XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 - IPUMS Subset
Guatemala, 2002
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GTM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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- GTM2002_PHC-H-H.dat
- GTM2002_PHC-P-H.dat
Principal occupation (2-digits) (GT2002A_OCC2)
Data file: GTM2002_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
246
End:
248
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter VII. Characteristics of the people</span></p>
<p><span class="em">For persons of age 7 years and older </span>
<br />[Questions 12 to 20 are for persons of age 7 years and older]</p>
<p>[Questions 18 to 20 are asked of persons who worked or experienced unemployed]</p>
<p><span class="em">18. What is the occupation, type of work or main occupation done or that you do at this job?</span> ________
<p><span class="em">For persons of age 7 years and older </span>
<br />[Questions 12 to 20 are for persons of age 7 years and older]</p>
<p>[Questions 18 to 20 are asked of persons who worked or experienced unemployed]</p>
<p><span class="em">18. What is the occupation, type of work or main occupation done or that you do at this job?</span> ________
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Armed forces |
| 011 | Legislators and senior officials |
| 012 | Corporate managers |
| 013 | General managers |
| 021 | Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals |
| 022 | Life science and health professionals |
| 023 | Teaching professionals |
| 024 | Other professionals |
| 031 | Physical and engineering science associate professionals |
| 032 | Life science and health associate professionals |
| 033 | Teaching associate professionals |
| 034 | Other associate professionals |
| 041 | Office clerks |
| 042 | Customer services clerks |
| 051 | Personal and protective services workers |
| 052 | Models, salespersons and demonstrators |
| 061 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural and fishery workers |
| 062 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 071 | Extraction and building trades workers |
| 072 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers |
| 073 | Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers |
| 074 | Other craft and related trades workers |
| 081 | Stationary-plant and related operators |
| 082 | Machine operators and assemblers |
| 083 | Drivers and mobile-plant operators |
| 091 | Sales and services elementary occupations |
| 092 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 093 | Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport |
| 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="h3">Section 7: Individual characteristics</span></p>
<p>This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.</p>
<p>[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p>Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.</p>
<p>Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.</p>
<p>Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.</p>
<p>Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 12-20 are for persons aged seven or older.</span></p>
<p><span class="em">The reference period for questions 16-20 is the week preceding the census date (from Sunday November 17 to Saturday November 23, 2002).</span></p>
<p><span class="em">18. Principal occupation</span>
<br />Ask, "What occupation, type of work or job did the person perform in this job?"</p>
<p>[A graphic of question 18, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p>If the person has more than one occupation, write the one that provides the most income. If they pay equally, write the one he/she worked at most during the reference week.</p>
<p>In the corresponding space, write the main occupation, type of work or job declared by the respondent, using words to describe exactly the task he/she performs. Avoid using general terms.</p>
<p>Examples of occupations:</p>
<div class="i1">If a surgeon worked as the director of a hospital during the reference week, write: hospital director (public or private) as his/her principal occupation.<br /><br />If a lawyer worked as a factory manager in a factory producing cotton fabric during the reference week, write "manager of a factory producing cotton fabrics" as his/her principal occupation.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p>[The original document includes a table below.]</p>
<p>[Column headings:]
<br />(A) Incorrect answer for occupation
<br />(B) Correct answer for occupation</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Mechanic.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Automobile mechanic, technician who makes dental parts.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Secretary.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Typist who transcribes documents, secretary who writes letters and answers the phone, secretary in charge of sales files.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Construction worker.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Plumber who installs and repairs plumbing, bricklayer who prepares mortar and lays bricks, painter of interior and exterior walls.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Engineer.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Civil engineer, chemical engineer, electrical engineer.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Teacher.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Urban primary-school teacher, rural primary-school teacher, home-economics teacher, music education teacher.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Cashier.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Department-store cashier, bank cashier, factory cashier.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Agricultural worker.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Worker who plants tomatoes, worker who plants corn, worker who milks and cleans cows, worker who harvests coffee or sugarcane, etc.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Sales clerk.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Counter clerk in a fabric store, counter clerk in footwear items, counter clerk in hardware items, counter clerk in office supplies.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Street vendor.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Street vendor of brooms, Street vendor of candies, street vendor of several products.
<p>This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.</p>
<p>[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p>Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.</p>
<p>Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.</p>
<p>Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.</p>
<p>Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 12-20 are for persons aged seven or older.</span></p>
<p><span class="em">The reference period for questions 16-20 is the week preceding the census date (from Sunday November 17 to Saturday November 23, 2002).</span></p>
<p><span class="em">18. Principal occupation</span>
<br />Ask, "What occupation, type of work or job did the person perform in this job?"</p>
<p>[A graphic of question 18, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p>If the person has more than one occupation, write the one that provides the most income. If they pay equally, write the one he/she worked at most during the reference week.</p>
<p>In the corresponding space, write the main occupation, type of work or job declared by the respondent, using words to describe exactly the task he/she performs. Avoid using general terms.</p>
<p>Examples of occupations:</p>
<div class="i1">If a surgeon worked as the director of a hospital during the reference week, write: hospital director (public or private) as his/her principal occupation.<br /><br />If a lawyer worked as a factory manager in a factory producing cotton fabric during the reference week, write "manager of a factory producing cotton fabrics" as his/her principal occupation.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p>[The original document includes a table below.]</p>
<p>[Column headings:]
<br />(A) Incorrect answer for occupation
<br />(B) Correct answer for occupation</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Mechanic.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Automobile mechanic, technician who makes dental parts.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Secretary.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Typist who transcribes documents, secretary who writes letters and answers the phone, secretary in charge of sales files.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Construction worker.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Plumber who installs and repairs plumbing, bricklayer who prepares mortar and lays bricks, painter of interior and exterior walls.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Engineer.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Civil engineer, chemical engineer, electrical engineer.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Teacher.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Urban primary-school teacher, rural primary-school teacher, home-economics teacher, music education teacher.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Cashier.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Department-store cashier, bank cashier, factory cashier.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Agricultural worker.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Worker who plants tomatoes, worker who plants corn, worker who milks and cleans cows, worker who harvests coffee or sugarcane, etc.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Sales clerk.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Counter clerk in a fabric store, counter clerk in footwear items, counter clerk in hardware items, counter clerk in office supplies.</p>
<p>Incorrect answer for principal occupation: Street vendor.
<br />Correct answer for principal occupation: Street vendor of brooms, Street vendor of candies, street vendor of several products.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation (at 2-digits) performed by the person last week or in his previous job.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Persons age 7+ who ever worked [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |