General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976

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Reference ID

CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS

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Occupation (1 digit) (CM1976A_OCC1)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 218

End: 218

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A416 CM76A417 CM76A418 CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423 CM76A424">Population 4 years old or older </svar>

<svar v="CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423">Ask only those who have worked during the reference period (WK) and those without work having already worked (UN). For the others, mark with the line. </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421">22) Employment <div class="i1">- For those who have worked during the reference period (WK): What job did you have during this period? ____ - For those without a job having already worked (UN): "What was your last job?" ____</div> Mark clearly the job occupied [Example omitted] </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Professional, Technical and Related Workers
2	Administrative and Managerial Workers
3	Clerical and Related Workers
4	Sales Workers
5	Service Workers
6	Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Forestry Workers, Fishermen and Hunters
7	Production and Related Workers, Transport Equipment Operators and Labourers
8	Unknown
9	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 occupation (1 digit).

Universe

Cameroon 1976: Persons age 4+ who ever worked [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.7%]

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Concept

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