X Censo General de Población y Vivienda 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1971

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Reference ID

VEN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Dirección General de Estadística y Censos Nacionales, Ministerio de Fomento, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 29, 2011

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How many jobs or positions held in 1970 (VE1971A_0436)

Data file: VEN1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Only for individuals 15 years of age and older

35. During the time worked in 1970, how many jobs or positions were held?

[] 1 One
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three
[] 4 Four or more

Categories

Value	Category
1	One
2	Two
3	Three
4	Four or more
8	Unknown
9	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

8.34. Number of jobs held (Q - 35).

This question is designed to determine if the person who has worked a certain number of weeks during 1970 stayed in the same job or, on the contrary, had more than [one job]

Change of employment or job does not refer to the completion of a different task within the same company or for the same employer.

[p. 129]

To change jobs or employment means that the person worked for different employers, was employed and unemployed one or more times during the year, or went from one job to another without being unemployed during long or short periods of time.

The most frequent cases refer to seasonal workers, street peddlers, and those who do piecework or for short term contracts. Therefore, it refers to those who did not have stable or permanent continuous employment during the year 1970.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates how many jobs or positions the person held in 1970.

Universe

Persons not institutionalized or disabled for work, that have worked for pay before

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Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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