2001 Census - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 2001
Get Microdata
Reference ID
CAN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Canada, IPUMS
Metadata
Created on
Dec 19, 2014
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
19243
Downloads
669
- Data files
- CAN2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation (2001 national occupational classification for statistics) (CA2001A_NOCS01P)
Data file: CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
330
End:
331
Width:
2
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="CA01A500 CA01A501 CA01A502 CA01A503"><span class="em">Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 and over.</span><br />Note: Questions 40 to 48 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2000. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.<br />[Questions 40-50 were asked of persons who have worked for pay after 2000, per question 39.]<br />40. For whom did this person work?<br /><div class="i1">For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name.<br />Name of firm, government agency, etc. ________<br />Section, plant, department, etc. (if applicable) ________</div><br />41. What kind of business, industry or service was this?<br /><div class="i1">Please be specific. For example: road maintenance, secondary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, temporary help agency, full-service garage, trapping.<br />Kind of business, industry or service ________<br /> _ _ _ _</div><br />42. What was this person's work or occupation?<br /><div class="i1">Please be specific. For example: legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, restaurant manager, secondary school teacher. (If in the Armed Forces, give rank.)<br />Occupation ________</div><br />43. In this work, what were this person's main activities?<br /><div class="i1">Please give details. For example: prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, managed operations of a restaurant, taught mathematics.<br />Main activities ________<br />_ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A500 CA01A501 CA01A502 CA01A503"><span class="em">Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 and over.</span><br />Note: Questions 40 to 48 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2000. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.<br />[Questions 40-50 were asked of persons who have worked for pay after 2000, per question 39.]<br />40. For whom did this person work?<br /><div class="i1">For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name.<br />Name of firm, government agency, etc. ________<br />Section, plant, department, etc. (if applicable) ________</div><br />41. What kind of business, industry or service was this?<br /><div class="i1">Please be specific. For example: road maintenance, secondary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, temporary help agency, full-service garage, trapping.<br />Kind of business, industry or service ________<br /> _ _ _ _</div><br />42. What was this person's work or occupation?<br /><div class="i1">Please be specific. For example: legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, restaurant manager, secondary school teacher. (If in the Armed Forces, give rank.)<br />Occupation ________</div><br />43. In this work, what were this person's main activities?<br /><div class="i1">Please give details. For example: prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, managed operations of a restaurant, taught mathematics.<br />Main activities ________<br />_ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Senior management occupations |
| 02 | Other management occupations |
| 03 | Professional occupations in business and finance |
| 04 | Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations |
| 05 | Clerical occupations and clerical supervisors |
| 06 | Occupations in natural and applied sciences |
| 07 | Professional occupations in health, registered nurses and supervisors |
| 08 | Technical, assisting and related occupations in health |
| 09 | Occupations in social science, government services and religion |
| 10 | Teachers and professors |
| 11 | Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
| 12 | Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
| 13 | Retail trade supervisors, salespersons, sales clerks and cashiers |
| 14 | Chefs and cooks, supervisors, and other occupations in food and beverage service |
| 15 | Occupations in protective services |
| 16 | Childcare and home support workers |
| 17 | Service supervisors, occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport and sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
| 18 | Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation |
| 19 | Construction trades |
| 20 | Other trades occupations |
| 21 | Transport and equipment operators |
| 22 | Trades helpers, construction, and transportation laborers and related occupations |
| 23 | Occupations unique to primary industries |
| 24 | Supervisors, machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing |
| 25 | Laborers in processing, manufacturing and utilities |
| 99 | 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="CA01A500 CA01A501"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 42 -- Occupation</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Give specific descriptions of the work done. For example - rather than: maintenance; repair work; office work; engineering; engineering; inspecting; supervising; consulting.<br />A more complete response would be: electrical equipment maintainer; electrical motor repairman; typist, general office work; industrial engineer; industrial engineering technician; electronic equipment inspector; aircraft assembly supervisor; health-care planning consultant.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 19]</span><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 43 -- Main activities</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Report the main activities this person does in his or her job. Be sure to indicate supervisory or management responsibilities if they apply. For persons who are members of a religious order engaged in teaching or nursing, report these activities rather than the religious activities.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A500 CA01A501"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 42 -- Occupation</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Give specific descriptions of the work done. For example - rather than: maintenance; repair work; office work; engineering; engineering; inspecting; supervising; consulting.<br />A more complete response would be: electrical equipment maintainer; electrical motor repairman; typist, general office work; industrial engineer; industrial engineering technician; electronic equipment inspector; aircraft assembly supervisor; health-care planning consultant.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 19]</span><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 43 -- Main activities</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Report the main activities this person does in his or her job. Be sure to indicate supervisory or management responsibilities if they apply. For persons who are members of a religious order engaged in teaching or nursing, report these activities rather than the religious activities.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the kind of work persons were doing during the reference week, as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job, as classified by 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics.
Universe
Canada 2001: Persons age 15+ last worked in 2000 or 2001 [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |