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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation, 1 digit (VE1990A_0448)

Data file: VEN1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 160
End: 161
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 years of age and older




20. What is your occupation in the company, organization or business where you work (or worked)? Examples: driver, lathe operator, farmer, teacher, etc.

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Categories
Value Category
0 Unknown
1 Professionals, Expert workers and similar workers
2 Directors and superior public officers
3 Administrative Personal and similar workers
4 Merchants and Salespeople
5 Service Workers
6 Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting workers
7 Non-Agriculture workers, machine and transportation vehicle operators, and similar workers
8 Non-Agriculture workers, machine and transportation vehicle operators, and similar workers
9 Non-Agriculture workers, machine and transportation vehicle operators, and similar workers
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
For questions 20 -- 25, take the information for the previous job when a person is "looking for work having been previously employed".




Question No.20

[Occupation]
[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 20 on the census form.]

-- In a precise manner, write down the principal occupation that the person carries or carried out.


Example: janitor (obrero de limpieza), body shop helper (ayudante de latonero), mechanical engineer, Spanish teacher, sales manager, radio technician, market gardner (cultivador de hortalizas), etc.


If the person has more than one occupation, write down the one that provides the most income. In the case that the incomes are equal, write where worked most of the time.

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Definition
Occupation of the person in the company, organization or business where he/she works (1 digit).
Universe
Employed persons and experienced unemployed, age 12+

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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