Censos de Población y Vivienda, 1962 - IPUMS Subset
Ecuador, 1962
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ECU_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departamento de los Censos Nacionales, IPUMS
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Occupation (EC1962A_OCC)
Data file: ECU1962_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
142
End:
145
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
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Literal question
<svar v="EC62A425 EC62A426 EC62A427 EC62A428 EC62A431"><span class="em">Only for those 12 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to items 14 through 18]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="EC62A426 EC62A427 EC62A428 EC62A431">X. Economic Characteristics<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="EC62A427"><div class="i1">(16) Occupation</div><br /><div class="i2">Farmer<br />Shoemaker<br />Clerk/scribe <br />Bricklayer<br />Mechanic's apprentice<br />Etc.<br />____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="EC62A426 EC62A427 EC62A428 EC62A431">X. Economic Characteristics<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="EC62A427"><div class="i1">(16) Occupation</div><br /><div class="i2">Farmer<br />Shoemaker<br />Clerk/scribe <br />Bricklayer<br />Mechanic's apprentice<br />Etc.<br />____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | Architects and architectural engineers |
| 0010 | Civil engineers |
| 0020 | Electrical engineers |
| 0030 | Mechanical and industrial engineers or of mines |
| 0040 | Agronomy engineers |
| 0060 | Surveyors and topographers |
| 0070 | Technical drawers |
| 0080 | Non professional technicians related to engineering jobs |
| 0100 | Chemists |
| 0120 | Pharmacists (Pharmacy workers) |
| 0130 | Medical or dentistry laboratory technicians. Laboratory workers in general |
| 0200 | Agronomists and botanical pathologists |
| 0210 | Veterinarians |
| 0300 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 0310 | Dentists |
| 0420 | Other paramedics (radiography operators and experts in diet regimen) |
| 0500 | Professional nurses |
| 0510 | Other (non professional) nurses, vaccinators |
| 0520 | Professional midwives |
| 0600 | University rectors and professors |
| 0610 | Professors and teachers of special schools and arts and crafts schools |
| 0620 | Directors and teachers in elementary schools |
| 0630 | Other professors and teachers (inspectors, educators, nuns in education services) |
| 0710 | Actuaries and statisticians |
| 0720 | Economists |
| 0800 | Lawyers (including lawyers in charge of gubernatorial office proceedings) |
| 0820 | Justices of the peace, notaries, persons responsible for public records, persons in other judicial jobs (excluding employees of these offices, scribes, etc) |
| 0900 | Artists and professors of art-painters, sculptors, caricaturists, beryl engravers, nitric acid engravers, publicity drawers, calligraphy drawers, interior and showcase decorators, scene designers |
| 0910 | Musicians and music professors, singers and directors of orchestra, bands, theater, choir, musicals; choreographers |
| 0920 | Actors, actresses and entertainers (comedians, comics, acrobats, illusionists, palmists) |
| 0940 | Literary authors, editors, journalists, correspondents, critics and reporters and other intellectual workers of newspapers and magazines |
| 0950 | Priests, pastors and nuns in religious and hospitality services |
| 0951 | Other clergy and persons in related occupations who work exclusively for a religious cult (priests, altar boys, etc) |
| 0952 | Social assistants and other persons in occupations related to social well being (social workers) |
| 0961 | Translators and interpreters |
| 0962 | Librarians and archivists of public and historical documents who have the category of head |
| 0963 | Model drafter of industrial products, other related occupations included in the sub group above, including dissector of animals |
| 1000 | Government employees and heads of national government |
| 1010 | Government employees and heads of regional government, managers of tobacco and stamp shops (heads of police, governors, political heads, political lieutenants) |
| 1020 | Government employees and heads of municipal governments, mayors, members of municipal councils, presidents of municipal counselors, other directive employees |
| 1100 | Directors, managers and administrators in wholesale commerce, buying agents, dispatchers, importers, exporters, buyers of farming products and persons in related occupations |
| 1110 | Directors, managers and administrators in establishments of retail sale (food products, bazaars, wardrobe, accessories, footwear, gasoline, etc) |
| 1220 | Directors, managers and owners of factories and similar administrations |
| 1230 | Construction contractors |
| 1240 | Directors, managers of banks, bonds, insurance and real estate |
| 1270 | Directors and managers of transportation and storage |
| 1280 | Director, managers of communications and public services |
| 1290 | Directors, managers of companies of services and supplies (water, gas, electricity, tourism, show business, etc.) |
| 1291 | Other directors, managers, not in another category |
| 2000 | Accountants, auditors, public weighers and licensed accounts |
| 2100 | Accountant aids, bookkeepers |
| 2110 | Chargers and payers (official payers, treasurers) |
| 2120 | Account collectors |
| 2200 | Typists and shorthand clerks, secretaries in general, (and other office workers of public and private administration) |
| 2300 | Operators of office machinery (IBM computers, calculators, mimeographs) |
| 2400 | Transit inspectors, controllers and transportation dispatchers |
| 2500 | Mailmen |
| 2510 | Telegraph messengers, office senders and other messengers in general |
| 2520 | Classifiers of correspondence, mail office (post office) |
| 2590 | Other persons (in occupations related to communications) |
| 2600 | Telephone operators |
| 2610 | Telegraph operators |
| 2620 | Radio communication operators |
| 2710 | Fare collectors (buses, minibuses and other means of transportation) |
| 2800 | Registrars of entrances and exits of merchandise shops, handlers of correspondence, wine producers, storage guarding |
| 2810 | Aids in libraries, medical and dental consulting firms and other professional services |
| 2820 | Other office workers and persons in related occupations, not in another category, such as proofreaders, print correctors, scribes, bank employees |
| 3000 | Vendors-store owners of wholesale commerce |
| 3010 | Vendors-store owners of retail commerce |
| 3100 | Vendors and salesclerks in shops and department stores |
| 3110 | Sellers of newspapers, magazines and lottery tickets |
| 3120 | Street vendors, order solicitors, and demonstrators (peddlers, town criers etc.) |
| 3200 | Commercial traveling salesmen |
| 3210 | Representatives of factories or commercial houses |
| 3220 | Commisionists in general |
| 3300 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 3330 | Auctioneers |
| 3340 | Vendors of tickets and fares (box office clerks) and other vendors (advertising agents) |
| 4000 | Agricultural and livestock workers (owners, for their own account, producers, etc) |
| 4010 | Administrators (foremen, clerks and administrators) |
| 4100 | Agricultural and livestock workers dedicated to the cultivation of general work of farms (agricultural workers) milkers |
| 4110 | Agricultural and livestock workers (family workers) |
| 4120 | Operators of agricultural machinery and vehicles (tractor drivers within the lands of a farm) |
| 4130 | Gardeners, caretakers of lands, greenhouse workers, seeders and similar workers and caretakers of land for recreation and sports (excluding retail florists) |
| 4200 | Fishermen and persons who work in fishing farms and those who belong to fishing boat crews |
| 4210 | Other persons in related occupations not in another category |
| 4410 | Persons working in the production of wood coal |
| 5010 | Miners in deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, steel, zinc and other metallic deposits |
| 5300 | Quarrymen |
| 5310 | Persons in the occupation of the extraction of sand, sulfur, slate, clay, gravel and salt |
| 5500 | Workers in quarries |
| 5510 | Workers in mines of sand, sulfur, slate, clay, gravel and salt |
| 5600 | Drillers, fitters and operators of petroleum and gas wells |
| 5700 | Workers in oil wells and workers in occupations of extraction of other liquid, semi-liquid and natural gas minerals |
| 6000 | Chauffeurs and taxi drivers |
| 6010 | Truck drivers |
| 6020 | Drivers of buses and minibuses |
| 6030 | Cart drivers and coachmen (and drivers by animal power) mule drivers |
| 6100 | Locomotive operators |
| 6200 | Deck officers and pilots of ships (merchant) |
| 6300 | Sailors (merchant) |
| 6310 | Shipmen and boatmen (rowboats) |
| 6400 | Pilots and air navigators (commercial companies) |
| 6500 | Brakemen on trains |
| 6600 | Switchmen |
| 7000 | Preparers of fibers, carders and workers in related occupations |
| 7010 | Spinners and winders in general |
| 7020 | Weavers, adjustors and preparers of looms in general |
| 7030 | Weavers and adjustors of sewing machines (sewing machines and sewing by hand |
| 7040 | Bleachers, dyers and finishers of textile products, steam pressers and pressers, finishers and waterproofers of textile products |
| 7050 | Carpet makers and other persons in the making of related products (in factories or by hand) |
| 7051 | Persons in occupations related to the making of textile products and related occupations not in another category |
| 7100 | Tailors and furriers in general |
| 7110 | Couturiers, seamstresses, hat makers not in factories, embroiderers |
| 7120 | Other persons in occupations related to the making of hats |
| 7130 | Clothes cutters, sewers and other persons working in the making of articles of clothing |
| 7140 | Upholsterers, mattress makers and other persons working in the making of products with a cloth base |
| 7160 | Helpers and apprentices of tailoring, clothes, fur, etc. |
| 7200 | Shoemakers not in a factory |
| 7210 | Cutters, shoe molders and other persons working in the making of footwear in factories |
| 7230 | Saddlers, leatherworkers and other persons working in the making of leather products |
| 7240 | Aids and apprentices of footwear and saddles, etc. |
| 7300 | Carpenters and assemblers |
| 7310 | Cabinet makers and platers |
| 7320 | Sawmill operators and finishers |
| 7330 | Other craftsmen and operators of wood |
| 7340 | Aids and apprentices of carpentry and assembly |
| 7400 | Bricklayers, stone masons and pavers |
| 7500 | Painters in general and wallpaperers in construction work and maintenance |
| 7600 | Plumbers and pipe fitters, riveters and steel structure assemblers |
| 7610 | Body shop workers, tinsmiths, boilermakers and other persons with jobs with metal sheets |
| 7620 | Welders by hand, arch, or welding torch |
| 7700 | Electricians and electrical repairmen |
| 7710 | Inspectors and repairers of telephone, telegraph, and electrical lines and splicers of electric cables |
| 7720 | Electrician repairmen of radio and television |
| 7740 | Other electricians and persons in related occupations |
| 7800 | Mechanics and automobile repairmen in general |
| 7810 | Mechanics |
| 7820 | Operators of tooling machines and mechanics in general |
| 7830 | Aids and apprentices of mechanics |
| 7900 | Mechanics of precision instruments and persons in related occupations (opticians) |
| 7910 | Watchmakers |
| 7920 | Jewelers and goldsmiths (silversmiths, enamellers, nickelers, etc) |
| 7980 | Machine operators of immobile motors and operators in generator plants |
| 7981 | Operators of cranes, winches, construction machinery and workers in related occupations |
| 7990 | Typographers and print setters, linotypists, printers (armers and compositors) |
| 7991 | Lithographers, recorder, photorecorders, electotypists, stereotypists and related craftsmen |
| 7992 | Bookbinders |
| 7993 | Other persons in related occupations (mechanics, adjusters, printing machinery workers) |
| 8000 | Smelters, molders, heaters, temperers and operators in related occupations |
| 8010 | Blacksmiths, forgers and hammerers |
| 8100 | Potters and ceramic makers |
| 8200 | Heaters, toasters, grinders, distillers and related occupations |
| 8240 | Operators in the impermeabilization of mainly rubber textiles |
| 8300 | Slaughtermen, butchers and operators in related operations |
| 8310 | Millers and mill operators |
| 8320 | Bread and pastry makers ( and pasta makers) |
| 8330 | Confectioners, chocolate makers, and operators in related occupations (operators in the making of chewing gum) |
| 8340 | Butter and cheese makers and other operators related to the making of dairy products |
| 8350 | Operators in other occupations related to the preparation and conservation of food products |
| 8360 | Operators in the making of wine, beer and non alcoholic drinks, natural water and soft drinks |
| 8420 | Other operators in the manufacture of tobacco products |
| 8500 | Separators, peelers, tanners and other operators in related occupations |
| 8900 | Stone cutters |
| 8920 | Operators in occupations related to the process of making footwear primarily of rubber, plant materials, and other plastic fibers and materials |
| 8981 | Packers of manufactured products and bottlers of drinks |
| 8990 | Cleaners in factories |
| 9000 | Chainers, markers, preparers of stakes, topography assistants, day laborers and workers |
| 9010 | Aids and apprentices of carpentry, masonry and other crafts related to the construction industry |
| 9020 | Daily workers-construction and maintenance of buildings |
| 9030 | Daily workers-construction and maintenance of bridges, tunnels, dams, sewers, airports, recreational land, communication systems and other special works |
| 9100 | Stevedores and daily workers on piers |
| 9110 | Other daily workers in transportation and storage (packers) |
| 9300 | Daily workers not in another category: commerce |
| 9350 | Daily workers not in another category: public and communication services, street cleaners and related workers (workers in hygiene, health, rat catchers, gravediggers, etc.) |
| 9500 | Firemen |
| 9510 | Policemen and detectives in general |
| 9520 | Other public employees who work for the compliance of the law |
| 9530 | Guards, store detectives, and similar workers (agents and guards in tobacco and stamp stands and customs) |
| 9600 | Cooks |
| 9610 | Servants in the service of the dining room |
| 9620 | Servants in the service of domestic cleaning and servants in general |
| 9630 | Housekeepers, (nannies and wet-nurses) |
| 9700 | Launderers in private homes |
| 9720 | Pressers in private homes |
| 9730 | Self-employed launderers |
| 9731 | Self-employed pressers |
| 9740 | Servers in restaurants and cafes (waiters) |
| 9741 | Bartenders |
| 9742 | Other servers and workers in clubs and similar places |
| 9750 | Mangers of pensions |
| 9752 | Cooks (excluding private homes) |
| 9753 | Servers in general (excluding private homes) |
| 9754 | Persons who prepare or sell food in the street or in other public places |
| 9755 | Trust fund managers, providers, paymasters |
| 9760 | Hairdressers and barbers |
| 9770 | Doormen and concierges |
| 9772 | Workers and cleaners and workers in related occupations (floor polishers, floor cleaners, workers in public bathrooms) |
| 9780 | Athletes and sportspersons |
| 9781 | Referees of sporting events, trainers and monitors of physical culture |
| 9790 | Photographers |
| 9791 | Operators of movie cameras for movies and television |
| 9850 | Ushers in entertainment venues |
| 9852 | Bankers in game rooms and professional gamblers |
| 9853 | Other jobs in occupations related to the provision of personal or collective services |
| 9854 | Shoe shiners |
| 9900 | Members of the army (official, general troop and recruit) |
| 9910 | Members of the navy (official, general troop and recruit) |
| 9920 | Members of the air force (official, general troop) |
| 9960 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 9970 | New workers seeking a job for the first time |
| 9980 | Undocumented |
| 9999 | 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 person who is economically active.
Universe
Ecuador 1962: Persons age 12+ who were employed, unemployed or looking for a job. [discrepancies: type 1 0.2%; type II trace]
concept
Concept