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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Occupation, 1 digit (VE1990A_OCC1)

Data file: VEN1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 182
End: 183
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v=" VE90A400 VE90A403 VE90A406 VE90A447 VE90A448 VE90A449 VE90A435 VE90A444 VE90A411 VE90A414 VE90A415 VE90A416 VE90A425 VE90A427 VE90A436 VE90A431"><span class="em"> Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 years of age and older </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A406 VE90A448 VE90A449">20. What is your occupation in the company, organization or business where you work (or worked)? Examples: driver, lathe operator, farmer, teacher, etc.<br /><div class="i1">____<br />____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Unknown
01 Professionals, Expert workers and similar workers
02 Directors and superior public officers
03 Administrative Personal and similar workers
04 Merchants and Salespeople
05 Service Workers
06 Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting workers
07 Non-Agriculture workers, machine and transportation vehicle operators, and similar workers
08 Non-Agriculture workers, machine and transportation vehicle operators, and similar workers
09 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
<svar v="VE90A406 VE90A411 VE90A425 VE90A435 VE90A444"><span class="em">For questions 20 -- 25, take the information for the previous job when a person is "looking for work having been previously employed".</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A406"><span class="em">Question No.20</span><br /><br />[Occupation]<br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 20 on the census form.]<br /><br />-- In a precise manner, write down the principal occupation that the person carries or carried out.<br /><br /><div class="i2">Example: janitor (<span class="lang">obrero de limpieza</span>), body shop helper (<span class="lang">ayudante de latonero</span>), mechanical engineer, Spanish teacher, sales manager, radio technician, market gardner (<span class="lang">cultivador de hortalizas</span>), etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">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.</span><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
Occupation of the person in the company, organization or business where he/she works (1 digit).
Universe
Venezuela 1990: Employed persons and experienced unemployed, age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 1%, type II none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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