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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Occupation (1-digit) (GT1964A_OCC1)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 211
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Educational and occupational characteristics</span>
<br />Persons 7 years old and more
<br />[Questions 15 to 26 are asked of persons age 7+ years old]</p>

<p><span class="em">Occupational situation in the month before the census</span></p>

<p>21. Occupation: What occupation or work did the person have during most of the last four weeks before the census? ____</p>
<div class="i1">If the person did not work but looked for a job, what was his or her last occupation performed? Avoid using general words as laborer, office clerk, etc.; specify the position.</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Professionals, technicians, and similars
01 Industrialists and traders, administrators, managers, and employees of directive category
02 Office workers and related occupations
03 Sales workers and persons in related occupations
04 Farmers, fishermen, hunters, loggers, and related occupations
05 Workers in occupations of mining and quarrying
06 Workers in transport operations
07 Craftsmen, operatives and other skilled workers
08 Craftsmen and laborers n.e.c.
09 Workers in personal services or assistance and related 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 occupation (at 1-digit) performed by the person during the last four weeks or in his last job.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: Persons age 7+ who worked or looked for work in the last 4 weeks [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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