The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1980 - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation last year (TH1980A_0409)
Data file: THA1980-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
174
End:
176
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
For Persons born before and in 1968
[Questions L9-12 were asked of persons 12 and older.]
L10. Occupation last year (April 1979 to March 1980): What were you doing most of the time last year? ____
Record kind of work. If did not work, record "did not work"
[Questions L9-12 were asked of persons 12 and older.]
L10. Occupation last year (April 1979 to March 1980): What were you doing most of the time last year? ____
Record kind of work. If did not work, record "did not work"
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Architects and engineers |
| 2 | Explorers, planners, and engineering technicians |
| 3 | Physical scientists and biological scientists |
| 4 | Veterinarians |
| 5 | Physicians and surgeons |
| 6 | Dentists |
| 7 | Nurses |
| 8 | Pharmacists and nutritionists |
| 9 | Medical technicians and public health personnels |
| 10 | Other health professionals and traditional medicine doctors |
| 11 | College, university, and higher education teaching professionals |
| 12 | Basic education teaching professionals |
| 13 | Lawyers, judges, and legal professionals |
| 14 | Sculptors, painters, and related artists |
| 15 | Composers, journalists, and related writers |
| 16 | Actors, musicians, and related artists |
| 17 | Librarians, social workers, and translators |
| 18 | Accountants |
| 19 | Statisticians, economists, and other social scientists |
| 20 | Other professionals not specified elsewhere |
| 21 | Religious teachers and related workers |
| 22 | Directors, stage designers, photographers of motion pictures |
| 101 | Executive workers |
| 102 | Managerial workers |
| 103 | Military personnels (except the retired soldiers or those who have not started working) |
| 201 | Mail clerks, mail distribution clerks, and merchandise and stock personnels |
| 202 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 203 | Accounting, financial, and related personnels |
| 204 | Machine controllers and operators |
| 205 | Railway station agents and other related workers |
| 206 | Ground and air transport controllers and related workers |
| 207 | Water transport agents and related workers |
| 208 | Telephone and telegram operators |
| 209 | Postal services employees and related workers |
| 210 | Other clerks not specified elsewhere |
| 301 | Managers, owners, and operators of wholesale trade, including directors and buyers |
| 302 | Managers, owners, and operators of retail trade, including directors and buyers |
| 303 | Sales representatives, real estate and insurance agents, and auctioneers |
| 304 | Street vendors and newspaper sellers |
| 305 | Sale workers, sale assistants, and related workers |
| 306 | Sale representatives of manufactures |
| 401 | Farmers and farm managers (including owners) |
| 402 | Workers in cattle and poultry farms and farm managers |
| 403 | Controllers or drivers of machines used in agriculture |
| 404 | Workers in animal farms |
| 405 | Agricultural laborers |
| 406 | Workers in rubber plantation |
| 407 | Forestry workers and related workers |
| 408 | Fishermen and related workers |
| 409 | Workers in fish farms |
| 410 | Hunters, trappers, and related workers |
| 501 | Controllers of machines used in mineral extractions and dynamites |
| 502 | Miners, quarrymen, and well drillers |
| 503 | Laborers in mines |
| 601 | Captains, ship controllers, and technicians |
| 602 | Train drivers and train technicians |
| 603 | Bus drivers |
| 604 | Taxi drivers and drivers of other public transports |
| 605 | Truck drivers |
| 606 | Drivers of animal vehicles, including vehicles that use human workforce |
| 607 | Deck sailors and crews |
| 608 | Train keepers |
| 609 | Ground transport equipment operators |
| 610 | Transport equipment operators not classified elsewhere |
| 611 | Aircrafts pilots and engineers |
| 701 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers, and related workers |
| 702 | Dressmakers, other textiles makers, and related workers |
| 703 | Shoe makers and other leather products makers |
| 704 | Metal moulders, iron-metal, and related workers |
| 705 | Watch makers and assemblers of precision instruments |
| 706 | Jewelry and precious metal workers |
| 707 | Steel makers, instrument makers, and machine operators |
| 708 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 709 | Welders and tinsmiths |
| 710 | Sheet metal workers and structural metal preparers |
| 711 | Electrical fitters, electronic fitters, radio and television repairmen |
| 712 | Directors of radio and television broadcast and electrical technicians not specified elsewhere |
| 713 | Carpenters and furniture makers |
| 714 | Machine operators for wood work |
| 715 | Handcraft workers in wood, not classified elsewhere |
| 716 | Painters and building decorators |
| 717 | Brick layers, masons, tile layers, and construction workers not specified elsewhere |
| 718 | Paper printing, film printing, and related workers |
| 719 | Glass makers, potters, and related workers |
| 720 | Rice grinders, millers, and related workers |
| 721 | Bakers, candy makers, and workers in food and beverage industries |
| 722 | Slaughterers and meat preparers |
| 723 | Food preserving and processing workers not specified elsewhere |
| 724 | Workers in chemical process and other related processes |
| 725 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers |
| 726 | Basket weavers and related workers |
| 727 | Other craftsmen and production workers not specified elsewhere |
| 728 | Packaging, labeling, and stamping workers, including operators of packing and labeling machines |
| 729 | Controllers and operators of machines used in construction |
| 730 | Workers in product shipping process |
| 731 | Other laborers not classified elsewhere |
| 801 | Policemen, investigators, and firefighters |
| 802 | Security guards |
| 803 | Owners and managers of restaurants, hotels, lodging places, and entertaining places |
| 804 | Chefs, waiters, and restaurant service workers |
| 805 | Travel attendants (for ships, trains, and aircrafts) |
| 806 | Service workers in hotels, lodging places, and entertaining places |
| 807 | Domestic helpers, baby sitters, and maids |
| 808 | Hairdresser, barbers, and related workers |
| 809 | Laundry workers excluding domestic helpers |
| 810 | Superintendents |
| 811 | Professional athletes and the like |
| 812 | Astrologers and other service workers not classified elsewhere |
| 813 | Owners and managers of daycares |
| 901 | Workers not classifiable by occupation (unknown) |
| 997 | Not working |
| 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
3.23 Job:
A job that can fall into any following categories:
3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.
2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.
3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.
3.24 Occupation:
A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.
3.25 Main Occupation
Means a job that one spends most of the time within a specified period of time or refers to as.
3.25.1 Main occupation within 7 days before the date of census (25-31 March 1980) means a job that one spends most of his/her time between 25-30 March 1980.
3.25.2 Last year main occupation (April 1979 ? March 1980) means a job on which one spent most of her/his time between April 1979 ? March 1980)
To decide which the main occupation is, there are criteria to be considered as follows:
a) A job that one spends more time than any other job.
b) A job that one can earn more while spending the same time.
c) Let the interviewee decide which is her/ his main occupation, in case that s/he spends the same time and earns the same income on the job.
Columns 9 ? 12
Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or those who were born before or in the year 1968 (Monkey year)
Column 10 Last year main occupation (April 1979 ? March 1980)
Ask ?Let me know what you have mainly worked in last year?
Record last year occupation (between April 1979 - March 1980) of the person, e.g. chief police officer, construction worker, jewelers, cosmetic seller, statistician, rice carrying laborer, etc. (DO NOT record Government Service or Trader).
In case of carpenters, be specific, whether they are furniture maker or house constructor. They must have spent most of their time in last year on the aforementioned occupation.
In case that they have more than one occupation and have spent the same time on both occupations, consider the occupation that yields more income as the main occupation.
If not working at all or not having any occupation in last year, record ?Did not work.?
A job that can fall into any following categories:
3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.
2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.
3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.
3.24 Occupation:
A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.
3.25 Main Occupation
Means a job that one spends most of the time within a specified period of time or refers to as.
3.25.1 Main occupation within 7 days before the date of census (25-31 March 1980) means a job that one spends most of his/her time between 25-30 March 1980.
3.25.2 Last year main occupation (April 1979 ? March 1980) means a job on which one spent most of her/his time between April 1979 ? March 1980)
To decide which the main occupation is, there are criteria to be considered as follows:
a) A job that one spends more time than any other job.
b) A job that one can earn more while spending the same time.
c) Let the interviewee decide which is her/ his main occupation, in case that s/he spends the same time and earns the same income on the job.
Columns 9 ? 12
Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or those who were born before or in the year 1968 (Monkey year)
Column 10 Last year main occupation (April 1979 ? March 1980)
Ask ?Let me know what you have mainly worked in last year?
Record last year occupation (between April 1979 - March 1980) of the person, e.g. chief police officer, construction worker, jewelers, cosmetic seller, statistician, rice carrying laborer, etc. (DO NOT record Government Service or Trader).
In case of carpenters, be specific, whether they are furniture maker or house constructor. They must have spent most of their time in last year on the aforementioned occupation.
In case that they have more than one occupation and have spent the same time on both occupations, consider the occupation that yields more income as the main occupation.
If not working at all or not having any occupation in last year, record ?Did not work.?
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation last year.
Universe
Persons age 11+
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |