Population and Housing Census 2002 - IPUMS Subset
Romania, 2002
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Reference ID
ROU_2002_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Minnesota Population Center
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- ROU2002-H-H
- ROU2002-P-H
Occupation, 1 digit (RO2002A_0434)
Data file: ROU2002-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
241
End:
241
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
_ _ _ _ 21. Occupation on current activity (type of work or craft, or qualified task done in a job at work place)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Legislators, senior officials and managers |
| 2 | Professionals |
| 3 | Technicians and associate professionals |
| 4 | Clerks |
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers |
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers |
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers |
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers |
| 9 | Elementary occupations |
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
Occupation on current main activity (the craft or qualified task actually performed at the working place) -- item 21.
70. Occupation refers to the type economic --social useful activity, usually performed for pay or income (in cash or in kind), by a person being its main resource for living.
Will be recorded as main occupation, the qualification (specialization) actually performed to the current main working place, and not the profession acquired during the studies.
[p. 51]
The occupation's name should be clearly written, on the special designated space, in order to establish the performed craft (for workers) or the position and the task actually done in a job (when the activity is mostly of intellectual kind), as following:
a) for management personnel of:
-- economic and social units (institutions of the public administration, autonomous bodies, state or private capital commercial companies, political organizations, professional, employers, trade unions, etc.) will be recorded the position as it was performed. For example: minister, ambassador, senator, state secretary, prefect, general director, division chief, service chief, office chief, chief engineering, district chief, workshop chief, etc.);
-- the functional structure compartments will be registered for occupation both the function (position) as well as the concrete activity of the compartment headed by the enumerated person. For example: division chief -- of personnel, division chief -- supply, division chief -- financing - accounting, division chief -- commercial, division chief - advertising and public relations, bureau chief- administration.
b) for the staff having executive duties, occupation will be recorded:
-- the appointment's function -- whether this coincides with the qualification: physicist (expert on physics), economist, meteorologist, biologist, journalist, sociologist, architect, accountant, etc.;
-- the appointment's function and the qualification -- whether these are not in coincidence: construction engineer, dentist, adviser on statistics, economist expert on trade and marketing, foreman -- on wood industry, foreman -- on mechanics and locksmiths, etc.
c) for craftsmen, skilled workers, services and trade operators, the particular practiced craft will be recorded as occupation: power transformer reeler, concrete mason, concrete reinforcement bars iron smith, plaster maker, carpenter, boiler maker, welder, form maker for refractory products, iron and non-ferrous (smelter) founding worker, hairdresser, telephone operator, barman, waiter, shop salesman, car driver, trailer driver, tramcar driver, mason, oil processing operator.
These category of workers should not be recorded as having an occupation "worker", but rather identified with the practiced profession (or craft).
d) for unqualified workers the actually type of work done in a job will be recorded: loader, unload worker, manual merchandises stacker, food ambulant vendor, newspapers vendor, cleaning women homemaker, carrier (transport worker), grave digger, doorman, guardian, street sweeper;
e) for farms agricultural workers, farms members, as well as for farmers working on their own household performing specialized agricultural works, will be recorded as occupation the craft or the type of activity performed: farmer on land culture, vegetable gardener, orchard man, viticulturist, flower gardener, apiarist, shepherd, greensward care taker.
-- for the persons activating on both plants growing and animal breeding, will be recorded as occupation as "working on agricultural cultures and animal breeding".
f) for military conscript will be recorded as occupation military.
Particular situations:
-- the workers, the clerks, the craftsmen and private traders or associates, etc. having private own farms, where they are working on free time, will be recorded the main occupation and not agricultural one;
-- whether a person is activating on several economical and social fields, obtaining incomes, as occupation will be considered that main activity performed (during the week March 11 -- 17, 2002) mostly on that week, as declared by the person.
-- the persons temporarily absent from their job (for example those participating to the approved qualification and specialization courses, during the working time, those vacationing, etc -- see paragraph 67 "occupied persons" -- b) will be recorded with the previous occupation they had before being on this situation.
[p. 52]
The occupation codification will be done by codifiers (so this will not have to be done by the enumerator or chief enumerator).
70. Occupation refers to the type economic --social useful activity, usually performed for pay or income (in cash or in kind), by a person being its main resource for living.
Will be recorded as main occupation, the qualification (specialization) actually performed to the current main working place, and not the profession acquired during the studies.
[p. 51]
The occupation's name should be clearly written, on the special designated space, in order to establish the performed craft (for workers) or the position and the task actually done in a job (when the activity is mostly of intellectual kind), as following:
a) for management personnel of:
-- economic and social units (institutions of the public administration, autonomous bodies, state or private capital commercial companies, political organizations, professional, employers, trade unions, etc.) will be recorded the position as it was performed. For example: minister, ambassador, senator, state secretary, prefect, general director, division chief, service chief, office chief, chief engineering, district chief, workshop chief, etc.);
-- the functional structure compartments will be registered for occupation both the function (position) as well as the concrete activity of the compartment headed by the enumerated person. For example: division chief -- of personnel, division chief -- supply, division chief -- financing - accounting, division chief -- commercial, division chief - advertising and public relations, bureau chief- administration.
b) for the staff having executive duties, occupation will be recorded:
-- the appointment's function -- whether this coincides with the qualification: physicist (expert on physics), economist, meteorologist, biologist, journalist, sociologist, architect, accountant, etc.;
-- the appointment's function and the qualification -- whether these are not in coincidence: construction engineer, dentist, adviser on statistics, economist expert on trade and marketing, foreman -- on wood industry, foreman -- on mechanics and locksmiths, etc.
c) for craftsmen, skilled workers, services and trade operators, the particular practiced craft will be recorded as occupation: power transformer reeler, concrete mason, concrete reinforcement bars iron smith, plaster maker, carpenter, boiler maker, welder, form maker for refractory products, iron and non-ferrous (smelter) founding worker, hairdresser, telephone operator, barman, waiter, shop salesman, car driver, trailer driver, tramcar driver, mason, oil processing operator.
These category of workers should not be recorded as having an occupation "worker", but rather identified with the practiced profession (or craft).
d) for unqualified workers the actually type of work done in a job will be recorded: loader, unload worker, manual merchandises stacker, food ambulant vendor, newspapers vendor, cleaning women homemaker, carrier (transport worker), grave digger, doorman, guardian, street sweeper;
e) for farms agricultural workers, farms members, as well as for farmers working on their own household performing specialized agricultural works, will be recorded as occupation the craft or the type of activity performed: farmer on land culture, vegetable gardener, orchard man, viticulturist, flower gardener, apiarist, shepherd, greensward care taker.
-- for the persons activating on both plants growing and animal breeding, will be recorded as occupation as "working on agricultural cultures and animal breeding".
f) for military conscript will be recorded as occupation military.
Particular situations:
-- the workers, the clerks, the craftsmen and private traders or associates, etc. having private own farms, where they are working on free time, will be recorded the main occupation and not agricultural one;
-- whether a person is activating on several economical and social fields, obtaining incomes, as occupation will be considered that main activity performed (during the week March 11 -- 17, 2002) mostly on that week, as declared by the person.
-- the persons temporarily absent from their job (for example those participating to the approved qualification and specialization courses, during the working time, those vacationing, etc -- see paragraph 67 "occupied persons" -- b) will be recorded with the previous occupation they had before being on this situation.
[p. 52]
The occupation codification will be done by codifiers (so this will not have to be done by the enumerator or chief enumerator).
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (1-digit) for those who were or are currently employed.
Universe
Persons who were or are employed
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |