Recensement General de la Population et du Logement 1982 - IPUMS Subset
Haiti, 1982
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HTI_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Département du Plan, Institute Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique, IPUMS
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Main occupation or profession (HT1982A_OCC)
Data file: HTI1982_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
218
End:
221
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="HT82A416 HT82A417 HT82A418 HT82A419 HT82A420 HT82A421 HT82A422"><span class="h3">D. Economic characteristics</span><br />For persons 10 years and older.<br />[Questions 17-21 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A418 HT82A419"><span class="em">19. Principal occupation: What type of work does this person do? </span><br /><div class="i1">(Profession, trade, job) ________</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A418 HT82A419"><span class="em">19. Principal occupation: What type of work does this person do? </span><br /><div class="i1">(Profession, trade, job) ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0011 | Chemists |
| 0013 | Physical scientists not elsewhere classified |
| 0021 | Architects and town planners |
| 0022 | Civil engineers |
| 0023 | Electrical and electronics engineers |
| 0027 | Mining engineers |
| 0029 | Engineers not elsewhere classified |
| 0031 | Surveyors |
| 0032 | Draughtsmen |
| 0033 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 0034 | Electrical and electronics engineering technicians |
| 0041 | Aircraft pilots, navigators and flight engineers |
| 0042 | Ships' deck officers and pilots |
| 0051 | Biologists, zoologists and related scientists |
| 0052 | Bacteriologists, pharmacologists and related scientists |
| 0053 | Agronomists and related scientists |
| 0054 | Life sciences technicians |
| 0061 | Medical doctors |
| 0062 | Medical assistants |
| 0063 | Dentists |
| 0064 | Dental assistants |
| 0065 | Veterinarians |
| 0066 | Veterinary assistants |
| 0067 | Pharmacists |
| 0068 | Pharmaceutical assistants |
| 0069 | Dietitians and public health nutritionists |
| 0071 | Professional nurses |
| 0072 | Nursing personnel not elsewhere classified |
| 0073 | Professional midwives |
| 0074 | Midwifery personnel not elsewhere classified |
| 0077 | Medical Xray technicians |
| 0079 | Medical, dental, veterinary and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0081 | Statisticians |
| 0083 | Systems Analysts |
| 0090 | Economists |
| 0110 | Accountants |
| 0121 | Lawyers |
| 0122 | Judges |
| 0129 | Jurists not elsewhere classified |
| 0131 | University and higher education teachers |
| 0132 | Secondary education teachers |
| 0133 | Primary education teachers |
| 0134 | Preprimary education teachers |
| 0135 | Special education teachers |
| 0136 | Teachers not elsewhere classified |
| 0139 | Teachers not elsewhere classified |
| 0141 | Ministers of religion and related members of religious orders |
| 0149 | Workers in religion not elsewhere classified |
| 0151 | Authors and critics |
| 0159 | Authors, journalists and related writers not elsewhere classified |
| 0161 | Sculptors, painters and related artists |
| 0162 | Commercial artists and designers |
| 0163 | Photographers and cameramen |
| 0171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 0172 | Choreographers and dancers |
| 0173 | Actors and stage directors |
| 0174 | Producers, performing arts |
| 0179 | Performing artists not elsewhere classified |
| 0180 | Athletes, sportsmen and related workers |
| 0191 | Librarians, archivists and curators |
| 0192 | Sociologists, anthropologists and related scientists |
| 0193 | Social workers |
| 0195 | Philologists, translators and interpreters |
| 0199 | Other professional, technical and related workers |
| 0201 | Legislative officials |
| 0202 | Government administrators |
| 0211 | General managers |
| 0212 | Production managers (except farm) |
| 0219 | Managers not elsewhere classified |
| 0300 | Clerical supervisors |
| 0310 | Government executive officials |
| 0321 | Stenographers, typists and teletypists |
| 0322 | Card and tapepunching machine operators |
| 0331 | Bookkeepers and cashiers |
| 0339 | Bookkeepers, cashiers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0359 | Transport and communications supervisors not elsewhere classified |
| 0370 | Mail distribution clerks |
| 0380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 0391 | Stock clerks |
| 0393 | Correspondence and reporting clerks |
| 0394 | Receptionists and travel agency clerks |
| 0395 | Library and filing clerks |
| 0399 | Clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 0400 | Managers (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 0410 | Working proprietors (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 0411 | Working proprietors (retail trade only) |
| 0421 | Sales supervisors |
| 0422 | Buyers |
| 0431 | Technical salesmen and service advisers |
| 0432 | Commercial travellers and Manufacturers' agents |
| 0441 | Insurance, real estate and securities salesmen |
| 0442 | Business services salesmen |
| 0443 | Auctioneers |
| 0444 | Managers and employees of the lottery game (Borlette) |
| 0445 | Sellers and ushers of the lottery |
| 0451 | Salesmen, shop assistants and demonstrators |
| 0452 | Street vendors, canvassers and newsvendors |
| 0490 | Sales workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0500 | Managers (catering and lodging services) |
| 0510 | Working proprietors (catering and lodging services) |
| 0520 | Housekeeping and related service supervisors |
| 0531 | Cooks |
| 0532 | Waiters, bartenders and related workers |
| 0540 | Maids and related housekeeping service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0551 | Building caretakers |
| 0552 | Charworkers, cleaners and related workers |
| 0560 | Launderers, drycleaners and pressers |
| 0570 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers |
| 0581 | Firefighters |
| 0582 | Policemen and detectives |
| 0589 | Protective service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0591 | Guides |
| 0592 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 0599 | Other service workers |
| 0600 | Farm managers and supervisors |
| 0611 | General farmers |
| 0612 | Specialised farmers |
| 0621 | General farm workers |
| 0622 | Field crop and vegetable farm workers |
| 0623 | Orchard, vineyard and related tree and shrub crop workers |
| 0624 | Livestock workers |
| 0626 | Poultry farm workers |
| 0627 | Nursery workers and garderners |
| 0629 | Agricultural and animal husbandry workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0631 | Loggers |
| 0632 | Forestry workers (except logging) |
| 0641 | Fishermen |
| 0711 | Miners and quarrymen |
| 0712 | Mineral and stone treaters |
| 0713 | Well drillers, borers and related workers |
| 0721 | Metal smelting, converting and refining furnacemen |
| 0722 | Metal rollingmill workers |
| 0723 | Metal melters and reheaters |
| 0725 | Metal moulders and coremakers |
| 0732 | Sawyers, plywood makers and related woodprocessing workers |
| 0733 | Paper pulp preparers |
| 0734 | Paper makers |
| 0741 | Crushers, grinders and mixers |
| 0744 | Still and reactor operators |
| 0745 | Petroleumrefining workers |
| 0749 | Chemical processers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0751 | Fibre preparers |
| 0752 | Spinners and winders |
| 0754 | Weavers and related workers |
| 0755 | Knitters |
| 0759 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0761 | Tanners and fellmongers |
| 0762 | Pelt dressers |
| 0771 | Grain millers and related workers |
| 0772 | Sugar processers and refiners |
| 0773 | Butchers and meat preparers |
| 0774 | Food preservers |
| 0776 | Bakers, pastrycooks and confectionery makers |
| 0777 | Tea, coffee and cocoa preparers |
| 0778 | Brewers, wine and beverage makers |
| 0779 | Food and beverage processers not elsewhere classified |
| 0781 | Tobacco preparers |
| 0783 | Cigarette makers |
| 0789 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco product makers not elsewhere classified |
| 0791 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 0793 | Milliners and hatmakers |
| 0794 | Patternmakers and cutters |
| 0795 | Sewers and embroiderers |
| 0796 | Upholsterers and related workers |
| 0799 | Tailors, dressmakers, sewers, upholsterers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0801 | Shoemakers and shoe repairers |
| 0802 | Shoe cutters, lasters, sewers and related workers |
| 0803 | Leather goods makers |
| 0811 | Cabinetmakers |
| 0819 | Cabinetmakers and related woodworkers not elsewhere classified |
| 0831 | Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forgingpress operators |
| 0834 | Machinetool operators |
| 0839 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machinetool operators not elsewhere classified |
| 0841 | Machinery fitters and machine assemblers |
| 0842 | Watch, clock and precision instrument makers |
| 0843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 0844 | Aircraft engine mechanics |
| 0849 | Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precision instrument makers (except electrical) not elsewhere classified |
| 0851 | Electrical fitters |
| 0852 | Electronics fitters |
| 0853 | Electrical and electronics equipment assemblers |
| 0854 | Radio and television repairmen |
| 0855 | Electrical wiremen |
| 0856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 0857 | Electric linemen and cable jointers |
| 0859 | Electrical fitters and related electrical and electronics workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0861 | Broadcasting station operators |
| 0862 | Sound equipment operators and cinema projectionists |
| 0871 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 0872 | Welders and flamecutters |
| 0873 | Sheetmetal workers |
| 0874 | Structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 0880 | Jewellery and precious metal workers |
| 0891 | Glass formers, cutters, grinders and finishers |
| 0895 | Glass and ceramics painters and decorators |
| 0901 | Rubber and plastics product makers (except tire makers and tire vulcanisers) |
| 0902 | Tire makers and vulcanisers |
| 0910 | Paper and paperboard products makers |
| 0921 | Compositors and typesetters |
| 0922 | Printing pressmen |
| 0924 | Printing engravers (except photoengravers) |
| 0926 | Bookbinders and related workers |
| 0927 | Photographic darkroom workers |
| 0929 | Printers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0931 | Painters, construction |
| 0939 | Painters not elsewhere classified |
| 0941 | Musical instrument makers and tuners |
| 0942 | Basketry weavers and brush makers |
| 0949 | Other production and related workers |
| 0951 | Bricklayers, stonemasons and tile setters |
| 0952 | Reinforcedconcreters, cement finishers and terrazzo workers |
| 0953 | Roofers |
| 0954 | Carpenters, joiners and parquetry workers |
| 0955 | Plasterers |
| 0956 | Insulators |
| 0957 | Glaziers |
| 0959 | Construction workers not elsewhere classified |
| 0961 | Powergenerating machinery operators |
| 0969 | Stationary engine and related equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 0971 | Dockers and freight handlers |
| 0973 | Crane and hoist operators |
| 0979 | Materialhandling equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 0981 | Ships' deck ratings, barge crews and boatmen |
| 0982 | Ships' engineroom ratings |
| 0983 | Railway engine drivers and firemen |
| 0985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 0986 | Animal and animaldrawn vehicle drivers |
| 0989 | Transport equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 0999 | Labourers not elsewhere classified |
| 1010 | Person in search of their first jobs |
| 1020 | Workers reporting occupations unidentifiable or inadequately described |
| 1030 | Workers not reporting any occupation |
| 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
<svar v="HT82A416 HT82A417 HT82A418 HT82A419 HT82A420 HT82A421 HT82A422"><span class="em">D) Economic characteristics</span><br />[Questions 17-21.]<br />Ask questions relative to the economic characteristics of people age 10 years old or more.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A418 HT82A419">Question 19: Main occupation or profession<br />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.<br />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.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A418 HT82A419">Question 19: Main occupation or profession<br />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.<br />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.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation or profession.
Universe
Haiti 1982: Persons age 10+ who worked or had a job during the past 12 months [discrepancies: type I 0.4%; type II 0.5%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |