2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- BWA2011_PHC-H-H.dat
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Occupation, 3-digits (BW2011A_OCC)
Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
280
End:
282
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span></p>
<p>Occupation
<br />23. What type of work did [the respondent] do in the past 7 days? To be precise, what were the main tasks and duties?
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">________ [probe as necessary, use two or more words to describe the occupation]</div>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span></p>
<p>Occupation
<br />23. What type of work did [the respondent] do in the past 7 days? To be precise, what were the main tasks and duties?
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">________ [probe as necessary, use two or more words to describe the occupation]</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Occupation not stated or not classifiable |
| 112 | Senior government executive officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and village or community leaders |
| 114 | Politicians and senior administrators of special-interest organizations |
| 119 | Legislators and senior government officials not elsewhere classified |
| 121 | Company directors, general managers, and non-government chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operation managers |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 129 | Company directors and corporate managers not elsewhere classified |
| 130 | Small business managers and managing supervisors |
| 219 | Physical scientists |
| 229 | Life scientists |
| 231 | Medical doctors and dentists |
| 233 | Veterinarians |
| 234 | Pharmacists |
| 239 | Health diagnosis and treatment professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 241 | Architects, town and traffic planners |
| 242 | Civil engineers |
| 243 | Electrical engineers |
| 245 | Mechanical engineers |
| 248 | Cartographers and surveyors |
| 249 | Architects, engineers, and related professionals not elsewhere 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, and computing professionals |
| 271 | Accountants |
| 272 | Personnel and occupational specialists |
| 273 | Public relations officers |
| 279 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 281 | Economists |
| 289 | Social science and related professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 291 | Lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals |
| 292 | Librarians, archivists, and related information specialists |
| 293 | Authors, journalists, and other writers |
| 294 | Religious professionals |
| 299 | Professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical science technicians |
| 312 | Civil engineering technicians, quantity surveyors and clerks of works |
| 313 | Electrical engineering technicians |
| 314 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians |
| 315 | Mechanical engineering technicians |
| 319 | Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 321 | Computer assistants |
| 329 | Computer associate professionals |
| 339 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 343 | Farming and forestry advisers |
| 344 | Veterinary technicians |
| 345 | Nurses and midwives |
| 346 | Modern health associate professionals, except nurses, midwives, and veterinary technicians |
| 347 | Traditional medical practitioners and faith healers |
| 349 | Life science health associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 351 | Primary education teachers |
| 352 | Pre-primary education teachers |
| 359 | Primary and pre-primary education teachers not elsewhere classified |
| 361 | Insurance brokers and agents |
| 364 | Buyers |
| 365 | Technical and commercial sales representatives |
| 367 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers |
| 369 | Finance and sales associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 371 | Administrative secretaries and assistants |
| 372 | Legal and related business associate professionals |
| 373 | Bookkeepers and accounting professionals |
| 379 | Administrative associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 381 | Artists, painters and sculptors |
| 382 | Decorators and commercial designers |
| 384 | Musicians |
| 385 | Athletes and related sportspersons |
| 389 | Creative and performing artists sportspersons not elsewhere classified |
| 391 | Building, fire, safety, health, and quality inspectors |
| 393 | Social workers, welfare workers, and community development workers |
| 395 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 399 | Technicians and associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 411 | Secretaries, typists, word-processing, and related keyboard operators |
| 412 | Calculating machine and data entry operators |
| 413 | Accounting, bookkeeping, statistical, and finance clerks |
| 414 | Stock and production clerks |
| 415 | Transportation controllers and dispatchers |
| 416 | Library and filling clerks |
| 417 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks |
| 418 | Coding and proof-reading 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 services clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 511 | Flight attendants and transport conductors |
| 512 | Game guides and other travel guides |
| 513 | Housekeepers and related workers |
| 514 | Cooks |
| 515 | Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders |
| 516 | Child-care workers and teachers' aids |
| 517 | Family welfare educators and related health assistants |
| 518 | Hairdressers, barbers beauticians, and related workers |
| 519 | Personal services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 521 | Police officers |
| 523 | Prison guards |
| 524 | Security guards |
| 529 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 531 | Shop salesperson and demonstrators |
| 532 | Kiosk, street stall, and market salespersons |
| 539 | Salespersons, demonstrators, and models not elsewhere classified |
| 611 | Field crop and vegetable growers |
| 612 | Dairy and livestock producers |
| 613 | Poultry producers |
| 614 | Forestry workers, loggers, charcoal burners, and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters, and trappers |
| 619 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 620 | Subsistence agricultural and related workers |
| 719 | Miners, quarry workers, and other extraction trades workers |
| 721 | Builders, traditional materials |
| 722 | Bricklayers and stonemasons |
| 723 | Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers |
| 724 | Construction carpenters and joiners |
| 725 | Roofers |
| 726 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 727 | Floor layers, tile setters, plasterers, insulation workers, and glaziers |
| 728 | Painters, building structure cleaners, and related trade workers |
| 729 | Building and construction trade workers not elsewhere classified |
| 731 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters |
| 732 | Refrigeration and conditioning equipment mechanics |
| 733 | Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 739 | Machinery mechanics and fitters not elsewhere classified |
| 744 | Welders and flame-cutters |
| 745 | Boiler smiths |
| 746 | Panel beaters |
| 747 | Structural metal prepares and erectors |
| 748 | Riggers and cable splicers |
| 749 | Metal, machinery, and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 751 | Building electricians |
| 752 | Motor vehicle electricians |
| 753 | Electrical line installers, repairers, and cable jointer |
| 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 metal workers |
| 762 | Potters, brick and tile makers, and related workers |
| 764 | Basket makers, brush and broom makers, and wicker furniture makers |
| 765 | Weavers, spinners, knitters, and crocheters |
| 766 | Tanners, shoe makers and repairers, and related leather goods markers |
| 767 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 769 | Handicraft workers not elsewhere classified |
| 771 | Traditional beer and beverage makers |
| 772 | Butchers |
| 773 | Bakers, pastry cooks, and confectionery makers |
| 779 | Food processing and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 782 | Village carpenters, wooden furniture makers, and related wood trades workers |
| 799 | Printing, craft and trades workers |
| 811 | Mining and mineral-processing plant operators |
| 817 | Power production, steam engine, boiler incinerator, and water treatment plant operators |
| 819 | Industrial plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 821 | Metal and mineral 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 | Stationery machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified |
| 831 | Locomotive engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Car, taxi van, motorcycle, and bus-drivers |
| 833 | Heavy truck and lorry drivers |
| 834 | Motorised farm and forestry machinery operators |
| 835 | Earthmoving and related machinery operators |
| 836 | Crane and hoist operators |
| 837 | Lifting-truck operators |
| 839 | Drivers and mobile machinery operators not elsewhere classified |
| 888 | Botswana defense force personal |
| 911 | Mining and quarry labourers |
| 912 | Construction and maintenance labourers |
| 913 | Mealie stampers |
| 914 | Hand packers, assembling labourers, and other manufacturing labourers |
| 915 | Freight handlers |
| 919 | Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport not elsewhere classified |
| 921 | Cattle herders |
| 922 | Farm labourers |
| 923 | Domestic gardeners |
| 925 | Fishery, hunting, and trapping labourers |
| 929 | Agriculture and related labourers not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Street vendors, hawkers, and related workers |
| 932 | Shoe cleaners, vehicles washers, and other street services elementary workers |
| 933 | Domestic maids and related helpers, cleaners, and launderers |
| 935 | Massagers, porters, package carriers, and deliverers |
| 936 | Garbage collectors |
| 937 | Street sweepers, wood choppers, water carriers, and related labourers |
| 938 | Doorkeepers and watchperson |
| 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
<span class="em">All Persons Aged 12 years and over</span></p>
<p>145. Column A18-A25
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>
<p>152. Column A24: Occupation
<br />Q. What type of work did the respondent do in the past 7 days?
<br />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/she is a mechanic, ask him/her what he/she repairs.</p>
<p>You should record his/her 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. If a person moved from one job to another, 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 laborers. If a person has more than one occupation, record the one on which he/she spends most of his/her time. However, if someone has a temporary job during the school holidays - but has a permanent job during term time-it is his/her 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>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). 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/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 omitted]
<p>145. Column A18-A25
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>
<p>152. Column A24: Occupation
<br />Q. What type of work did the respondent do in the past 7 days?
<br />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/she is a mechanic, ask him/her what he/she repairs.</p>
<p>You should record his/her 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. If a person moved from one job to another, 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 laborers. If a person has more than one occupation, record the one on which he/she spends most of his/her time. However, if someone has a temporary job during the school holidays - but has a permanent job during term time-it is his/her 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>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). 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/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 omitted]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation in the past 7 days.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons age 12+ who worked for pay in past 7 days, except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |