2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation in the past 7 days, 3 digit (BW2001A_OCC)
Data file: BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
272
End:
274
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">All persons 12 years and over</span>
<br />[Questions A16-A26]</p>
<p>A25. <span class="em">(Occupation)</span> What type of work did [the person] do in the past 7 days? </p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>(Probe as necessary, use two or more words to describe the occupation)
<br />[Questions A16-A26]</p>
<p>A25. <span class="em">(Occupation)</span> What type of work did [the person] do in the past 7 days? </p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>(Probe as necessary, use two or more words to describe the occupation)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and village or community leaders (landboard) |
| 114 | Politicians and senior administrators of special interest organization |
| 121 | Company directors, general managers, and non-government chief executives |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 129 | Company directors and corporate managers |
| 130 | Small business managers and managing supervisors |
| 199 | Other legislators, administrators and managers |
| 229 | Geologists, chemists, physicists, and life scientists |
| 231 | Medical doctors |
| 239 | Other medical, health diagnosis, and treatment professionals |
| 241 | Architects, town, and traffic planners |
| 242 | Civil engineers |
| 249 | Architects, engineers, and related professionals not classified |
| 251 | College, university, and higher education teaching professionals |
| 252 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 253 | Vocational and technical education teaching professionals |
| 259 | Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 269 | Mathematicians, statisticians, computing, and related professionals |
| 271 | Accountants |
| 279 | Business professionals |
| 289 | Social science and related professionals |
| 291 | Lawyers, judges, and related professionals |
| 292 | Librarians, archivists, and related information specialists |
| 294 | Religious professionals |
| 299 | Professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical science technicians |
| 312 | Civil engineering technician, quantity surveyors, and clerks |
| 313 | Electrical engineering technicians |
| 314 | Electronics and telecommunication technicians |
| 315 | Mechanical engineering technicians |
| 319 | Physical and engineering scientist technicians not classified |
| 323 | Computer associate professionals |
| 331 | Photographers and image and sound recording equipment operators |
| 343 | Farming and forestry advisor |
| 344 | Veterinary technicians |
| 345 | Nurses and midwives |
| 346 | Modern health associate professionals |
| 347 | Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers |
| 349 | Life science and health associate professionals |
| 351 | Primary education teachers |
| 352 | Pre-primary education teachers |
| 353 | Primary and pre-primary education teachers |
| 361 | Insurance brokers and agents |
| 365 | Technical and commercial sales representatives |
| 371 | Administrative secretaries and assistants |
| 373 | Bookkeepers and accounting assistants |
| 375 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 384 | Musicians |
| 389 | Creative and performing artists and sportspersons not classified |
| 391 | Building, fire safety, health, and quality inspectors |
| 393 | Social workers, welfare workers, and community development workers |
| 394 | Customs, tax, and related government associate professionals |
| 399 | Technicians and associate professionals not classified |
| 411 | Secretaries, typists, wordprocessing, and other keyboard operator |
| 412 | Calculating machine and data entry operators |
| 413 | Accounting, bookkeeping, statistical, and accounting clerks |
| 414 | Stock and production clerks |
| 415 | Transportation controllers and dispatchers |
| 416 | Library and filing clerks |
| 417 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks |
| 419 | Office clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 421 | Cashiers and ticket clerks |
| 422 | Tellers and counter clerks |
| 424 | Receptionists and information clerks |
| 425 | Telephone switchboard operators |
| 429 | Customer service clerks not classified |
| 511 | Flight attendants and transport conductors |
| 512 | Game guides and other travel guides |
| 513 | Housekeepers and related works |
| 514 | Cooks |
| 515 | Waiters, witresses, and bartenders |
| 517 | Family welfare educators and related works |
| 518 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, and related works |
| 519 | Personal service workers not classified |
| 521 | Police officers |
| 523 | Prison guards |
| 524 | Security guards |
| 529 | Protective service workers not classified |
| 531 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 532 | Kiosks, street stalls, and market salespersons |
| 539 | Salespersons demonstrators and models not elsewhere classified |
| 611 | Field crops and vegetable grower |
| 612 | Dairy and livestock producers |
| 613 | Poultry producers |
| 614 | Forestry workers, loggers, charcoal burners, and related works |
| 619 | Market oriented skilled agricultural and related works not elsewhere classified |
| 620 | Subsistance agricultural and related works |
| 711 | Miners, quarry workers, shotfirers, blasters, and stone splitters |
| 721 | Builders and trditional materials |
| 722 | Bricklayers and stonemasons |
| 724 | Construction carpenters and joiners |
| 725 | Roofers |
| 726 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 727 | Floor layers, tile setters, plasteres, and insulation workers |
| 728 | Painters, building structure cleaners, and related trade workers |
| 729 | Building and construction trade workers not classified |
| 731 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters |
| 732 | Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment mechanics |
| 733 | Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 739 | Machinery mechanics and fitters not classified |
| 744 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 745 | Boiler smiths |
| 746 | Panel beaters |
| 747 | Structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 749 | Metal, machinery, and related trade workers not classified |
| 751 | Building elecricians |
| 752 | Motor vehicle electricians |
| 753 | Electrical line installers, repairers, and cable jointers |
| 754 | Telegraph and telephone installers and servicers |
| 755 | Electronic fitters, mechanics, and servicers |
| 759 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters not elsewhere classified |
| 761 | Diamond cutters and polishers and jewellery and precious metals |
| 762 | Potters, brick, and tile makers and related workers |
| 764 | Basket makers, brush and broommakers, and wicker furniture makers |
| 765 | Weavers, spinners, knitters, and crocheters |
| 766 | Tanners, shoe makers and repairers, and related leather good maker |
| 767 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 769 | Handicraft workers not classified |
| 771 | Traditional beer and beverage makers |
| 772 | Butchers |
| 773 | Bakery, pastry cooks, and confectionery |
| 782 | Village carpenters and wooden furniture makers |
| 791 | Printing and related trade workers |
| 799 | Craft and trade workers not classified |
| 811 | Mining and mineralprocessing plant operators |
| 812 | Well driller and borers |
| 817 | Power production, steam engine, boiler, and incinerator operators |
| 819 | Industrial plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 821 | Metal and mineral products machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber and plastic products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing, binding, and paper products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile, fur, and leather products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 829 | Stationary machine operators and assemblers not classified |
| 831 | Locomotive engine driver, railway braker, signaler, and shunter |
| 832 | Car, taxi, van, motocycle, and bus driver |
| 833 | Heavy truck and lorry driver |
| 834 | Motorised farm and forestry machinery operatprs |
| 835 | Earthmoving and related machinery operators |
| 839 | Drivers and mobile machinery operators not classified |
| 888 | Botswana defence force |
| 911 | Mining and quarry labourers |
| 912 | Construction and maintenance labourers |
| 913 | Mealie stampers |
| 914 | Hand packers, assembling labourers |
| 915 | Freight handlers |
| 919 | Labourers: mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport not elsewhere classified |
| 921 | Cattleheaders |
| 922 | Farm labourers |
| 923 | Domestic gardeners |
| 929 | Agricultural and related labourers not classified |
| 931 | Street vendors, hawkers, and related workers |
| 932 | Shoe cleaners, vehicle washers, and other street elementary work |
| 933 | Domestic maids and related helpers, cleaners, and launderers |
| 935 | Messengers, porters, package carriers, and deliverers |
| 936 | Garbage collectors |
| 937 | Street sweepers, wood chopers, water carriers, and related labour |
| 938 | Doorkeepers and watchpersons |
| 939 | Elementary occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 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
109b. <span class="em">Column A16-A26: </span>These questions apply only to persons aged 12 years and more. If the person is under 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16 -- A32 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>
<p>114. <span class="em">Column A24: Occupation</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Q: What type of work did [the person] do in the past 7 days?</span></p>
<p>A person's occupation depends on the tasks and duties, which the person performs. Remember that if a person worked at all during the past 7 days, whether for cash or not, and for however short a period, then you should try to find out what kind of work the person did. You should try to get the respondent to give both a job title and a two- or three-word description of the tasks performed. For example, if a person states that he is a mechanic, ask him what he repairs. You should record his response in the unshaded area of column A24 as follows: "mechanic, fixes cars" or "mechanic, fixes radios". Use the comments box if you need more space.</p>
<p>If a person moved from job to job you should enter the most recent occupation even if it only lasted for a day or two. This may happen with people who are casual labourers.</p>
<p>If a person has more than one occupation, record the one on which he spends the most time. However, if someone has a temporary job during the school holidays - but has a permanent job during term time, it is his permanent occupation that should be described. A census enumerator or supervisor who is a schoolteacher during term time must therefore be described as "primary school teacher" or "secondary school teacher".</p>
<p><span class="em">Probing for better occupational information: </span>You will usually have to probe the respondent to get good information about a person's occupation. For example, people who make things (bread, clothing, pottery, wood objects, tools, beer, food products, furniture, bricks, etc.) should be asked how they make them. It is important to find out whether they mostly use their hands or hand-held tools, or whether they mostly produce these goods by operating machinery. A person who brews beer at home using traditional techniques belongs to a different occupational category from a person who operates a machine that ferments the grains used in making beer. (See probing examples below).</p>
<p>You should also probe when the information provided by the respondent does not seem reasonable. For example, if a person has only completed Form 4, it seems unlikely that he or she could be an auditor or an engineer. If you probe, you may discover that the person is actually an accounting clerk or an engineering assistant.</p>
<p>[Table in P. 37-41 of the original document which provides specific examples of how to probe for better occupational information and response suggested probing questions is omitted here]
<p>114. <span class="em">Column A24: Occupation</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Q: What type of work did [the person] do in the past 7 days?</span></p>
<p>A person's occupation depends on the tasks and duties, which the person performs. Remember that if a person worked at all during the past 7 days, whether for cash or not, and for however short a period, then you should try to find out what kind of work the person did. You should try to get the respondent to give both a job title and a two- or three-word description of the tasks performed. For example, if a person states that he is a mechanic, ask him what he repairs. You should record his response in the unshaded area of column A24 as follows: "mechanic, fixes cars" or "mechanic, fixes radios". Use the comments box if you need more space.</p>
<p>If a person moved from job to job you should enter the most recent occupation even if it only lasted for a day or two. This may happen with people who are casual labourers.</p>
<p>If a person has more than one occupation, record the one on which he spends the most time. However, if someone has a temporary job during the school holidays - but has a permanent job during term time, it is his permanent occupation that should be described. A census enumerator or supervisor who is a schoolteacher during term time must therefore be described as "primary school teacher" or "secondary school teacher".</p>
<p><span class="em">Probing for better occupational information: </span>You will usually have to probe the respondent to get good information about a person's occupation. For example, people who make things (bread, clothing, pottery, wood objects, tools, beer, food products, furniture, bricks, etc.) should be asked how they make them. It is important to find out whether they mostly use their hands or hand-held tools, or whether they mostly produce these goods by operating machinery. A person who brews beer at home using traditional techniques belongs to a different occupational category from a person who operates a machine that ferments the grains used in making beer. (See probing examples below).</p>
<p>You should also probe when the information provided by the respondent does not seem reasonable. For example, if a person has only completed Form 4, it seems unlikely that he or she could be an auditor or an engineer. If you probe, you may discover that the person is actually an accounting clerk or an engineering assistant.</p>
<p>[Table in P. 37-41 of the original document which provides specific examples of how to probe for better occupational information and response suggested probing questions is omitted here]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (3-digit code) during the past 7 days.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Persons age 12+ working during the past 7 days except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |