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, 2 digits (VE1990A_OCC2)
Data file: VEN1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
184
End:
186
Width:
3
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>
<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 |
|---|---|
| 001 | Specialists in physics-chemistry sciences and similar experts |
| 002 | Architects, engineers, and similar experts |
| 003 | Architects, engineers, and similar experts |
| 004 | Pilots and co-pilots and official machinists (aviation and naval) |
| 005 | Biologists, agronomists (not engineers) and similar experts |
| 006 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 007 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 008 | Statisticians, mathematicians, system analysts, and similar experts |
| 009 | Economists, administrators, and similar experts |
| 010 | Undocumented |
| 011 | Accountants |
| 012 | Jurist |
| 013 | Professors |
| 014 | Members of the clergy and similar |
| 015 | Authors, journalists, writers and similar |
| 016 | Sculptors, painters, photographers and similar |
| 017 | Musicians, artists, and show entrepreneurs and producers |
| 018 | Athletes, sportsmen and similar workers |
| 019 | Professionals, experts and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 020 | Legislative body members and public administration directors |
| 021 | Directors, managers, owners and administrators of the manufacturing industry |
| 022 | Undocumented |
| 023 | Undocumented |
| 024 | Undocumented |
| 025 | Undocumented |
| 026 | Undocumented |
| 027 | Undocumented |
| 028 | Undocumented |
| 029 | Undocumented |
| 030 | Office employee managers |
| 031 | Administrative agents (public administration) |
| 032 | Stenographer, typist, and operators of card or tape perforation machines |
| 033 | Bookkeeping employees, cashiers and similar workers |
| 034 | Operators of machines for accounting and statistics calculations |
| 035 | Supervisors for transportation and communication services |
| 036 | Train supervisors, bed-coach overseers and collectors |
| 037 | Mailmen and delivery persons |
| 038 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 039 | Administrative personal and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 040 | Sales directors and managers |
| 041 | Merchants and/or owners (wholesale and retail commerce) |
| 042 | Buying and selling supervisors |
| 043 | Agents and inspectors, sales professionals, commerce travelers, and factory representatives |
| 044 | Insurance agents, real estate agents, exchange and broker agents, business services sales agents, and auctioneer |
| 045 | Salespeople, store employees, commerce employees and similar workers |
| 046 | Undocumented |
| 047 | Undocumented |
| 048 | Undocumented |
| 049 | Merchants and salespeople not classified under other headings |
| 050 | Undocumented |
| 051 | Owner-managers (hotel services, bars and similar) |
| 052 | Service personnel supervisors |
| 053 | Cooks, waiters, bartenders and similar workers |
| 054 | Service personnel not classified under other headings |
| 055 | Building maintenance and cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 056 | Clothes washers, dry cleaners and ironers |
| 057 | Barbers, beauty treatment specialists and similar workers |
| 058 | Protection and security services personnel |
| 059 | Workers in services not classified under other headings |
| 060 | Directors and supervisors of agriculture and/or livestock business |
| 061 | Agriculture and livestock owner-operators |
| 062 | Agriculture and livestock workers |
| 063 | Forestry workers |
| 064 | Fishermen, hunters and similar workers |
| 065 | Undocumented |
| 066 | Undocumented |
| 067 | Undocumented |
| 068 | Undocumented |
| 069 | Undocumented |
| 070 | Foremen and supervisors |
| 071 | Miners, quarry workers, sounders, and similar workers |
| 072 | Metal workers |
| 073 | Wood treatment and paper manufacturing workers |
| 074 | Chemical treatment workers and similar workers |
| 075 | Spinners, weavers, dyers and similar workers |
| 076 | Leather preparation, tanning, and treatment workers |
| 077 | Food and drink preparation workers |
| 078 | Tobacco workers |
| 079 | Tailors, fashion designers, furriers, upholsterers and similar workers |
| 080 | Shoe maker and leather worker |
| 081 | Carpenter, woodworking machine operator and similar workers |
| 082 | Wood carver and adorners |
| 083 | Metalwork workers |
| 084 | Adjusters/mounter and installer of precision instruments and machines, Watchmakers and Mechanics (except for electricians) |
| 085 | Electricians, Electronics workers and similar workers |
| 086 | Operators of Radio and Television broadcast stations, sound production equipment, and cinematographic projection equipment. |
| 087 | Plumbers, Welders, Auto body workers, Boilermaker, Preparers and installers of metal structures |
| 088 | Jewelers and Silversmiths |
| 089 | Glass workers, Ceramic workers, and similar workers |
| 090 | Rubber and plastic manufacture workers |
| 091 | Paper and Carton product makers |
| 092 | Graphic arts workers |
| 093 | Painters |
| 094 | Manufacturing workers and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 095 | Construction workers |
| 096 | Operators of fixed machinery and installers of similar devices |
| 097 | Workers in the manipulation of merchandise and materials and the movement of earth |
| 098 | Transport vehicle drivers |
| 099 | Workers not classified under other headings |
| 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
<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>
<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 (2 digits).
Universe
Venezuela 1990: Employed persons and experienced unemployed, age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 1.1%, type II 1%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |