National Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Papua New Guinea, 1990
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Reference ID
PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- PNG1990_PHC-H-H
- PNG1990_PHC-P-H
Occupation (PG1990A_OCC)
Data file: PNG1990_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
196
End:
198
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Urban Census form </span></p>
<p><span class="em">If code 01, 02, 03, or 04 is circled in Question 17, ask question 18 and 19. Otherwise, skip to question 20 for females only. <br />[Questions 18-19 were asked of persons who worked in the last 7 days, per question 17.] </span></p>
<p>18. Kind of Work (Occupation)</p>
<div class="i1">Describe the principal activity - e.g. shop attendant, nurse, taxi driver, coffee crower, crocodile hunter, etc.<br /><br />Occupation _ _</div>
<p><span class="em">If code 01, 02, 03, or 04 is circled in Question 17, ask question 18 and 19. Otherwise, skip to question 20 for females only. <br />[Questions 18-19 were asked of persons who worked in the last 7 days, per question 17.] </span></p>
<p>18. Kind of Work (Occupation)</p>
<div class="i1">Describe the principal activity - e.g. shop attendant, nurse, taxi driver, coffee crower, crocodile hunter, etc.<br /><br />Occupation _ _</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Armed forces |
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | General managers |
| 199 | Legislators, senior officials, and managers, not elsewhere classified |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 233 | Primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 299 | Professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 399 | Technicians and associate professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 599 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 616 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers, undocumented category |
| 621 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 699 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 734 | Craft and related trade workers, undocumented category |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 799 | Craft and related trade workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 811 | Mining- and mineral-processing-plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 899 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 977 | Housework |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates which occupation a person is engaged in.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1990: Persons age 10+ in urban areas who worked last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept