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V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation, 1 digit (EC1990A_0418)

Data file: ECU1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 163
End: 164
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For all individuals 8 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 13-18.]




For those who answered 0, 1 or 2 in question 13 and 1 in question 14:
[Applies to questions 15-18.]




15. What was the principal occupation or work during the last week, or your last job if you are unemployed?

[A 3-character blank box also appears in the corner of this item.] ____
Categories
Value Category
0 Professionals, technicians and similar workers
1 Professionals, technicians and similar workers
2 Directors and top public officials
3 Administrative personnel and similar workers
4 Storekeepers and vendors
5 Service workers
6 Agricultural and forestry workers, fishers and hunters
7 Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers
8 Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers
9 Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers
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
Question 15. What was your principal occupation or work that you did during last week or the last work you did before becoming unemployed?

This question is for all of the persons who answered 0, 1, or 2 in question 13 or 1 in question 14.

Carefully write the nature of the work that the person did; if they had more than one occupation in the week before the census, ask the person who he/she considers most important and write this answer.

When the occupation cannot be written with a precise term, describe the nature of the work. For example: install steering wheel covers, assemble cardboard boxes, etc. Avoid general or ambiguous terms like driver, operator, assistant, writer, professor. Always insist that the person give precise information.

Examples:
Incomplete: Laborer
Complete: Agricultural laborer, Construction laborer, Quarry laborer

Incomplete: Worker
Complete: Construction worker, Carpentry worker, Carpentry assistant

Incomplete: Operator
Complete: Agricultural operator, Construction machinery operator

Incomplete: Engineer
Complete: Civil engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Chemical Engineer

Pay attention to note the occupation and not the profession. It is possible for the occupation and profession to be different, but there are also cases where they are the same. For example: doctors, lawyers, architects, etc. work in their profession. However, there are cases where a doctor is an administrator of a hospital or an architect is the manager of a company.

Observe that in the last two examples, the occupation of the doctor is administrator and the occupation of the architect is manager of a company.

The persons who work in public entities generally declare their occupation to be public employee. Ask that they detail their specific occupation, remembering that in an institution there are varieties of occupations; for example: executive secretaries, concierges, doctors, financial analysts, department directors, statistical investigators, etc.


What was the principal occupation or work that you carried out during the past week or the last time you worked before you became unemployed? For example, elementary school professor, agricultural laborer, food vendor, laundress, etc.)


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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the 1-digit occupation code.
Universe
Persons age 8+ who are employed, unemployed, or an unpaid worker

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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