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The 2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Cuba, 2012
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CUB_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Office of Statistics of the Republic of Cuba, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Main occupation (1-digit) (CU2012A_OCC)

Data file: CUB2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section IV. Personal data</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 1-23]</p>

<p><span class="em">For persons 15 years and older</span>
<br />(End of interview for persons under this age.)
<br />[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]</p>

<p>18. What is your primary occupation or trade that you perform in this job? ____</p>
<div class="i1">(Examples: electrical motor rewinder, teacher, secretary, mechanical engineer, etc.)<br /><br />According to CNUO classifications _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Managers
02 Professionals
03 Technicians and associate professionals
04 Clerical support workers
05 Service and sales workers
06 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
07 Craft and related trades workers
08 Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
09 Elementary occupations
98 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation (1-digit).
Universe
Cuba 2012: Persons age 15+ who are employed [discrepancies: none]

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