Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia, 1991 - IPUMS Subset
St. Lucia, 1991
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LCA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, IPUMS
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Occupation (LC1991A_OCC)
Data file: LCA1991_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
241
End:
243
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="LC91A435 LC91A436 LC91A437 LC91A438 LC91A439 LC91A440 LC91A441 LC91A442 LC91A443 LC91A444 LC91A445 LC91A446 LC91A448 LC91A450 LC91A453 LC91A454 LC91A455 LC91A456 LC91A457 LC91A480 LC91A481"><span class="h2">Section 7. Economic activity</span><br /><span class="h3">For persons 15 years and over </span><br />[Questions 7.1 through 7.17 were asked of all individuals over the age of 15.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="LC91A445 LC91A480">7.9 What sort of work did you/he/she, do you, does he/she do in your/his/her main occupation?<br /><div class="i1">Please specify in detail. _______<br />[] Never worked -- Skip to 7.18</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="LC91A445 LC91A480">7.9 What sort of work did you/he/she, do you, does he/she do in your/his/her main occupation?<br /><div class="i1">Please specify in detail. _______<br />[] Never worked -- Skip to 7.18</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 012 | Corporate managers |
| 013 | General managers |
| 019 | Legislators, officials and managers, not elsewhere specified |
| 021 | Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals |
| 023 | Teaching professionals |
| 024 | Other professionals |
| 031 | Physical and engineering science associate professionals |
| 032 | Life science and health associate professionals |
| 033 | Teaching associate professionals |
| 034 | Other associate professionals |
| 041 | Office clerks |
| 042 | Customer service clerks |
| 051 | Personal and protective service workers |
| 052 | Models, salespersons and demonstrators |
| 061 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural and workers |
| 064 | Aqua-farm workers |
| 071 | Extraction and building trades workers |
| 072 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers |
| 073 | Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers |
| 074 | Other craft and related trades workers |
| 082 | Machine operators and assemblers |
| 083 | Drivers and mobile-plant operators |
| 091 | Sales and services elementary workers |
| 092 | Agricultural, fishery and related laborers |
| 093 | Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport |
| 094 | Other laborers n.e.c. |
| 099 | Other occupations, not elsewhere classified |
| 997 | Occupations not adequately described |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the main occupation of the person (3-digit).
Universe
Saint Lucia 1991: Persons age 15+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I 1.7%; type II 0.8%]
concept
Concept