XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset
Honduras, 2001
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HND_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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- HND2001_PHC-H-H.dat
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Occupation (4-digit) (HN2001A_OCC)
Data file: HND2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
228
End:
231
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section F. Characteristics of the persons</span></p>
<p><span class="h3">For persons 7 years old or more</span>
<br />[Questions 12-16 were asked of persons aged 7 years or older]</p>
<p>14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that [the person] does or did in this job? For example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, etc.</p>
<div class="i1">____ _ _ _ _</div>
<p><span class="h3">For persons 7 years old or more</span>
<br />[Questions 12-16 were asked of persons aged 7 years or older]</p>
<p>14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that [the person] does or did in this job? For example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, etc.</p>
<div class="i1">____ _ _ _ _</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0128 | Military |
| 0139 | Sergeant |
| 0141 | Other members of the armed forces |
| 1110 | Deputy minister of State |
| 1120 | Deputy director of the National Registry of Persons |
| 1130 | Vice municipal mayor |
| 1142 | General secretary of labor union |
| 1149 | Other senior officials of special-interest organisations |
| 1210 | Manager of SANAA, DIMA, and related companies |
| 1221 | Farmer of farming operations |
| 1222 | Head of industrial production department |
| 1226 | Heads or agents of railroad station |
| 1227 | Credit officer (financial institutions) |
| 1228 | Head of maintenance department |
| 1229 | General secretary of faculty or university |
| 1230 | Other production and operations department managers |
| 1232 | Chief of company personnel |
| 1239 | Other department managers |
| 1311 | Heads of office departments, section |
| 1312 | Manager and deputy manager of small company |
| 1314 | Octopus grower/seller (store owner) |
| 1315 | Cantina owner |
| 1316 | Manager of small transport company |
| 1317 | Furniture upholstery workshop manager |
| 1318 | Manager of sports facilities |
| 1319 | Other general managers |
| 2110 | Physicists, chemists and related professionals |
| 2131 | Other professionals in computer science |
| 2132 | Computer program checker |
| 2141 | Urban planner |
| 2142 | Public works engineer |
| 2143 | Electronic engineer in general |
| 2147 | Surveyor |
| 2148 | Verifier, quality control |
| 2149 | Other architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 2213 | Zootechnical |
| 2219 | Other life science professionals |
| 2221 | Urologist |
| 2222 | Dentist |
| 2229 | Other health professionals (except nursing) |
| 2230 | Nurse in hospital |
| 2310 | University professor |
| 2320 | College professor |
| 2351 | School specialist |
| 2359 | Teacher of technical education |
| 2360 | Other teaching professionals |
| 2411 | Commercial expert and public accountant |
| 2419 | Other business professionals |
| 2421 | Jurisconsult |
| 2429 | Other legal professionals |
| 2441 | Economic and social planners |
| 2446 | Social visitor |
| 2449 | Other social science and related professionals |
| 2451 | Reporter, press |
| 2452 | Portraitist |
| 2459 | Other writers and creative or performing artists |
| 2460 | Theologian |
| 3114 | Telecommunications technician |
| 3115 | Vehicle engine mechanics technician |
| 3117 | Industrial draftsman |
| 3118 | General technician |
| 3119 | Other physical and engineering science technicians |
| 3120 | Computer associate professionals |
| 3131 | Radio and television equipment technician |
| 3139 | Other optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 3140 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 3150 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 3211 | Cytology technician |
| 3219 | Other life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 3221 | Medical assistant for family planning |
| 3226 | Therapist, physical re-adaptation |
| 3229 | Other modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 3231 | Nurse in school |
| 3232 | Midwife |
| 3310 | Primary school teacher |
| 3320 | Teacher of preschool education |
| 3330 | Music education teacher |
| 3340 | Flight instructor |
| 3411 | Stock exchange broker |
| 3412 | Insurance broker |
| 3415 | Medical visitors |
| 3416 | Order requester |
| 3419 | Other finance and sales associate professionals |
| 3423 | Employment service officer |
| 3429 | Other business services agents and trade brokers |
| 3432 | Substanciador, judicial power rapporteur |
| 3434 | Mathematics assistant |
| 3439 | Other administrative associate professionals |
| 3448 | Salary inspector |
| 3449 | Other customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 3450 | Inspector, police |
| 3460 | Social promoter |
| 3471 | Tattoo artists |
| 3472 | Animator |
| 3473 | Cabaret musician |
| 3479 | Other artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 3490 | Other technicians and associate professionals |
| 4115 | Secretary |
| 4119 | Other secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 4121 | Payer |
| 4122 | Financial services employee |
| 4131 | Dispatcher or merchant checker |
| 4133 | Head of air or road transport |
| 4141 | Document reproduction employee |
| 4142 | Mail supervisor |
| 4143 | Interviewer of opinion surveys |
| 4144 | Public clerk |
| 4190 | Time taker |
| 4211 | Cashier in general |
| 4212 | Box office |
| 4213 | Employee of game room |
| 4214 | Lender |
| 4215 | Debt collector |
| 4221 | Airline employee |
| 4222 | Hotel receptionist |
| 4223 | Telephonist |
| 5110 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 5122 | Food tracker preparer |
| 5129 | Other housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 5131 | Child care professional |
| 5132 | Stretcher-carrier |
| 5139 | Pharmacy employee |
| 5140 | Other personal services workers |
| 5161 | Fire prevention warden |
| 5162 | Highway police patrolman |
| 5169 | Other protective service workers |
| 5220 | Seller in store |
| 5230 | Seller at kiosk |
| 6111 | Agricultural worker in irrigation |
| 6112 | Winegrower |
| 6113 | Agricultural worker in nursery |
| 6114 | Worker in mixed crops |
| 6121 | Dairy cattle cowboy |
| 6122 | Worker in incubators |
| 6128 | Zoo worker |
| 6129 | Other market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 6130 | Agricultural worker (agriculture and breeding) |
| 6140 | Forestry and related workers |
| 6151 | Qualified worker in fish and seafood fishing |
| 6152 | Qualified worker in fishing in coastal waters |
| 6159 | Other fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 7111 | Supervisor in mines and quarries |
| 7119 | Other miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 7121 | Master of works, traditional materials |
| 7122 | Mason |
| 7123 | Mine framework builder |
| 7124 | Woodworking supervisor |
| 7129 | Specialized operator in building demolition |
| 7132 | Mosaic maker |
| 7135 | Supervisor in glass or ceramics companies |
| 7136 | Plumber |
| 7137 | Electrical works supervisor |
| 7139 | Other building finishers and related trades workers |
| 7141 | Painter supervisor |
| 7142 | Auto painter |
| 7212 | Terracero, welder |
| 7213 | Tinsmith or tinsmith assistant |
| 7219 | Other metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 7221 | Metal reputer |
| 7223 | Turner |
| 7229 | Other blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 7231 | Supervisor of mechanical works |
| 7232 | Mechanic or assistant in repairing aircraft |
| 7233 | Machine repair |
| 7241 | Repair of appliances |
| 7249 | Other electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 7311 | Supervisor of jewelry and watchmaking |
| 7319 | Other precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 7321 | Tiler, roof tile manufacturer |
| 7329 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 7331 | Bone carver |
| 7332 | Handmade lace weaver |
| 7341 | Typographer |
| 7345 | Hand embosser, binding |
| 7349 | Other printing and related trades workers |
| 7411 | Meat preparer |
| 7412 | Tortilla maker |
| 7413 | Food workers supervisor |
| 7416 | Tobacco tower |
| 7419 | Other food processing and related trades workers |
| 7421 | Wood dryer |
| 7422 | Woodcarver |
| 7423 | Woodturner |
| 7424 | Straw object braider |
| 7433 | Clothes mender |
| 7436 | Umbrella seller |
| 7437 | Furniture upholsterer |
| 7439 | Other textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 7440 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 8140 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 8160 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 8211 | Metal drilling machine operator |
| 8212 | Operator in the abrasives manufacturing |
| 8221 | Production machine operator |
| 8222 | Operator of match' manufacturing |
| 8223 | Supervisor of melting |
| 8230 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 8240 | Woodworking lathe operator |
| 8250 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 8262 | General loom operator |
| 8263 | Hat weaving machine operator |
| 8268 | Hat machine operator |
| 8269 | Other textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 8272 | Cheese salter |
| 8273 | Mill or grinder operator |
| 8275 | Operator oven in sausage production |
| 8278 | Bottle cover machine operator |
| 8279 | Other food and related products machine operators |
| 8290 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 8322 | Driving instructor |
| 8323 | Minibus driver |
| 8324 | Dump truck driver |
| 8329 | Other motor-vehicle and locomotive-engine drivers |
| 8331 | Tractor driver |
| 8332 | Mechanical shovel operator |
| 8333 | Forklift operator |
| 8340 | Yacht steersman |
| 9111 | Soft drinks salesman in theaters |
| 9119 | Other street vendors and related workers |
| 9131 | Maid in kitchen |
| 9132 | Laborer in factory cleaning |
| 9133 | Hand ironer |
| 9141 | Building warden |
| 9142 | Washer of vehicles by hand |
| 9151 | Paperboy |
| 9159 | Other messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 9161 | Garbage collector |
| 9162 | Collection of objects and materials for rec |
| 9211 | Banana workers |
| 9219 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 9312 | Well digger |
| 9319 | Other mining and construction labourers |
| 9320 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 9330 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 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">Only for persons who answered in Block A</span>
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 14: What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you held or hold in that job?</span>
<br />Example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, grocery vendor, etc.</p>
<p>Write, over the lines, the name of the principal occupation, employment, profession, or position of work that the informant states. When you receive answers that are not very precise, such as worker, employee, public official, laborer, employer, etc., you should determine with exactitude, what the task is that the person does.</p>
<p>In many cases, the profession refers to the occupation, for example: a doctor can have as his occupation being the administrator of the hospital, an engineer can be the manager of a business, a lawyer can have the job of judge, etc. </p>
<p>In many cases, the occupation is synonymous with the job that the person performs, for example: president of the Republic, president of the National Congress, municipal mayor, municipal official, executive secretary, school director, hospital director, orchestra director, etc.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span></p>
<p>Some examples of occupations and the correct form to write them on the form:</p>
<p>[First column]
<br />Police agent
<br />Coffee grower
<br />Corn farmer
<br />Construction laborer
<br />Assistant construction laborer
<br />Barber or hairdresser
<br />Bartender
<br />Carpenter, chair manufacturer
<br />Truck driver
<br />Animal slaughterer
<br />Census enumerator
<br />Supervisor of mail office
<br />Nurse in a health care center
<br />Plumber
<br />Make clay bricks</p>
<p>[Second column]
<br />Make cement blocks
<br />Make hats
<br />Make tortillas
<br />Wash and iron clothing
<br />Butler or overseer
<br />Milker
<br />Baker or make bread
<br />Fisherman
<br />Elementary school teacher
<br />Store manager
<br />Tire repairman
<br />Automobile vehicle repairman
<br />Tailor of men's clothing
<br />Planter of agricultural crops
<br />Arc welder
<br />Grocery vendor
<br />Tortilla vendor</p>
<p>To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 14: What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you held or hold in that job?</span>
<br />Example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, grocery vendor, etc.</p>
<p>Write, over the lines, the name of the principal occupation, employment, profession, or position of work that the informant states. When you receive answers that are not very precise, such as worker, employee, public official, laborer, employer, etc., you should determine with exactitude, what the task is that the person does.</p>
<p>In many cases, the profession refers to the occupation, for example: a doctor can have as his occupation being the administrator of the hospital, an engineer can be the manager of a business, a lawyer can have the job of judge, etc. </p>
<p>In many cases, the occupation is synonymous with the job that the person performs, for example: president of the Republic, president of the National Congress, municipal mayor, municipal official, executive secretary, school director, hospital director, orchestra director, etc.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span></p>
<p>Some examples of occupations and the correct form to write them on the form:</p>
<p>[First column]
<br />Police agent
<br />Coffee grower
<br />Corn farmer
<br />Construction laborer
<br />Assistant construction laborer
<br />Barber or hairdresser
<br />Bartender
<br />Carpenter, chair manufacturer
<br />Truck driver
<br />Animal slaughterer
<br />Census enumerator
<br />Supervisor of mail office
<br />Nurse in a health care center
<br />Plumber
<br />Make clay bricks</p>
<p>[Second column]
<br />Make cement blocks
<br />Make hats
<br />Make tortillas
<br />Wash and iron clothing
<br />Butler or overseer
<br />Milker
<br />Baker or make bread
<br />Fisherman
<br />Elementary school teacher
<br />Store manager
<br />Tire repairman
<br />Automobile vehicle repairman
<br />Tailor of men's clothing
<br />Planter of agricultural crops
<br />Arc welder
<br />Grocery vendor
<br />Tortilla vendor</p>
<p>To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's primary occupation in the last week at 4-digits (ISCO 1988).
Universe
Honduras 2001: Persons age 7+ who are in labor force except the first time job seekers [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |