VIII General Population and Housing Census 1960 - IPUMS Subset
Mexico, 1960
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MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center
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Principal occupation, 2 digits (MX1960A_0435)
Data file: MEX1960-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
148
End:
149
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Principal occupation
[] 31. Own account land owner [Ejidatario]
[] 32. Rural laborer
33. Write the principal occupation of the person. For example: farmer, cowboy, carpenter, well digger, retail worker, driver, professor, doctor, typist, etc.
____
[] 31. Own account land owner [Ejidatario]
[] 32. Rural laborer
33. Write the principal occupation of the person. For example: farmer, cowboy, carpenter, well digger, retail worker, driver, professor, doctor, typist, etc.
____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Engineers, professionals, and related technicians |
| 1 | Chemists, pharmacists, and licensed laboratory technicians |
| 2 | Elementary and pre-school professors, teachers, and educators |
| 3 | High school, technical, and university professors and teachers |
| 4 | Researchers and technicians in sciences and humanities |
| 5 | Lawyers, notaries, judicial officers, economists, and accountants |
| 6 | Doctors, surgeons, specialists, dental surgeons, etc. |
| 7 | Diverse specialists related to medicine |
| 8 | Writers, painters, authors, composers, editors, newspaper reporters, etc. |
| 9 | Other professional occupations (religious, librarians, interpreters, etc.) |
| 10 | Upper level public officials |
| 11 | Bosses and officials in the armed forces |
| 12 | Public officials in directive categories |
| 13 | Owners, managers, directors and administrators of industrial businesses |
| 14 | Other directors, managers, sub-directors, assistant managers, legal superintendents, administrators, and inspectors |
| 15 | Commerce owners, presidents, managers, directors, and administrators |
| 20 | Bosses of departments, offices, secretaries, short-hand takers, typists, and operators of office machinery |
| 21 | Office workers in accounting, archives, and related occupations |
| 22 | Cashiers, collections and payments |
| 23 | Office workers and non-specialized workers |
| 24 | Technicians in diverse branches of medicine and industry |
| 25 | Specialized personnel in publicity and graphics |
| 26 | Office workers in mail, telegraphs, and telephones |
| 27 | Specialized personnel in the movie industry |
| 28 | Directive and artistic personnel in theater, movie, television and radio businesses |
| 29 | Employees and workers in theater, movie, television, y radio businesses |
| 30 | Small business owners, small business workers, traveling salesmen |
| 31 | Sales agents and other salesmen |
| 32 | Funeral home directors, burial services and similar |
| 40 | Owners, administrators, sharecroppers, renters, small-plot holders in agriculture, ranching, and forestry |
| 41 | Farmers of common lands |
| 42 | Administrators, overseers, and managers in agriculture, cattle ranching forestry and aviculture |
| 43 | Day laborers and farm laborers |
| 44 | Persons who help in the family without pay |
| 45 | Other paid agricultural and ranching workers |
| 46 | Lumber workers, lumber cutters, overseers, inspectors, and laborers working in tree cutting, planting and conserving forests and other similar workers |
| 47 | Workers and day laborers in collection and transportation of forestry products and preparation of forestry products in the forests |
| 48 | Fishermen and similar workers |
| 49 | Hunters and similar workers |
| 50 | Workers in coal mines |
| 51 | Workers in metal or metallurgic mines |
| 52 | Workers in non-metal mines |
| 53 | Workers dedicated to extraction from quarries, stones, clays, sands, etc.. |
| 54 | Workers dedicated to extraction of petroleum and natural gas |
| 60 | Mechanics, repairmen, installers, adjusters, of vehicles and all classes of appliances and machinery |
| 61 | Blacksmiths, forge workers, hammerers, etc. in laminated metals, including mold workers, polishers, and other foundry workers, basic metal industries, machinery, electrical equipment, and metal product industries |
| 62 | Electricians, plumbers, construction laborers, painters, decorators and other artisans with similar occupations in the construction field |
| 63 | Bobbin winders, dyers, weavers, and other workers in similar occupations in textile production |
| 64 | Carpenters, cabinet makers, workers in furniture industry and glass, leather, ceramic, stone, and paper production |
| 65 | Tailors, seamstresses, tanners, leather workers, and footwear manufacture and repair |
| 66 | Bakers, pastry chefs, food conservers, pasteurizers, candy makers, and specialized workers in canneries and refrigerator processing plants |
| 67 | Beer makers, distillers, manufacturers of alcoholic beverages, bottlers, and others with similar occupations |
| 68 | Cigarette manufacturers, cigar manufacturers, tobacco workers, match manufacturers, and other similar occupations |
| 69 | Printers, press operators, binders, linotypists, etc. |
| 70 | Jewelers, watchmakers and other similar occupations |
| 71 | Machinists and firemen of stationary machinery, operators of cranes, winches and construction machinery, linemen, repairmen of electrical, telephone, and telegraph lines, brakemen, machinery greasers and other similar occupations except related to mo[...] |
| 72 | Workers in the production of chemicals and petroleum and coal derivative |
| 73 | Workers in production processes not specified in the above subgroups |
| 74 | Drivers and conductors of automobiles, trucks and tractors |
| 75 | Tram engine operators, locomotive machinists and firemen |
| 76 | Cart drivers, wagon drivers, etc. except those of motor vehicles |
| 77 | Delivery personnel and those in charge of deliveries |
| 78 | Owners, officials, pilots, shippers, boaters, etc. in the merchant marine |
| 79 | Pilots and navigators of civil aviation |
| 80 | Sweepers, packers, loaders, watchmen, etc. |
| 81 | Assistants in topographical work (chain workers, stake preparers, road cone placers), mixers, adobe makers, tube and pipe layers, carpentry assistants and construction laborers, communication linemen and other workers in similar occupations |
| 82 | Stackers, loaders, dock workers, stores and transportation |
| 83 | Workers in dyers, pressing shops, laundries, and other with similar occupations |
| 84 | Workers in garages and gasoline stations |
| 85 | Manual laborers in repair services |
| 86 | Manual laborers and workers unspecified service establishments (except gasoline stations) |
| 87 | Manual laborers and workers in public services in the federal, state or municipal governments, as well as private employees in public services |
| 90 | Household servants |
| 91 | Administration and servants in hotels, night clubs, pensions, restaurants, etc. |
| 92 | Midwives or practical nurses and servants in hospitals, clinics, and doctor's offices |
| 93 | Barbers, manicurists and other workers in similar occupations |
| 94 | Concierges, doormen, cleaning workers, and others with similar occupations |
| 95 | Firemen, policemen, and others in similar occupations |
| 96 | Classes and troops of the land, air, and maritime forces |
| 97 | Other persons who provide unspecified in the above subgroups or with occupations that are insufficiently specified |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | No occupation reported |
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
Principal Occupation
(Very Important)
Column 31. When the enumerated works on cooperative land/farm ["ejido"] and they receive the majority of their income from that land an (X) should be made in Column 31; in addition, another (X) should be made in column 37 "self-employed," since a cooperative farmer is a person who is self-employed. The enumerator should take note that in a case in which a person declares themselves to be a cooperative farmer, and also has another occupation, for example: carpenter, and they receive the majority of their income from this other source, there should not be an (X) marked in column 31. Instead, the corresponding annotations should be made in columns 33 through 39 respectively, relative to the occupation from which the majority of their income is derived.
Column 32. When the enumerated is a rural journeyman or laborer, who works, by way of a salary, at a site which engages in agriculture, livestock, bird raising, beekeeping, or forestry, make an (X) in column 32 and make another (X) in column 34 "worker," since a rural journeyman or worker is a laborer.
[P. 27]
Column 33. Special care should be taken when writing in column 33. For this column, the enumerated should ask him/herself which is their principal occupation, which is the one from which they receive the greatest part, or all, of their earnings. Specify this with all clarity, working to avoid the annotating of general or vague names, but rather specific names, such as: carpenter, civil engineer, typist, mechanic, weaver, iron worker, mason, driver, archivist.
In the case of people who, during the time of the census, have worked in more than one occupation, use the following rule: 1 - the last job that they finished, if they did the different jobs one after the other; 2 - the one from which they derive the greater income, if they did two or more jobs simultaneously; 3 - when the enumerated, on the census date, is without work, write down the last occupation that they had; 4 - when the enumerated has never worked, but is looking for work, write down the occupation that they declare, that is, the one that they are going to exercise. In this case, nothing should be written in columns 34 to 38.
(Very Important)
Column 31. When the enumerated works on cooperative land/farm ["ejido"] and they receive the majority of their income from that land an (X) should be made in Column 31; in addition, another (X) should be made in column 37 "self-employed," since a cooperative farmer is a person who is self-employed. The enumerator should take note that in a case in which a person declares themselves to be a cooperative farmer, and also has another occupation, for example: carpenter, and they receive the majority of their income from this other source, there should not be an (X) marked in column 31. Instead, the corresponding annotations should be made in columns 33 through 39 respectively, relative to the occupation from which the majority of their income is derived.
Column 32. When the enumerated is a rural journeyman or laborer, who works, by way of a salary, at a site which engages in agriculture, livestock, bird raising, beekeeping, or forestry, make an (X) in column 32 and make another (X) in column 34 "worker," since a rural journeyman or worker is a laborer.
[P. 27]
Column 33. Special care should be taken when writing in column 33. For this column, the enumerated should ask him/herself which is their principal occupation, which is the one from which they receive the greatest part, or all, of their earnings. Specify this with all clarity, working to avoid the annotating of general or vague names, but rather specific names, such as: carpenter, civil engineer, typist, mechanic, weaver, iron worker, mason, driver, archivist.
In the case of people who, during the time of the census, have worked in more than one occupation, use the following rule: 1 - the last job that they finished, if they did the different jobs one after the other; 2 - the one from which they derive the greater income, if they did two or more jobs simultaneously; 3 - when the enumerated, on the census date, is without work, write down the last occupation that they had; 4 - when the enumerated has never worked, but is looking for work, write down the occupation that they declare, that is, the one that they are going to exercise. In this case, nothing should be written in columns 34 to 38.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates principal occupation, 2 digits.
Universe
All persons
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Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |