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 (3-digits) (GT2002A_OCC3)
Data file: GTM2002_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
249
End:
252
Width:
4
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 |
|---|---|
| 0011 | Armed forces |
| 0111 | Legislators |
| 0112 | Senior government officials |
| 0114 | Senior officials of special-interest organisations |
| 0121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 0122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 0123 | Other department managers |
| 0131 | General managers |
| 0211 | Physicists, chemists, mathematicians, statisticians, and related professionals |
| 0213 | Computing professionals |
| 0214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 0221 | Life science professionals |
| 0222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 0223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 0231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 0232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 0235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 0241 | Business professionals |
| 0242 | Legal professionals |
| 0243 | Archivists, librarians and related information professionals |
| 0244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 0245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 0246 | Religious professionals |
| 0311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 0312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 0313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 0314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 0315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 0321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 0322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 0323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 0324 | Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers |
| 0331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 0332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 0334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 0341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 0342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 0343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 0344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 0345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 0346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 0347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 0348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 0411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 0412 | Numerical clerks |
| 0413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 0414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 0419 | Other office clerks |
| 0421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 0422 | Client information clerks |
| 0511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 0512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 0513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 0514 | Other personal services workers |
| 0515 | Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers |
| 0516 | Protective services workers |
| 0522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators, fashion and other models |
| 0523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 0611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 0612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 0613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 0614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 0615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 0621 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 0711 | Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 0712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 0713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 0714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 0721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 0722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 0723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 0724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 0731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 0732 | Other precision workers |
| 0733 | Handicraft workers in wood,textile, leather and related materials |
| 0734 | Other handicraft workers |
| 0741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 0742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 0743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 0744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 0811 | Mining- and mineral-processing-plant operators |
| 0812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 0813 | Glass, ceramics and related plant operators |
| 0814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 0815 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 0816 | Power-production and related plant operators, automated-assembly-line and industrial-robot operators |
| 0821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 0822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 0823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 0824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 0825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 0826 | Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 0827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 0828 | Assemblers |
| 0829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 0832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 0833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 0911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 0912 | Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary occupations |
| 0913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 0914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 0915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 0916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 0921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 0931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 0932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 0933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 9999 | 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 3-digits) performed by the person last week or in his previous job.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Persons age 10+ who ever worked [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |