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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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Rank of public servants (DE1970A_PUBSERV)

Data file: DEU1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="DE70A443 DE70A444 DE70A445 DE70A446">For economically active persons (also self-employed, farmers, family workers)<br />[Questions 24-26 were asked of economically active persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="DE70A443 DE70A444">24. Kind of activity pursued?<br /><div class="i1">a) Occupation (for officials, state title) ____<br /><br />b) Description in condensed form (operation, material or commodity etc. handled) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Senior executive service
2 Executive service
3 Mid-level service
4 General service
8 No specification
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 a person's public service rank.
Universe
Germany 1970: Economically active or military persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 40.8%]

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