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Recensement General de la Population et du Logement 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Haiti, 1982
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HTI_1982_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Département du Plan, Institute Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique, Minnesota Population Center
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Main occupation (HT1982A_0419)

Data file: HTI1982-P-H

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
D. Economic characteristics
For persons 10 years and older.
[Questions 17-21 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]




19. Principal occupation: What type of work does this person do?

(Profession, trade, job) ________
Categories
Value Category
0 Physical scientist, architect, pilot, doctor
1 Accountant, lawyer, professor, clergy
2 Director and upper-level administrator
3 Administrative
4 Business personnel and salespeople
5 Services
6 Farmer, forestry, fisherman
7 Non-farm workers
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.
Interviewer instructions
D) Economic characteristics
[Questions 17-21.]
Ask questions relative to the economic characteristics of people age 10 years old or more.




Question 19: Main occupation or profession
80. For the census, the profession refers to the type of work carried out by a person during the period of reference on which the data related to the economic characteristics are written down, no matter what the branch of economic activity or situation of the person in question in the profession.
For a person who has two or more professions it will be necessary to consider the profession in which he spends most of his time.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation (one-digit code).
Universe
Persons age 10+ who worked or had a job during the past 12 months

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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