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VIII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1970. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1970
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BRA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Class of worker (BR1970A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: BRA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR70A422 BR70A423 BR70A424 BR70A425 BR70A426 BR70A427"><span class="em">Only for people who worked in the 12 months prior to the census date (Sept-1-1969 through Aug-31-1970) or who are seeking work (response 7 in #22)</span><br />[Applies to questions 23 - 28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR70A424"><span class="h3">25. Position in the occupation declared in #23</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 public employee<br />[] 2 private employee<br />[] 3 self-employed<br />[] 4 partner (part or half ownership)<br />[] 5 employer<br />[] 6 not paid</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Public employee
2 Private employee
3 Self-employed
4 Partner (part or half ownership)
5 Employer
6 Not paid/seeking work
9 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="BR70A424"><span class="h3">Question 25 - Position in the occupation declared in question 23</span><br /><br />(Only for persons age 10 or over who worked during the twelve months prior to the date of the Census or are looking for work for the 1st time)<br /><br />Record:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Public employee</span> - For those who receive remuneration from an organ of a federal, state or municipal government (including government employees under the general labor laws - CLT);<br /><span class="em">Private employee</span> - For those who receive remuneration in money or in kind (part of the production) for work they render to an individual, company or institution.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 50]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Self-employed</span> - For persons who exercise their activity individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment);<br /><span class="em">Sharecropper</span> (<span class="lang">Parceiro ou meeiro</span>) - For those who work in a type of economic activity with a certain degree of autonomy (growing of crops, livestock raising, fishing, etc.) and who pay part of their production for the right to exercise this activity. In this case, sharecroppers who work individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment) will be considered in this category; those who have employees should be classified as Employers;<br /><span class="em">Employer</span> - For those who are engaged, with their own resources, in a line of economic activity and who employ one or more employees. Persons who have only domestic help should not be included in this group;<br /><span class="em">Not remunerated</span> - for persons who help in the work of the head of or other persons in the family, without monetary remuneration, and for those who belong to a religious, educational, or charitable institution, etc., and who do not receive direct remuneration, including for persons for whom First time was recorded in the two previous questions.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the position in the main occupation.
Universe
Brazil 1970: Persons working or seeking work 12 months prior to census [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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