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XI Censo de Población y Vivienda 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1981
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VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation, 2 digits (VE1981A_0432)

Data file: VEN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 196
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(Only for people 12 years of age and older.)




26. What is the occupation, position or class of work you perform in the organization, company, establishment or business for which you work (or worked)?
____
Categories
Value Category
0 Undocumented
1 Specialists in Physics-Chemistry sciences and similar experts
2 Architects, Engineers, and similar experts
3 Architects, Engineers, and similar experts
4 Pilots and Co-Pilots and Official Machinists (Aviation and Naval)
5 Biologists, Agronomists (not Engineers) and Similar experts
6 Doctors, Dentists, Veterinarians and similar workers
7 Doctors, Dentists, Veterinarians and similar workers
8 Statisticians, Mathematicians, System analysts, and similar experts
9 Economists, Administrators, and similar experts
10 Undocumented
11 Accountants
12 Jurist
13 Professors
14 Members of the clergy and similar
15 Authors, Journalists, Writers and similar
16 Sculptors, Painters, Photographers and similar
17 Musicians, Artists, and Show Entrepreneurs and Producers
18 Athletes, Sportsmen and similar workers
19 Professionals, Experts and similar workers not classified under other headings
20 Legislative Body members and Public Administration Directors
21 Directors, Managers, Owners and Administrators of the Manufacturing Industry
22 Undocumented
23 "
24 "
25 "
26 "
29 "
30 Office Employee Managers
31 Administrative Agents (Public Administration)
32 Stenographer, Typist, and Operators of Card or Tape Perforation Machines
33 Bookkeeping employees, Cashiers and similar workers
34 Operators of Machines for accounting and statistics calculations
35 Supervisors for Transportation and Communication Services
36 Train Supervisors, Bed-Coach Overseers and Collectors
37 Mailmen and Delivery persons
38 Telephone and Telegraph operators
39 Administrative Personal and similar workers not classified under other headings
40 Sales Directors and Managers
41 Merchants and/or Owners (Wholesale and Retail Commerce)
42 Buying and Selling Supervisors
43 Agents and Inspectors, Sales Professionals, Commerce Travelers, and Factory Representatives
44 Insurance agents, Real Estate agents, Exchange and Broker agents, Business Services Sales agents, and Auctioneer
45 Salespeople, Store Employees, Commerce employees and similar workers
49 Merchants and Salespeople not classified under other headings
50 Undocumented
51 Owner-Managers (Hotel Services, Bars and similar)
52 Service Personnel Supervisors
53 Cooks, Waiters, Bartenders and similar workers
54 Service Personnel not classified under other headings
55 Building maintenance and cleaning personnel and similar workers
56 Clothes washers, Dry cleaners and Ironers
57 Barbers, Beauty treatment specialists and similar workers
58 Protection and Security services personnel
59 Workers in Services not classified under other headings
60 Directors and Supervisors of Agriculture and/or Livestock business
61 Agriculture and Livestock owner-operators
62 Agriculture and Livestock workers
63 Forestry workers
64 Fishermen, hunters and similar workers
66 Undocumented
67 "
70 Foreman and Supervisors
71 Miners, Quarry workers, Sounders, and similar workers
72 Metal Workers
73 Wood treatment and paper manufacturing workers
74 Chemical treatment workers and similar workers
75 Spinners, Weavers, Dyers and similar workers
76 Leather preparation, tanning, and treatment workers
77 Food and Drink preparation workers
78 Tobacco workers
79 Tailors, Fashion Designers, Furriers, Upholsterers and similar workers
80 Shoe maker and leather worker
81 Carpenter, Wood working machine operator and similar workers
82 Wood carver and adorners
83 Metalwork workers
84 Adjusters/mounter and Installer of precision instruments and machines, Watchmakers and Mechanics (except for electricians)
85 Electricians, Electronics workers and similar workers
86 Operators of Radio and Television broadcast stations, sound production equipment, and cinematographic projection equipment.
87 Plumbers, Welders, Auto body workers, Boilermaker, Preparers and installers of metal structures
88 Jewelers and Silversmiths
89 Glass workers, Ceramic workers, and similar workers
90 Rubber and plastic manufacture workers
91 Paper and Carton product makers
92 Graphic arts workers
93 Painters
94 Manufacturing workers and similar workers not classified under other headings
95 Construction workers
96 Operators of fixed machinery and installers of similar devices
97 Workers in the manipulation of merchandise and materials and the movement of earth
98 Transport vehicle drivers
99 Workers not classified under other headings
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
Question 26



-- What is the occupation, trade, or type of work carried out in the organization, company, establishment, or business in which the person works (or worked)?

In this question, the principal labor or professional activity performed by the enumerated person should be written down in concrete terms.

The trade or profession should not be recorded generically, e.g. engineer, agent, professor, worker, rather the specific activity should be indicated in the following way: Chemical Engineer, Insurance Agent, Math Professor, Janitor, etc.

If the person claims to perform more than one occupation or profession, the one that produces the most income is recorded. If the incomes are the same, the occupation where the person spends the most time is recorded.

The following are possible answers:

If the person answers: technician, ask: "what kind?" If the response is "radio", write down: radio technician.

If the person affirms to be a lawyer, ask him/her what he/she does. If the answer is Sales Manager of a company, write down: sales manager.

If the person claims to be a mechanic, ask the specialty. If the answer is cars, write down: automotive mechanic.

If the person is in a workshop learning operate a lathe, write down: lathe apprentice.

If the person claims to work in agriculture, ask the area. If the answer is cultivating vegetables, write down: vegetable cultivator.

If the person claims to be the boss of a farm and to take care of the payments and expenditures of the farm, write down: farm administrator.

If the person claims to manage the workers on a farm, write down: farm supervisor.

If the person is a farm worker, write down: farm worker.

If the person cuts cane [sugar cane], indicate: sugarcane cutter.

If the person harvests coffee, indicate: coffee harvester.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the (2-digit) occupation, position or class of work the person was doing at work.
Universe
Persons age 12+ who had a job at the time of the census, or during the year prior, or worked the previous week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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