96 Barbers, beauticians and related jobs
97 Other service sector workers
99 Not identified occupations
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.
Interviewer instructions
24.- Question No. 18.- Principal occupation

Ask this question only to persons in the classifications "Worked" or "Did not Work".

Clearly write in this space the nature of the occupation that the person did during the week of May 7 to 12.

If the occupation cannot be written down with one defined name, describe the nature of the job, for example: puts lining on steering wheels of vehicles.

When a person has had more than one occupation in this period, ask and write down that which is considered the principal.

Avoid the use of generic terms such as: worker, aid, owner, day laborer, etc., which say nothing about nature or class of work that a person did during the period of reference.

When it concerns not worked, ask the last occupation they had, it does not matter how long ago it was.

[Below the text is a filled out form.]

Keep in mind that here what you should write down is the occupation and not profession. Of course, it can happen, and it is very frequent, that both (occupation and profession) coincide; but also it can happen that they do not; for example: it is common that doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc. work in the same profession; nevertheless also it can be that a doctor is the administrator of a hospital, or an engineer the manager of a company. It is evident that in the last two examples, the occupation of the doctor is administrator and that of the engineer is manager.

[p. 48]

Examples of correct and incorrect occupations:

[Below are two columns, one marked Incorrect and one marked Correct. In this translation we list them in a single column.]

Incorrect

Professor


Correct

Professor of Primary School
Professor of Secondary School
Professor of Dance, Song, etc.


Incorrect

Mechanic


Correct

Automobile Mechanic
Thresher Mechanic
Aviation Mechanic


Incorrect

Construction Worker


Correct

Mason
Carpenter
Carpenter's Helper


Incorrect

Worker


Correct

Agricultural Worker
Quarry Worker
Poultry Farm Worker

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupation (2 digits).
Universe
Persons age 12+ who worked or had worked

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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