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Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 2000
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National Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation (PH2000A_0422)

Data file: PHL2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 191
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For Persons 10 Years Old and Over




P25. What was [respondent]'s usual activity/occupation during the past 12 months?
(Please see code book)
If housewife, student or retiree, skip to P29.

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Categories
Value Category
11 Officers
12 Enlisted personnel
111 Government administrators (including career executive service off.)
112 Legislative officials
113 Traditional chiefs and heads of villages
114 Senior officials of special-interest organization
121 Directors and chief executives of corporations
122 Production and operations managers
123 Specialized managers
131 General managers/managing-proprietors
141 School supervisors and principals
142 Transport and communications service supervisors
143 Production supervisors and general foremen
144 Sales supervisors in wholesale and retail trade
149 Other supervisors not elsewhere classified
211 Physicists, chemists and related professionals
212 Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals
213 Computer professionals
214 Architects and related professionals
215 Engineers and related professionals
221 Life science professionals
222 Health professionals (except nursing)
223 Nursing and midwifery professionals
231 College, university and higher education teaching professionals
232 Technical, vocational and related instructors
233 Secondary education teaching professionals
234 Elementary education teaching professionals
235 Special education teaching professionals
239 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
241 Business professionals
242 Legal professionals
243 Librarians, archivists and curators
244 Social and related science professionals
245 Writers and creative or performing artists
246 Religious Professionals
311 Physical science and engineering technicians
312 Computer assistants and computer equipment controllers
313 Optical and electronic equipment controllers
314 Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians
315 Building, safety, health and quality inspectors
321 Life science technicians and related associated professionals
322 Health associate professionals (except nursing)
323 Nursing and midwifery associate professionals
324 Traditional medicine practitioners
330 Teaching associate professionals
341 Finance and sales associate professionals
342 Business services agents and trade brokers
343 Administrative associate professionals
344 Customs, taxation, licensing, welfare and related professionals
345 Police inspectors and detectives
346 Social work associate professionals
347 Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals
348 Religious associate professionals
411 Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks
412 Numerical clerks
413 Material recording and transport clerks
414 Library, mail and related clerks
419 Other Office Clerks
421 Cashiers, tellers and related clerks
422 Client information clerks
511 Travel attendants and related workers
512 Housekeeping and restaurant services workers
513 Personal care and related workers
514 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related worker
515 Other personal services workers
516 Protective services workers
521 Fashion and other models
522 Shop salespersons and demonstrators
523 Stall and market salespersons
611 Field crop farmers
612 Orchard farmers
613 Ornamental and other plant growers
621 Livestock and dairy farmers
622 Poultry farmers
629 Other animal raisers
631 Forest tree planters
632 Concessionaires and loggers
633 Charcoal makers and related workers
634 Minor forest products gatherers
641 Aqua-farm cultivators
642 Inland and coastal waters fishermen
643 Deep-sea fishermen
649 Fishermen not elsewhere classified
651 Hunters and trappers
659 Hunters and trappers not elsewhere classified
711 Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers
712 Building frame construction and related trades
713 Building construction finishers and related trades workers
714 Painters and related trades workers
721 Metal molders, welders, and sheet-metal workers
722 Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers
723 Machinery mechanics, fitters and related trades workers
724 Electricians, electrical and electronic equipment workers
731 Precision workers in metal and related material
732 Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers
733 Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related material
734 Printing, binding 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 Leather and shoemaking trades workers
811 Mining-and mineral-processing plant operators
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
817 Automated assembly-line and industrial robot operators
821 Metal and mineral products machine operators
822 Chemical products machine operators
823 Rubber and plastic products machine operators
824 Wood products machine operators
825 Textile and leather products machine operators
826 Food and related products machine operators
827 Assemblers
829 Other machine operators and assemblers
831 Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers
832 Motor vehicle drivers
833 Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators
834 Ship's deck crews and related workers
911 Market stall vendors, street vendors and related workers
912 Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary workers
913 Domestic helpers and cleaners and related workers
914 Building caretakers, window and related cleaners
915 Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers
916 Garbage collectors and related laborers
921 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers
931 Mining and construction laborers
932 Manufacturing laborers
933 Transport laborers and freight handlers
950 New workers seeking employment
951 Experienced workers seeking reemployment
952 Workers reporting occupations unidentifiable
953 Workers not reporting any occupation
970 No occupation
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.
Interviewer instructions
P25 Usual activity/occupation

Data on occupation are essential for analyzing the growth, composition and distribution of the work force. They provide information on socio-economic status of the population which is essential in planning the necessary training programs aimed at full and effective utilization of the country's human resources.

Ask the question in P25: "What was ______'s usual activity/occupation during the past twelve months?" for all persons 10 years old and over. Write in the space provided the type of activity/occupation of the person. This will be coded later using the Code Book.

Through this question we can determine whether a person is a gainful worker or is a non-gainful worker.

The term usual activity/occupation refers to the kind of job or business which a person was engaged in most of the time during the last twelve months preceding the interview. In other words, usual activity/occupation is the person's principal means of earning a living like a palay farmer, carpenter, retail merchant, elementary school teacher, telephone operator, etc. during the past twelve months.

For persons who did not work during the past 12 months, their usual activity/occupation relates to the non-gainful activities they usually do most of the year or to their status. They will be reported in either of the following:


1. Housekeeper, own home
2. Student
3. Pensioner (quite old to work and receiving monthly pension or annuity. Report under "Disabled" if disabled but still young).
4. Retired (quite old to work and not receiving monthly pension or annuity, including those retired from the government service or private employment who can still work but do not care to work anymore).
5. Disabled (suffering from permanent illness or permanent disability)
6. Dependent (other than above), etc.


For purposes of this census, a person is considered as gainful worker or usually working most of the time during the past 12 months if he works for at least 10 hours a week for 6 months (26 weeks) or longer, including vacation or sick leave, in one or more of these classes of work:


1. work for pay (wage, salary, commission, tips, etc.);
2. work for profit in own farm, business, private practice of a profession or trade, and;
3. work without pay on own family farm or business.


For persons whose activities varied during the preceding 12 months, report as his usual activity/occupation that which he was engaged in for more than six months. However, if none of these activities lasted for more than six months, report the one which had the longest duration.
For persons working at two permanent jobs, the job at which they work longer hours should be reported. If they spend the same number of hours on both jobs, report the job from which they earn greater income.

Take note of the following cases:

1. If a person worked most of the time during the past 12 months but actually devoted more time to studying or housekeeping most of the year, report the gainful occupation he did and not student or housekeeper.

2. If for several years a person had been a school teacher but on May 1,
2000 has already quit his teaching job and is operating a palay farm, his usual occupation is still an elementary school teacher.

3. During the census, a person may be working in a job other than his usual occupation. For instance, an elementary school teacher works during the long school vacation as a merchant or a palay farmer or fisherman works temporarily as a carpenter. In these cases, the report should be "Elementary school teacher", "palay farmer", or "fisherman", respectively, and not the temporary jobs they are presently doing.

Always describe the specific job or occupation performed by the person in the establishment, office, farm, etc., such as radio technician, records clerk, typist, stenographer, lawyer, farm manager, elementary school teacher, bill collector, carpenter, hospital attendant, etc.
Answers such as agent, engineer, mechanic, employee, etc., do not describe adequately the work performed. Ask the respondent additional questions like "Does this person work for a life insurance company, advertising agency, etc.?" or "What kind of engineer/mechanic is he?"
If the respondent gives a long description of the actual duties of work of the person, report the occupation that fits the description.

Avoid such ambiguous descriptions as owner, partner, businessman, etc. They do not adequately describe the occupation of the person. They simply indicate the proprietary relationship of the person to the business and some owners do not do any work in connection with their business.

If a person is the owner of an enterprise and he manages it or participates in its management, report "Manager" as his occupation. However, in such enterprises emerge in wholesale or retail trade, hotel, dormitory, restaurant, cafeteria or other lodging or eating place, said owner managing or participating in the management of the enterprise should be reported as "wholesale merchant", "retailer", or "working proprietor ". Note however, that a partner in a business who is paid by the partnership to manage the business should be reported as "manager" and not "working proprietor".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's usual activity/occupation during the past 12 months.
Universe
Persons age 10+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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