2009 Population Census of the Republic of Belarus - IPUMS Subset
Belarus, 2009
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Reference ID
BLR_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus, IPUMS
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- Data files
- BLR2009_PHC-H-H
- BLR2009_PHC-P-H
Occupation (BY2009A_OCC)
Data file: BLR2009_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
221
End:
223
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Form 2H: Personal Questionnaire</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">If the respondent had two or more places of employment, questions 17.1-17.4 should refer to the place of employment which he/she considers the main.</span><br />[After responding to questions 17.1-17.4, skip question 18.]</div><div class="i1">17.3 Describe your position, functional duties or the work you have been doing, indicating major occupation (for example, drug-store manager, chemical engineer, chief economist, head of department, truck rider, car driver, seller at the market)</div><div class="i2">Please provide the detailed answer. ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Armed Forces |
| 110 | Legislators, senior government officials and managers of non-government organisations (associations) |
| 121 | Managers of profit and nonprofit organizations and of their separate departments |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | Managers of organisations with no more than 15 employees and individual entrepreneurs |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 219 | Other natural and engineering science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing and midwifery) |
| 229 | Other life science and health professionals |
| 231 | Higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary general, vocational, and secondary specialised education teaching professionals (instructors) |
| 233 | Highly qualified primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals (nursery teachers) |
| 234 | Highly qualified special education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Audit, accounting, and human resources professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 249 | Professionals nowhere else classified |
| 311 | Physical and chemical science and engineering technicians |
| 319 | Other engineering, architecture and construction associate professionals |
| 321 | Natural science associate professionals and technicians |
| 322 | Health associate professionals (except nursing and midwifery) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 329 | Other life science and health associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 339 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative personnel and related associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Culture and sports associate professionals |
| 349 | Associate professionals nowhere else classified |
| 411 | Secretaries, calculating-machine operators and related clerks |
| 413 | Material recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 519 | Other personal and protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and related workers |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 529 | Other fashion and other models and demonstrators |
| 611 | Gardeners, horticultural and field crop growers |
| 612 | Animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry workers |
| 619 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers nowhere else classified |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 719 | Other extraction and building trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural-metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers, machine operators, fitters, and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and maintenance fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters, and related trades workers |
| 730 | Precision tool and instrument makers and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing workers and tobacco products makers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 749 | Craft and related trades workers nowhere else classified |
| 815 | Chemical processing, petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 819 | Other stationary plant operators |
| 821 | Metal and mineral products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile-, fur-and leather-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicles drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 839 | Other drivers and mobile-plant operators |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 919 | Other sales and services elementary occupations |
| 921 | Agricultural, forestry, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles, fright handlers and related labourers |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's occupation of work.
Universe
Belarus 2009: Employed persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept