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XVI Censo Nacional de Población y V de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1992
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CHL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS
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Class of worker (CL1992A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CHL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CL92A417 CL92A413">5. When you were born, in what municipality or place did your mother live?<br /><br />[] 1 In this municipality<br /><br />In another municipality<br /><div class="i1">____ Name of the municipality or place<br />____ Province</div><br /><br />In another country<br /><div class="i1">____ Name of the country</div><br /><br />Year of arrival in this country [fill-in ovals, 2 digits, 0 through 9]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="CL92A402 CL92A406 CL92A408 CL92A419 CL92A420 CL92A421 CL92A422 CL92A424 CL92A426 CL92A429">For all individuals 14 years of age and older [applies to questions 10 to 16]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 Not applicable
1 Employer
2 Self-employed
3 Housekeeping
4 Salary worker
5 Not paid family work
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="CL92A429">13. In this job are you (or were you)?<br /><br />The goal of this question is to specify the position of the person being enumerated in carrying out the job, trade, or type of work reported in the previous question.<br /><br />The conditions 1. Boss or Employer, 4. Salaried Worker (Employee, Manual Laborer, Day Laborer) are understood on their own and don't need further comments. <br /><br />On the other hand, the conditions 2. Own-Account Worker, 3. Household Domestic Service Worker, 5. Uncompensated Family Member, can cause some difficulties and for that reason some explanation will be given:<br /><br />2. Own-Account Worker: Is a person who works independently and without employing compensated personnel; runs their own business or practices a profession or trade on their own. The person may work alone or in association and may have the help of family members who are not monetarily compensated: independent professionals and technicians, a store owner without employees, a taxi driver, street vendors, etc.<br /><br />3. Household Domestic Service Worker: A person who does work related to the house and for which they are paid a wage or salary. These people should be included in the household that is being enumerated only if they have their usual residence there (live-in worker [<span class="lang">puertas adentro</span>]) and slept there the night prior to the day of the Census. People who do this type of work and usually sleep in their own houses (live-out worker [<span class="lang">puertas afuera</span>]) will be enumerated in their own households.<br /><br />5. Uncompensated Family Member: A person who doesn't receive a salary or wage for the work that they do in a relative's company or business; this person works at least three days of a normal work week.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the position of the person in carrying out the job, trade, or type of work while working.
Universe
Chile 1992: Persons age 14+, who worked, had a job and did not work, or were looking for a job and worked in the past [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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