Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Peru, 2007
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Main occupation last week (3 digits) (PE2007A_OCC)
Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
241
End:
243
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="em">For persons aged six or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A440 PE07A441">16. What was your main employment last week?<br /><div class="i1">(Examples are: Secondary education teacher, lawyer, agricultural laborer, food sales in the street, etc.)<br /><br />Specify ________</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A440 PE07A441">16. What was your main employment last week?<br /><div class="i1">(Examples are: Secondary education teacher, lawyer, agricultural laborer, food sales in the street, etc.)<br /><br />Specify ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Army officer |
| 012 | Army technician |
| 013 | Army lower level officers |
| 014 | Military service personnel |
| 015 | Non-specified military personnel |
| 021 | Police officer |
| 022 | Police technician |
| 023 | Police lower level officers |
| 024 | Non-specified police personnel |
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 122 | Directors and chief executives in manufacturing |
| 127 | Directors and chief executives in public utilities |
| 129 | Production and operations department managers in manufacturing |
| 136 | President, Director and Deans at Universities |
| 137 | Finance and administration department managers |
| 139 | Sales and marketing department managers |
| 142 | General managers in manufacturing and mining |
| 143 | General managers in construction and public works |
| 144 | General managers of wholesale and retail trade |
| 145 | General managers and business administrators not specified |
| 146 | General managers of restaurants and hotels |
| 147 | General managers in transport, storage, and communications |
| 148 | General managers in services businesses |
| 199 | Legislators, senior officials and managers, not elsewhere classified |
| 213 | Chemists |
| 214 | Geologists, geophysicists, and oceanographers |
| 216 | Statisticians and demographers |
| 217 | Computing professionals |
| 218 | Architects, town, and traffic planners |
| 219 | Civil engineers |
| 221 | Electrical engineers and electronics and telecommunications engineers |
| 222 | Mechanical engineers |
| 223 | Chemical engineers |
| 224 | Metallurgists |
| 225 | Mining engineers |
| 226 | Surveyors, cartographers, and topographers |
| 227 | Industrial engineer |
| 228 | Fishing engineer |
| 229 | Other engineers not specified |
| 231 | Biologists, botanists, zoologists, and related professionals |
| 233 | Dieticians and nutritionists |
| 234 | Agronomists and related professionals |
| 235 | Medical doctors and related professionals (except nursing personnel) |
| 236 | Dentists (surgeon) |
| 237 | Veterinarians |
| 238 | Pharmacists |
| 239 | Nursing personnel with higher education diploma |
| 241 | University, Professional School, and other higher education centers teaching professionals |
| 242 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 243 | Primary education teaching professionals |
| 244 | Pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 245 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 246 | Trade schools teaching professionals |
| 247 | Other teaching professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 248 | Teaching professionals, not specified |
| 251 | Accountants |
| 252 | Business administrators (professional) |
| 253 | Personnel and careers professionals |
| 254 | Lawyers |
| 255 | Judges |
| 256 | Prosecutors |
| 257 | Public notaries |
| 258 | Other workers and interns in law |
| 261 | Librarians and related information professionals |
| 262 | Economists and planning professionals |
| 263 | Sociologists, anthropologists, historians, archeologists, and related professionals |
| 264 | Geographer (including engineer) |
| 266 | Editors, authors, and journalists |
| 267 | Philologists, translators, and interpreters |
| 268 | Psychologists |
| 269 | Social work professionals |
| 271 | Sculptors, painters, and related artists |
| 272 | Composers, musicians, and singers |
| 274 | Film, stage, and related actors and directors |
| 281 | Specialists in tourism and hotel management |
| 282 | Public and industrial relations specialists |
| 283 | Diplomats |
| 284 | Religious professionals |
| 299 | Professional, scientists and intellectuals, not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Chemical and physical science technicians |
| 312 | Civil engineering, cartography, and topography technicians |
| 313 | Electricity, electronics, and telecommunications technicians |
| 314 | Mechanical engineering and mechanical construction engineering technicians |
| 315 | Industrial chemistry technicians |
| 316 | Mining and metallurgical technicians |
| 317 | Draughts persons |
| 318 | Industrial engineering and other engineering technicians |
| 319 | Statistics, mathematics, and computer programming technicians |
| 321 | Computer equipment control operators |
| 322 | Photographers and image and sound recording equipment operators |
| 323 | Broadcasting and telecommunications equipment operators |
| 324 | Medical equipment operators |
| 332 | Captains, ships' deck officers, and pilots |
| 333 | Aircraft pilots and related associate professionals |
| 334 | Air traffic controllers |
| 335 | Building and fire inspectors |
| 341 | Life science technicians |
| 342 | Agronomy, zoology, and forestry technicians |
| 343 | Medical assistants and interns |
| 345 | Dietician-, nutritionist-, and bromatologist-technicians |
| 346 | Optometrists and opticians |
| 347 | Dental assistants |
| 348 | Physiotherapists and related associate professionals |
| 349 | Veterinary assistants |
| 351 | Pharmaceutical assistants |
| 352 | Nursing personnel of intermediate level (technicians) |
| 354 | Traditional medicine practitioners |
| 355 | Radiology and other medical technicians |
| 356 | Health and laboratory technicians |
| 361 | Sales chief, wholesale trade |
| 362 | Sales chief, retail trade |
| 363 | Sales chief, trade not specified |
| 364 | Administration technicians |
| 365 | Economics technicians |
| 366 | Accounting technicians |
| 367 | Social sciences technicians |
| 372 | Insurance representatives |
| 373 | Estate agents |
| 374 | Travel consultants and organisers |
| 375 | Technical and commercial sales representatives |
| 376 | Buyers, appraisers, valuers, and auctioneers |
| 377 | Customs, taxes, storage, and related services agents |
| 378 | Service sales agents |
| 379 | Employment agents and labour contractors |
| 381 | Legal and related business associate professionals |
| 391 | Decorators and commercial designers |
| 392 | Radio, television, and other announcers |
| 393 | Clowns, magicians, acrobats, and related professionals |
| 394 | Athletes, sportspersons, and related professionals |
| 395 | Religious associate professionals |
| 396 | Artistic, entertainment, sports, or religious associate professionals, not specified |
| 399 | Technicians and associate professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 411 | Administrative employees chief |
| 412 | Registry employees |
| 413 | Secretaries, stenographers, and typists |
| 415 | Data entry operators |
| 416 | Calculating-machine operators |
| 418 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks |
| 419 | Statistical and finance clerks |
| 421 | Stock clerks |
| 422 | Production clerks |
| 423 | Administrative services clerks |
| 436 | Transport services employees |
| 442 | Library and filing clerks |
| 443 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks |
| 451 | Cashiers and ticket clerks |
| 452 | Pawnbrokers and money-lenders |
| 453 | Debt-collectors and related workers |
| 454 | Travel agency and related clerks |
| 455 | Telephone operators |
| 456 | Cashiers, tellers, client information, and related clerks, not specified |
| 461 | Employees in fieldwork operation office |
| 462 | Other clerks |
| 499 | Office chiefs and clerks, not elsewhere classified |
| 511 | Waiters and waitresses |
| 512 | Travel guides |
| 522 | Cooks |
| 523 | Bartender and related workers |
| 531 | Nursing personnel not classified elsewhere |
| 541 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, and related workers |
| 551 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 553 | Astrologers and related workers |
| 561 | Fire-fighters |
| 562 | Municipal Police officers |
| 563 | Prison guards |
| 564 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 571 | Wholesale trade salesperson |
| 572 | Retail trade salesperson (no street vending) |
| 573 | Demonstrator |
| 574 | Market salesperson (no street vending) |
| 581 | Commission salespersons |
| 583 | Trade not specified |
| 599 | Service and sales workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 611 | Field crop and animal producer chiefs |
| 612 | Agricultural and skilled workers, not specified |
| 615 | Mixed-crop growers |
| 616 | Forestry workers and loggers |
| 621 | Livestock producers |
| 622 | Dairy producers |
| 623 | Poultry producers |
| 624 | Apiarists and sericulturists |
| 625 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 631 | Aquatic-life cultivation workers |
| 632 | Inland and coastal waters fishery workers |
| 633 | Deep-sea fishery workers |
| 617 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural and fishery workers, not specified |
| 699 | Agricultural and fishery workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 711 | Miners and quarry workers |
| 712 | Well drillers and borers and related workers |
| 713 | Ore and metal furnace operators |
| 715 | Metal melters |
| 716 | Casters |
| 718 | Metal-heat-treating-plant operators |
| 719 | Metallurgy operators not classified elsewhere |
| 721 | Wood treaters |
| 722 | Sawmill operator, plywood machine operator, and related workers |
| 724 | Papermaking-plant operators |
| 731 | Crushing-, grinding-, and chemical-mixing-machinery operators |
| 734 | Chemical-still and reactor operators (except petroleum and natural gas) |
| 735 | Petroleum- and natural-gas-refining-plant operators |
| 736 | Artificial fiber spin operator, except glass |
| 737 | Chemical-processing-plant operators, not elsewhere classified |
| 741 | Fibre preparers |
| 742 | Spin and reel workers |
| 744 | Hand weavers in loom |
| 745 | Machine weavers, control, and repairing workers |
| 746 | Machine knitters |
| 747 | Hand knitters |
| 748 | Bleachers, dyers, and finishing textile production workers |
| 749 | Spin workers, weavers, dyers, and related workers |
| 751 | Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers |
| 761 | Mill and related workers |
| 762 | Sugar production and refinement workers |
| 763 | Butchers, fishmongers, and related food preparers |
| 764 | Food preserving laborer |
| 765 | Dairy-products laborer |
| 766 | Bakers, pastry-cooks, and confectionery makers |
| 767 | Brewers, wine, and other beverage production workers |
| 768 | Food and beverage production laborer, not elsewhere classified |
| 771 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 772 | Furriers, sewers, embroiderers, and related workers |
| 773 | Hatter |
| 774 | Textile, leather, and related pattern-makers and cutters |
| 775 | Upholsterers and related workers |
| 776 | Leather treatment laborers |
| 777 | Shoe-makers and related laborers |
| 778 | Cabinet makers, woodworking machine setters, setter-operators, and related workers |
| 779 | Tailor, dressmaking, furrier, leather, and shoe-making laborers |
| 781 | Carving metal laborers (blacksmiths, hammer-smiths, forging-press, fitters, and metal polishers) |
| 782 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 783 | Electrical mechanics and fitters, electronics fitters |
| 784 | Broadcasting and telecommunications operators |
| 785 | Plumbers and pipe fitters, welders and flame cutters, sheet metal workers, and structural-metal preparers and erectors |
| 791 | Fitters, structural-metal preparers, and erectors of machinery and instruments |
| 792 | Jewellery and precious-metal workers |
| 793 | Glass makers, cutters, grinders, and finishers |
| 794 | Abrasive wheel formers, potters, and related workers |
| 795 | Adobe and brick making workers |
| 796 | Glass and ceramics kiln and related machine operators |
| 798 | Other glass workers |
| 799 | Laborers and operators, not elsewhere classified |
| 811 | Rubber production laborers, except tires |
| 812 | Plastic production laborers |
| 813 | Tires production and vulcanization laborers |
| 821 | Paper and cardboard product designers |
| 831 | Compositors, typesetters and related workers |
| 832 | Printing-machine operators |
| 834 | Printing engravers |
| 836 | Bookbinders and related workers |
| 837 | Photographic and related workers |
| 839 | Printing and related trades workers not classified elsewhere |
| 841 | Musical instrument makers and tuners |
| 842 | Basketry weavers, brush makers, and related workers |
| 843 | Mineral-derived products fabrication laborers |
| 844 | Other manufacturing laborers and related laborers |
| 851 | Painters and related workers |
| 852 | Painters not elsewhere classified |
| 861 | Bricklayers and stonemasons |
| 862 | Concrete placers, concrete finishers, and related workers |
| 864 | Floor layers and tile setters |
| 867 | Glaziers |
| 868 | Building frame and related trades laborers, not elsewhere classified |
| 871 | Power-production plant operators |
| 872 | Farm and forestry plant operators |
| 873 | Fixed and similar machinery operators |
| 875 | Crane, hoist and related plant drivers |
| 876 | Earth-moving- and related plant operators |
| 877 | Merchandise and materials handling laborers |
| 881 | Boatswain, ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 885 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 899 | Construction laborers, paper-maker operators, rubber and plastic workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 911 | Street agricultural products vendors |
| 912 | Street food products vendors |
| 913 | Street agricultural products vendors |
| 914 | Street fishery and hunting products vendors |
| 915 | Street vendor of live animals and livestock products |
| 916 | Street vendor of pharmaceutical products and medicinal plants |
| 917 | Street vendor of manufactured food products |
| 918 | Street vendor of beverages, tobacco and related products |
| 919 | Street vendor of bathroom and house hygiene products |
| 921 | Street vendor of oil, lubricants and related products |
| 922 | Street vendor of fabrics, cloths and related products |
| 923 | Street vendor of housekeeping products |
| 924 | Street vendor of newspapers, magazines, books, and office supplies |
| 925 | Street vendor of art and luxury products |
| 926 | Street vendor of sporting goods and toys |
| 927 | Street vendor not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Collectors and salespersons of transportation and related services |
| 941 | Domestic helpers and cleaners |
| 942 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels, and other establishments |
| 943 | Building caretakers |
| 944 | Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary occupations |
| 945 | Services personnel not elsewhere classified |
| 951 | Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers |
| 952 | Doorkeepers, watchpersons, and related workers |
| 961 | Garbage collectors |
| 971 | Farm-hands and labourers |
| 972 | Forestry labourers |
| 973 | Fishery, hunting, and trapping labourers |
| 981 | Mining and quarrying labourers |
| 982 | Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions |
| 983 | Building construction labourers |
| 984 | Assembling labourers, hand packers, and other manufacturing labourers |
| 985 | Hand or pedal vehicle drivers |
| 986 | Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery |
| 987 | Freight handlers |
| 989 | Unskilled service workers and agricultural laborers, not elsewhere classified |
| 998 | Didn't answer |
| 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="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="h3">For persons aged six and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A440 PE07A441"><span class="em">Question 16: What was your main employment last week?</span><br />Write the exact name of the person's principal employment last week.<br />If the respondent replies that he/she had more than one job, ask politely which one he/she considers his/her principal employment. He/she should specify.<br />[Next to the text is a graphic reproducing box 16 from the Census Form, correctly filled out in accordance with the instructions.]<br /><span class="ital">Reminder</span><br />Write the person's principal employment last week, and not the profession or trade he/she studied or learned if that is not his/her job. If the respondent is a teacher, for example, but worked last week as a school principal, write "School principal."<br /><span class="em">Principal Employment</span>. This is whatever the respondent considers it to be and refers to the work the person did last week to produce goods and services.<br />The following is a table showing examples of employment, and how to record them correctly [table]:<br /><div class="i1">[Column headings:]<br />(A) Correct<br />(B) Incorrect</div><br /><div class="i1">Correct: Primary education teacher, secondary education teacher, etc.<br />Incorrect: Teacher.<br />Correct: Wholesale clothing salesperson in a mall, retail salesperson in a market stall, electrical appliance salesperson, etc.<br />Incorrect: Wholesaler/retailer.<br />Correct: Baker, restaurant cook, taxi driver, welder, lathe operator, tractor operator, agricultural laborer, shepherd, cleaning person, etc.<br />Incorrect: Laborer.<br />Correct: Farmer, operator of an agricultural enterprise, livestock breeder, poultry breeder, dairy farm operator, etc.<br />Incorrect: Agricultural worker<br />Correct: Typist, secretary, office assistant, general manager, head of HR, office manager, general manager/CEO, manager, cashier, private security, security guard, etc.<br />Incorrect: Office staff.<br />Correct: All-purpose domestic help, cook, housekeeper, butler, nanny, etc.<br />Incorrect: Domestic servant<br />Correct: Colonel in the Peruvian army, commander in the marines, non-commissioned officer in the Peruvian National Police, captain in the Peruvian National Police, etc.<br />Incorrect: Soldier or police officer</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A440 PE07A441"><span class="em">Question 16: What was your main employment last week?</span><br />Write the exact name of the person's principal employment last week.<br />If the respondent replies that he/she had more than one job, ask politely which one he/she considers his/her principal employment. He/she should specify.<br />[Next to the text is a graphic reproducing box 16 from the Census Form, correctly filled out in accordance with the instructions.]<br /><span class="ital">Reminder</span><br />Write the person's principal employment last week, and not the profession or trade he/she studied or learned if that is not his/her job. If the respondent is a teacher, for example, but worked last week as a school principal, write "School principal."<br /><span class="em">Principal Employment</span>. This is whatever the respondent considers it to be and refers to the work the person did last week to produce goods and services.<br />The following is a table showing examples of employment, and how to record them correctly [table]:<br /><div class="i1">[Column headings:]<br />(A) Correct<br />(B) Incorrect</div><br /><div class="i1">Correct: Primary education teacher, secondary education teacher, etc.<br />Incorrect: Teacher.<br />Correct: Wholesale clothing salesperson in a mall, retail salesperson in a market stall, electrical appliance salesperson, etc.<br />Incorrect: Wholesaler/retailer.<br />Correct: Baker, restaurant cook, taxi driver, welder, lathe operator, tractor operator, agricultural laborer, shepherd, cleaning person, etc.<br />Incorrect: Laborer.<br />Correct: Farmer, operator of an agricultural enterprise, livestock breeder, poultry breeder, dairy farm operator, etc.<br />Incorrect: Agricultural worker<br />Correct: Typist, secretary, office assistant, general manager, head of HR, office manager, general manager/CEO, manager, cashier, private security, security guard, etc.<br />Incorrect: Office staff.<br />Correct: All-purpose domestic help, cook, housekeeper, butler, nanny, etc.<br />Incorrect: Domestic servant<br />Correct: Colonel in the Peruvian army, commander in the marines, non-commissioned officer in the Peruvian National Police, captain in the Peruvian National Police, etc.<br />Incorrect: Soldier or police officer</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation last week.
Universe
Peru 2007: Persons age 6+ who worked last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |