XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Occupation last week (CO1973A_OCC)
Data file: COL1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
220
End:
222
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CO73A419 CO73A420 CO73A421 CO73A422 CO73A423 CO73A424 CO73A425"><span class="h2">C. Economic characteristics (For persons 10 years old or more)</span><br />[Applies to questions 14 - 19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A420"><span class="em">15. What was your occupation, profession, or work during this week?</span> ____<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A420"><span class="em">15. What was your occupation, profession, or work during this week?</span> ____<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 008 | Professionals and technicians (general) |
| 010 | Professionals, technicians, and similar workers |
| 011 | Chemists |
| 014 | Technicians in physical sciences and chemistry |
| 020 | Architects and engineers |
| 021 | Architects and urban designers |
| 022 | Civil engineers |
| 023 | Electrical and electronic engineers |
| 025 | Chemical engineers |
| 028 | Industrial organization engineers |
| 029 | Engineers not classified in another category |
| 030 | Technicians in architecture and engineering |
| 031 | Topographers |
| 032 | Drafters |
| 033 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 034 | Electrical and electronic engineers |
| 035 | Mechanical technicians |
| 039 | Industrial technicians not classified in another category |
| 040 | Pilots and deck officials, and machinist officials (aviation and marine) |
| 041 | Pilots, navigators and flight engineers (aviation) |
| 050 | Biologists, agronomists, and similar technicians |
| 052 | Bacteriologists, pharmacists, and similar specialists |
| 053 | Agronomists and similar specialists |
| 054 | Technicians in biological and agricultural sciences |
| 060 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 061 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 063 | Dentists |
| 065 | Veterinarians |
| 067 | Pharmacists |
| 070 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers (technicians) |
| 071 | Degreed nurses |
| 072 | Nursing personnel not classified in another category |
| 079 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 080 | Statisticians, mathematician system analysts, and similar technicians |
| 081 | Statisticians |
| 083 | Systems analysts |
| 090 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 120 | Jurists |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges, magistrates, prosecutors, and notaries |
| 129 | Lawyers not classified in another category |
| 130 | Teachers and professors |
| 131 | University professors and professors of other higher education establishments |
| 132 | Middle school professors |
| 133 | Elementary school professors |
| 140 | Members of the clergy and similar |
| 141 | Priests and member of similar religious orders |
| 150 | Authors, newspaper reporters and similar writers |
| 151 | Writers and critics |
| 159 | Authors, newspaper writers and similar writers not classified in another category |
| 160 | Sculptors, painters, photographers, and similar artists |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and similar artists |
| 162 | Decorators, drafters, and commercial designers |
| 163 | Photographers and operators of movie and television cameras |
| 170 | Musicians, artists, entertainment businessmen and producers |
| 171 | Composers, musicians, and singers |
| 179 | Entertainment artists not classified in another category |
| 180 | Athletes, sportsmen, and similar workers |
| 190 | Professionals, technicians, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists, and museum directors |
| 192 | Sociologists, anthropologists and similar specialists |
| 193 | Social assistance workers |
| 195 | Philologists, translators, and interpreters |
| 199 | Other related professionals, technicians, and workers |
| 200 | Managers and directors (general) |
| 201 | Members of the legislative bodies and directive personnel of the public administration |
| 210 | Directors and directive personnel |
| 211 | Directive personnel in public administration |
| 212 | General directors or managers |
| 213 | Production directors (except agricultural enterprises) |
| 219 | Directors and directive personnel not classified in another category |
| 300 | Clerks (general) |
| 301 | Heads of office employees |
| 302 | Heads of office employees in general |
| 310 | Administrative agents (public administration) |
| 320 | Secretaries, typists, short-hand takers, and operators of tape and card punch machines |
| 321 | Secretaries, typists, short-hand takers, teletypists |
| 322 | Operators of perforating machines: tapes and cards |
| 330 | Accounting employees, cashiers, employees of banking services, and similar workers |
| 331 | Accounting assistants, bookkeepers, and cashiers |
| 332 | Bank services employees |
| 339 | Accounting employees, cashiers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 340 | Operators of machines for accounting and statistical calculations |
| 342 | Operators of automatic data processing machines |
| 350 | Bosses of transportation systems and communications |
| 359 | Heads of transportation services and communications not classified in another category |
| 360 | Train masters, controllers of sleeping coaches, ticket collectors for transportation services |
| 370 | Mailmen and messengers |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 390 | Administrative personnel and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 391 | Supply and distribution employees |
| 393 | Employees in administrative services |
| 394 | Receptionists and employees of travel agencies |
| 395 | Library and archival service employees |
| 399 | Office employees not classified in another group |
| 400 | Merchants, salespersons and agents (general) |
| 401 | Directors (Wholesale and retail) |
| 410 | Owner-merchants (wholesale and retail) |
| 420 | Heads of sales and buyers |
| 421 | Sales managers |
| 422 | Buyers |
| 430 | Technical sales agents, business travelers, and factory representatives |
| 432 | Traveling agents and factory representatives |
| 440 | Insurance agents, real estate agents, currency exchange and investment agents, sales agents for services provided to businesses, and auctioneers |
| 441 | Bosses of intangible sales, insurance agents, real estate agents, and exchange and investment agents |
| 442 | Sales agents of services to businesses |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 450 | Salesmen, commerce employees and similar workers |
| 451 | Salesmen, commerce employees and exhibitors |
| 452 | Traveling salesmen, door-to-door salesmen, newspaper and lottery vendors |
| 490 | Merchants and salesmen nec |
| 500 | Service industry workers (general) |
| 501 | Directors (hotel, bar and similar, and other personal services) |
| 510 | Owner-managers (hotel, bar, and other personal services) |
| 520 | Heads of service personnel |
| 530 | Cooks, room keepers, barmen, and similar workers |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Room keepers, barmen, and similar workers |
| 540 | Service workers not classified in another category |
| 550 | Building guards, cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 551 | Building guards |
| 552 | Cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 560 | Launderers, dry cleaners, and pressers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, beauty treatment specialists, and similar workers |
| 580 | Personnel in the protection and security services |
| 581 | Firemen |
| 582 | Policemen |
| 589 | Personnel of protection and security services not classified in another category |
| 590 | Service workers not classified in another category |
| 592 | Businessmen of funeral services and embalmers |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Agricultural occupations (general) |
| 601 | Administrators and bosses of agricultural enterprises |
| 610 | Farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 611 | Farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 612 | Specialized farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 620 | Agricultural workers |
| 621 | Agricultural workers in general |
| 622 | Agricultural workers, extensive agriculture |
| 623 | Agricultural workers, trees and bushes |
| 624 | Cattle ranching workers and feed-cattle ranching |
| 625 | Cattle ranching workers, dairy cattle |
| 626 | Workers in poultry production |
| 627 | Agricultural workers, vegetable crops, greenhouses, and gardens |
| 628 | Operators and drivers of agricultural machinery |
| 629 | Agricultural workers not classified in another category |
| 630 | Forestry workers |
| 631 | Tree fallers and cutters |
| 632 | Forestry workers (except tree fallers and cutters) |
| 640 | Fishermen, hunters, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 641 | Fishermen |
| 649 | Fishermen, hunters, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 700 | Miners, operatives, craftsmen and supervisors (general) |
| 701 | Foremen, supervisors, and overseers |
| 710 | Miners, quarry workers, sonar and similar workers |
| 711 | Miners and quarry workers |
| 712 | Workers in the treatment of minerals and stones |
| 713 | Sonar and similar workers |
| 720 | Metallurgic workers |
| 721 | Operators of metallurgic ovens |
| 722 | Operators of laminating lines |
| 725 | Mold operators and machete cutters |
| 728 | Metal galvanizers and coaters |
| 730 | Workers in wood treatment and paper and cardboard manufacture |
| 732 | Saw mill workers, operators of plywood machinery and similar workers |
| 734 | Workers in the manufacture of paper |
| 740 | Operators in chemical treatments and similar workers |
| 741 | Operators of breaking, crushing, and mixing machines |
| 742 | Operators of thermal installations for chemical treatments |
| 744 | Operators of distilling and reaction appliances |
| 749 | Operators in chemical treatments and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 750 | Thread winders, weavers, dyers, and similar workers |
| 751 | Fiber preparers |
| 752 | Thread preparers and bobbin winders |
| 753 | Loom adjusters and card preparers for knits |
| 754 | Weavers and similar workers |
| 755 | Knitters |
| 756 | Whiteners, dyers, stampers, sanforizers and workers in textile product finishing |
| 759 | Thread winders, weavers, dyers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 760 | Workers in hide preparation, tanning and treatment |
| 761 | Tanners and skinners |
| 762 | Workers in the preparation of tanning skins |
| 770 | Workers in food and beverage preparation |
| 771 | Millers and classifiers, washers, driers, selectors, threshers, and similar workers in grain processing |
| 772 | Operators in sugar manufacture and refining |
| 773 | Slaughterers and butchers |
| 774 | Workers in food conservation |
| 775 | Workers in milk treatment and preparation of dairy products |
| 776 | Bakers, pastry bakers, candy makers, preparers of jams, juices, concentrates and beverages |
| 778 | Beer brewers and workers in the preparation of wines and other beverages |
| 779 | Food and beverage workers not classified in another category |
| 780 | Workers in tobacco processing |
| 782 | Cigarette makers |
| 790 | Tailors, seamstresses leather workers, upholsterers and similar workers |
| 791 | Tailors and clothing designers |
| 793 | Hat makers |
| 794 | Pattern makers and cutters |
| 795 | Sewers and embroiderers |
| 796 | Upholsterers and similar workers |
| 799 | Tailors, clothing designers, leather workers, upholsterers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 800 | Operatives and craftsmen (general) |
| 801 | Shoemakers and harness makers |
| 802 | Workers in the manufacture of footwear |
| 803 | Artisans and other similar workers |
| 810 | Cabinetmakers, operators of wood-working machinery and similar workers |
| 811 | Cabinetmakers |
| 812 | Operators of woodworking machinery |
| 819 | Cabinetmakers, woodworking machine operators and similar workers not listed in another category |
| 820 | Carvers and detailers |
| 830 | Metal forming workers |
| 831 | Blacksmiths and forge workers |
| 832 | Mechanics-adjuster tool and die specialists; metal adjusters-mold makers and designers |
| 833 | Adjusters-operators of machines and tools |
| 834 | Operators of tool machines |
| 835 | Metal polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 839 | Metal workers not classified in another category |
| 840 | Adjustors-assemblers and installers of machinery and precision instruments, watchmakers and mechanics (except electricians) |
| 841 | Machinery adjusters-assemblers and installers |
| 842 | Watchmakers and precision instrument mechanics |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Airplane engine mechanics |
| 845 | Textile machinery mechanics |
| 849 | Machinery and precision instrument adjusters-assemblers and installers, watchmakers and mechanics (except electrical) not listed in another category |
| 850 | Electricians, electronics specialists, and similar workers |
| 851 | Electrician adjusters |
| 852 | Electronics adjusters |
| 853 | Assemblers of electrical and electronic appliances |
| 854 | Electronics repairmen of radio and television receptors |
| 855 | Electricians (electrical installations) |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Electrical and telecommunication line installers |
| 860 | Operators of radio and television transmitting stations and cinematographic sound and projection equipment |
| 862 | Operators of cinematographic sound and projection equipment |
| 870 | Pipe fitters, welders, laminators, boilermakers, preparers and assemblers of metal structures |
| 871 | Pipe fitters and pipe installers |
| 872 | Welders and oxyfuel cutters |
| 873 | Metal laminators and boilermakers |
| 880 | Jewelers and silversmiths |
| 890 | Glass workers, ceramics workers and similar workers |
| 891 | Glass blowers, molders, laminators, cutters, and polishers |
| 892 | Ceramics workers and similar workers |
| 893 | Firers (glass and ceramic) |
| 895 | Glass and ceramic painters and decorators |
| 900 | Operatives, craftsmen and laborers (general) |
| 901 | Workers in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
| 902 | Workers in the manufacture and vulcanization of tires |
| 903 | Workers in the manufacture of plastic products |
| 910 | Manufacturers of paper and cardboard products |
| 920 | Workers in the graphic arts |
| 921 | Typesetters, typographers, and similar workers |
| 922 | Operators of printing presses |
| 924 | Printing recorders (except photo recorders) |
| 925 | Photo recorders |
| 926 | Binders and similar workers |
| 930 | Painters |
| 931 | Building and construction painters |
| 939 | Painters not classified in another category |
| 940 | Workers, manufacturers, and similar workers not listed in another category |
| 942 | Basket makers, brush makers, and similar workers |
| 943 | Workers in the manufacture of non-metal mineral products |
| 949 | Other manufacturing workers and similar workers |
| 950 | Construction workers |
| 951 | Construction laborers |
| 952 | Workers in reinforced concrete, concrete masons, and patio pavement installers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters and parquet installers |
| 957 | Window installers |
| 959 | Construction operators not classified in another group |
| 960 | Operators of non-mobile machinery and similar installations |
| 961 | Operators of electric energy production installations |
| 969 | Operators of non-mobile machinery and similar installations not listed in another category |
| 970 | Workers in the movement of merchandize and materials and land not classified in another group |
| 971 | Stackers, loaders, and packers |
| 973 | Crane drivers and operators of elevation installations |
| 974 | Drivers of machines for land movement and similar equipment |
| 979 | Workers in the movement of merchandize and materials and land not classified in another group |
| 980 | Drivers of transportation vehicles |
| 981 | Ship overseers, deck sailors, small ship captains |
| 983 | Locomotive machinists and firemen |
| 984 | Conductors of merchandize trains, switchmen, and train agents |
| 985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 986 | Animal drivers and drivers of animal traction vehicles |
| 990 | Day laborers not classified in another group |
| 996 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 997 | Undocumented |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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="CO73A419 CO73A420 CO73A421 CO73A422 CO73A423 CO73A424 CO73A425"><span class="h3">Section C. Economic characteristics</span><br /><br />This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.<br />[Applies to questions 14 - 19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A420"><span class="em">Question No. 15. Occupation</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span><br /><br />This question refers to the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week of October 14 to 20 by persons who worked in that week.<br /><br />For persons who did not work but had a job and for those who worked before and looked for work during the week before the Census, the occupation or trade refers to the last job worked.<br /><br />If a person had more than one job write down only the principal occupation. Principal occupation is understood to be one that provides the largest quantity of income.<br /><br />Do not accept responses like "employee", "office worker", "laborer", "operator", "farmer", "commercial worker", etc. Always write down the responses that completely specify the occupation that the person had.<br /><br />Write down the responses clearly and without writing the in the shaded square.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A420"><span class="em">Question No. 15. Occupation</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span><br /><br />This question refers to the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week of October 14 to 20 by persons who worked in that week.<br /><br />For persons who did not work but had a job and for those who worked before and looked for work during the week before the Census, the occupation or trade refers to the last job worked.<br /><br />If a person had more than one job write down only the principal occupation. Principal occupation is understood to be one that provides the largest quantity of income.<br /><br />Do not accept responses like "employee", "office worker", "laborer", "operator", "farmer", "commercial worker", etc. Always write down the responses that completely specify the occupation that the person had.<br /><br />Write down the responses clearly and without writing the in the shaded square.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week prior to the day of the census.
Universe
Colombia 1973: Persons with a job [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |