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2001 Census - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2001
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Class of worker (CA2001A_COWP)

Data file: CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 320
End: 320
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA01A488 CA01A490 CA01A487 CA01A489 CA01A478 CA01A484 CA01A485 CA01A477 CA01A479 CA01A480 CA01A481 CA01A482 CA01A483 CA01A413 CA01A414 CA01A504 CA01A505 CA01A506 CA01A494 CA01A495 CA01A497 CA01A498 CA01A500 CA01A501 CA01A502 CA01A503 CA01A491 CA01A493 CA01A475 CA01A476 CA01A499 CA01A496 CA01A507 CA01A508 CA01A509 CA01A510 CA01A511 CA01A512 CA01A513 CA01A514 CA01A515 CA01A516 CA01A517 CA01A518 CA01A519 CA01A520 CA01A521 CA01A522 CA01A523 CA01A524"><span class="em">23. Answer questions 24 to 51 for each person aged 15 and over. </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A495">44. In this job or business, was this person mainly:<br /><div class="i1">Mark "x" one circle only.<br />[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission? - go to Question 46<br />[] Working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business? - go to Question 46<br />[] Self-employed without paid help (alone or in partnership)?<br />[] Self-employed with paid help (alone or in partnership)?</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid workers - wage and salary earners and unpaid family workers
2 Paid workers - self-employed incorporated without paid help
3 Paid workers - self-employed incorporated with paid help
4 Self-employed unincorporated without paid help
5 Self-employed unincorporated with paid help
9 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="CA01A494 CA01A495 CA01A496 CA01A497 CA01A498 CA01A500 CA01A501 CA01A493 CA01A475 CA01A476">[Questions 34 to 50 collect information on paid work done by people aged 15 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A495"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 44 -- Class of worker</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Mark working for wages, salary, tips or commission for persons aged 15 and over who worked: for wages or salary; for tips; on commission as a salesperson for only one company and did not; maintain an office or staff; for payment in kind (room, board) in a non-family enterprise (for example, as a member of a religious order); for piece-rates; as a member of the Armed Forces; an hour or more for pay in a job such as cleaning or babysitting (in another person's home); as a paid housekeeper or nanny.<br />Mark working without pay for his / her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business for persons aged 15 and over who worked: without money wages at a task that contributed to the operation of a farm or business that belongs to a spouse or relative who is a member of this household.<br />Mark self-employed without paid help or self-employed with paid help for persons aged 15 and over who: operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) even if no goods or services were sold; operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) whether it made a profit or suffered a loss; operated a farm, whether they owned or rented the land; worked on a freelance or contract basis; provided meals and /or room or daycare services in their own home for boarders, roomers or neighbours' children; operated a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes or cleaning products; fished, trapped or hunted for profit or for the maintenance of the community, with their own or rented equipment or with equipment in which they had part ownership; were setting up a business, farm or professional practice.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the classification of employment of persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents.
Universe
Canada 2001: Persons age 15+ last worked in 2000 or 2001 [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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