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National Census of Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1961
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HND_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Occupation (1-digit) (HN1961A_OCC2)

Data file: HND1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 132
End: 133
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">For those who worked or looked for work</span>
<br />[Questions 17-19 were asked of people aged 10 years or older who worked or looked for a job]</p>

<p><span class="em">18. What do or did you do?</span>
<br />Write the type of work done [by the person]</p>
<div class="i1">Example:<br />[] Farm manager<br />[] Butler<br />[] Agricultural laborer<br />[] Servant<br />[] Automobile mechanic<br />[] Watchmaker<br />[] Assistant<br />[] Cashier<br />[] Accountant<br />[] Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Professional, technical, and related workers
01 Managers, administrators, and officials
02 Clerical, office, and other workers in related occupations
03 Sales workers and persons in related occupations
04 Farmers, graziers, fishermen, hunters, lumbermen, and persons in related occupations
06 Workers operating vehicles and in related occupations
07 Craftsmen and operatives
09 Workers and laborers, not elsewhere classified
10 Personal services and related workers
11 Other workers, not elsewhere classified, and workers in unidentifiable or unspecified 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 primary occupation during the reference year at 1-digit (COTA 1960).
Universe
Honduras 1961: Persons age 10+ in the labor force [discrepancies type I trace; type II trace]

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