General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset
Senegal, 1988
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Reference ID
SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- SEN1988_PHC-H-H.dat
- SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 2 digits (SN1988A_OCC2)
Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
215
End:
216
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="SN88A416 SN88A417 SN88A418 SN88A419 SN88A420 SN88A421 SN88A422 SN88A423 SN88A433 SN88A434 SN88A435"><span class="h3">For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982</span><br />[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="SN88A423 SN88A434 SN88A435">[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]<br /></svar>
<p><svar v="SN88A423 SN88A434 SN88A435">[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | Legislators, members of parliament, and senior officials |
| 12 | Directors and higher management for public institutions and corporate managers |
| 13 | Administrators, and middle lever managers for public institutions |
| 19 | Officials and managers, n.f.s. |
| 21 | Architecture, engineering |
| 22 | Medicine, psychology, religion, occult sciences |
| 23 | Education, law, social sciences, trade |
| 24 | Culture, art, linguistics |
| 29 | Professionals, n.f.s. |
| 31 | Operator on complex machines and instruments |
| 32 | Architecture, engineering |
| 33 | Education, medicine, religion, occult sciences |
| 34 | Social sciences, trade |
| 35 | Sport |
| 39 | Technicians and associate professionals, n.e.c. |
| 41 | Occupations in trade |
| 42 | Office clerks , and libraries clerks |
| 49 | Trade and service occupations, n.e.c. |
| 51 | Occupation in farming and fishery |
| 52 | Occupations in the transformation of foods |
| 59 | Food and agricultural occupations, n.f.s. |
| 61 | Occupations in extracting industries and construction work |
| 62 | Occupation in mechanics industry |
| 63 | Occupations in wood and textile industries |
| 64 | Soldiers and firemen |
| 69 | Industrial occupations, n.f.s. |
| 71 | Drivers for vehicles and mobile machines |
| 72 | Machine operators and assemblers |
| 73 | Other drivers for simple machines, and Traditional handicraft workers |
| 79 | Machine drivers, builders, and handicrafts, n.f.s. |
| 81 | Low skill occupation in agriculture, industry and transportation |
| 82 | Low skill occupation in sales and services |
| 89 | Low skill occupations, n.f.s. |
| 90 | Craftsman, artisan, n.f.s. |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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
<svar a="all" v="SN88A421 SN88A433">19) Occupation / Economic activity in the past 12 months<br /><br />This is the occupation practiced during the past 12 months preceding your visit in the household (since the <span class="lang">Korite</span>). This question applies exclusively to persons for whom you circled "1 WORKED" (<span class="lang">occupe</span>) or "2 JOBLESS" (<span class="lang">chômeur</span>) in column P10.<br /><br />For people who have worked, ask the following question:<br />"Which occupation did you practice since the Korite?".<br /><br />For the jobless persons, who have lost their job, ask the following question:<br />"What is the last occupation that you practiced?" Record the occupation declared. For jobless persons who are looking for their first job, record the occupation for those who have one [sic], or NONE (<span class="lang">aucune</span>) for those who have none. If a person practiced several occupations since the Korite, record the occupation that he or she most practiced.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Examples of occupation: farmer, brick layer, fisherman, stockbreeder, driver, auto-mechanics, engineer for agricultural works, engineer electrician, fish monger, market gardener.</div><br /><br />Note: Give as much detail as possible.<br /><br /> Examples: retailer, wholesale trader, petty trader (<span class="lang">bana-bana</span>), bus or truck apprentice (<span class="lang">motor boy</span>), driver help / beater (<span class="lang">coxeur</span>), postmaster, bus or collective taxi collector, etc.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's most frequent occupation during the last 12 months, classified in a two-digit code. People who were not currently working, but were looking for work, reported their most recent job or occupation.
Universe
Senegal 1988: Persons age 6+ employed or seeking work
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |