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The 1970 Census of the Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset

Germany, 1970
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DEU_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS
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Position in occupation (DE1970A_CLASSWK)

Data file: DEU1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="DE70A434 DE70A435 DE70A436 DE70A437">For economically active persons (also self-employed, farmers, family workers)<br />[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="DE70A435">16. Are you:<br /><div class="i1">[] Wage earner/homeworker<br />[] Industrial apprentice<br />[] Salaried employee<br />[] Commercial, technical, administrative apprentice<br />[] Official/judge<br />[] Self-employed<br />[] Unpaid family worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wage earner / home worker
2 Industrial apprentice
3 Salaried employee
4 Mercantile, technical, administrative apprentice
5 Official / judge
6 Self-employed
7 Unpaid family worker
9 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 class of work.
Universe
Germany 1970: Economically active or military persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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