1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
Puerto Rico, 1970
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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- PRI1970_PHC-H-H
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Occupation (PR1970A_OCC)
Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
231
End:
233
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="PR70A429 PR70A430 PR70A433 PR70A434 PR70A435 PR70A495 PR70A496 PR70A499 PR70A500 PR70A501"><span class="em">30-32. Show in questions 30-32 this person's job or business during the last week. If he had no job or business last week, give information for most recent job or business since 1960.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PR70A495 PR70A429 PR70A430 PR70A499 PR70A501"><span class="em">31a. What kind of work was he doing? </span><br /><div class="i1">_____</div><br />(For example: TV repairman, seamstress, civil engineer, farm operator, junior high school English teacher, etc.)<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="PR70A495 PR70A429 PR70A430 PR70A499 PR70A501"><span class="em">b. What were his most important activities or duties? </span><br /><div class="i1">_____<br />(For example: Types, keeps account books, filing, sells cars, janitor, bricklayer, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="PR70A495 PR70A429 PR70A430 PR70A499 PR70A501"><span class="em">31a. What kind of work was he doing? </span><br /><div class="i1">_____</div><br />(For example: TV repairman, seamstress, civil engineer, farm operator, junior high school English teacher, etc.)<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="PR70A495 PR70A429 PR70A430 PR70A499 PR70A501"><span class="em">b. What were his most important activities or duties? </span><br /><div class="i1">_____<br />(For example: Types, keeps account books, filing, sells cars, janitor, bricklayer, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Accountants |
| 002 | Architects |
| 003 | Computer programmers |
| 004 | Computer systems analysts |
| 010 | Chemical engineers |
| 011 | Civil engineers |
| 012 | Electrical end electronic engineers |
| 013 | Industrial engineers |
| 014 | Mechanical engineers |
| 020 | Mining engineers |
| 021 | Petroleum engineers |
| 023 | Engineers, n.e.c. |
| 024 | Farm management advisors |
| 026 | Home management advisors |
| 030 | Judges |
| 031 | Lawyers |
| 032 | Librarians |
| 033 | Archivists and curators |
| 036 | Statisticians |
| 042 | Agricultural scientists |
| 044 | Biological scientists |
| 045 | Chemists |
| 053 | Physicists and astronomers |
| 056 | Personnel and labor relations workers |
| 062 | Dentists |
| 063 | Optometrists |
| 064 | Pharmacists |
| 065 | Physicians, medical and osteopathic |
| 072 | Veterinarians |
| 074 | Dietitians |
| 075 | Registered nurses |
| 076 | Therapists |
| 080 | Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians |
| 083 | Radiologic technologists and technicians |
| 084 | Therapy assistants |
| 085 | Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. |
| 086 | Clergymen |
| 090 | Religious workers, n.e.c. |
| 091 | Economists |
| 093 | Psychologists |
| 100 | Social workers |
| 101 | Recreation workers |
| 104 | Biology teachers |
| 111 | Engineering teachers |
| 112 | Mathematics teachers |
| 114 | Psychology teachers |
| 122 | Social science teachers, n.e.c. |
| 123 | Art, drama, and music teachers |
| 131 | Home economics teachers |
| 135 | Miscellaneous teachers, college and university |
| 140 | Teachers, college and university, subject not specified |
| 141 | Adult education teachers |
| 142 | Elementary school teachers |
| 143 | Prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers |
| 144 | Secondary school teachers |
| 145 | Teachers, except college and university, n.e.c. |
| 150 | Agriculture and biological technicians, except health |
| 151 | Chemical technicians |
| 152 | Draftsmen |
| 153 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
| 161 | Surveyors |
| 162 | Engineering and science technicians, n.e.c. |
| 163 | Airplane pilots |
| 164 | Air traffic controllers |
| 165 | Embalmers |
| 171 | Radio operators |
| 173 | Technicians, n.e.c. |
| 174 | Vocational and educational counselors |
| 175 | Actors |
| 180 | Athletes and kindred workers |
| 184 | Editors and reporters |
| 185 | Musicians and composers |
| 190 | Painters and sculptors |
| 191 | Photographers |
| 192 | Public relations men and publicity writers |
| 193 | Radio and television announcers |
| 194 | Writers, artists, and entertainers, n.e.c. |
| 195 | Research workers, n.s. |
| 196 | Professional, technical, and kindred workers -- allocated |
| 201 | Assessors, controllers, and treasurers, local public administration |
| 202 | Bank officers and financial managers |
| 203 | Buyers and shippers, farm products |
| 205 | Buyers, wholesale and retail trade |
| 210 | Credit men |
| 211 | Funeral directors |
| 212 | Health administrators |
| 215 | Inspectors, except construction, public administration |
| 216 | Managers and superintendents, building |
| 220 | Office managers, n.e.c. |
| 221 | Officers, pilots, and pursers, ship |
| 222 | Officials and administrators, public administration, n.e.c. |
| 223 | Officials of lodges, societies, and unions |
| 224 | Postmasters and mail superintendents |
| 225 | Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. |
| 230 | Restaurant, cafeteria, and bar managers |
| 231 | Sales managers and department heads, retail trade |
| 233 | Sales managers, except retail trade |
| 235 | School administrators, college |
| 240 | School administrators, elementary and secondary |
| 245 | Managers and administrators, n.e.c. |
| 246 | Managers and administrators, except farm--allocated |
| 260 | Advertising agents and salesmen |
| 262 | Demonstrators |
| 264 | Hucksters and peddlers |
| 265 | Insurance agents, brokers, and underwriters |
| 270 | Real estate agents and brokers |
| 271 | Stock and bond salesmen |
| 281 | Sales representatives, manufacturing industries |
| 282 | Sales representatives, wholesale trade |
| 283 | Sales clerks, retail trade |
| 284 | Salesmen, retail trade |
| 285 | Salesmen of services and construction |
| 296 | Sales workers--allocated |
| 301 | Bank tellers |
| 303 | Billing clerks |
| 305 | Bookkeepers |
| 310 | Cashiers |
| 312 | Clerical supervisors, n.e.c. |
| 313 | Collectors, bill and account |
| 314 | Counter clerks, except food |
| 315 | Dispatchers and starters, vehicle |
| 320 | Enumerators and interviewers |
| 321 | Estimators and investigators, n.e.c. |
| 323 | Expediters and production controllers |
| 325 | File clerks |
| 326 | Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
| 330 | Library attendants and assistants |
| 331 | Mail carriers, post office |
| 332 | Mail handlers, except post office |
| 333 | Messengers and office boys |
| 334 | Meter readers, utilities |
| 343 | Computer and peripheral equipment operators |
| 345 | Key punch operators |
| 350 | Tabulating machine operators |
| 360 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
| 361 | Postal clerks |
| 363 | Real estate appraisers |
| 364 | Receptionists |
| 370 | Secretaries, legal |
| 371 | Secretaries, medical |
| 372 | Secretaries, n.e.c. |
| 374 | Shipping and receiving clerks |
| 375 | Statistical clerks |
| 376 | Stenographers |
| 381 | Stock clerks and storekeepers |
| 382 | Teacher aides, except school monitors |
| 383 | Telegraph messengers |
| 384 | Telegraph operators |
| 385 | Telephone operators |
| 390 | Ticket, station, and express agents |
| 391 | Typists |
| 392 | Weighers |
| 394 | Miscellaneous clerical workers |
| 395 | Clerical workers, n.s. |
| 396 | Clerical and kindred workers -- allocated |
| 402 | Bakers |
| 404 | Boilermakers |
| 405 | Bookbinders |
| 410 | Brick masons and stonemasons |
| 412 | Bulldozer operators |
| 413 | Cabinetmakers |
| 415 | Carpenters |
| 420 | Carpet installers |
| 421 | Cement and concrete finishers |
| 422 | Compositors and typesetters |
| 424 | Crane men, derrick men, and hoist men |
| 425 | Decorators and window dressers |
| 426 | Dental laboratory technicians |
| 430 | Electricians |
| 433 | Electric power linemen and cable men |
| 434 | Electrotypers and stereotypers |
| 435 | Engravers, except photoengravers |
| 436 | Excavating, grading, and road machine operators, except bulldozer |
| 441 | Foremen, n.e.c. |
| 443 | Furniture and wood finishers |
| 446 | Heat treaters, annealers, and temperers |
| 452 | Inspectors, n.e.c. |
| 453 | Jewelers and watchmakers |
| 456 | Locomotive firemen |
| 461 | Machinists |
| 470 | Air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration |
| 471 | Aircraft |
| 472 | Automobile body repairmen |
| 473 | Automobile mechanics |
| 480 | Farm implement |
| 481 | Heavy equipment and diesel mechanics |
| 482 | Household appliance and accessory installers and mechanics |
| 485 | Radio and television |
| 486 | Railroad and car shop |
| 491 | Mechanic apprentices, except automobile |
| 492 | Miscellaneous mechanics and repairmen |
| 495 | Mechanics and repairmen, n.s. |
| 505 | Motion picture projectionists |
| 506 | Opticians, and lens grinders and polishers |
| 510 | Painters, construction and maintenance |
| 520 | Plasterers |
| 522 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 525 | Power station operators |
| 530 | Pressmen and plate printers, printing |
| 534 | Roofers and slaters |
| 535 | Sheet metal workers and tinsmiths |
| 542 | Shoe repairmen |
| 543 | Sign painters and letterers |
| 545 | Stationary engineers |
| 550 | Structural metal craftsmen |
| 551 | Tailors |
| 552 | Telephone installers and repairmen |
| 554 | Telephone linemen and splicers |
| 560 | Tile setters |
| 561 | Tool and die makers |
| 563 | Upholsterers |
| 572 | Apprentices, craft not specified |
| 575 | Craftsmen and kindred workers, n.e.c. |
| 580 | Former members of the Armed Forces |
| 586 | Craftsmen and kindred workers-- allocated |
| 602 | Assemblers |
| 603 | Blasters and powder men |
| 604 | Bottling and canning operatives |
| 605 | Chainmen, rodmen, and axmen, surveying |
| 610 | Checkers, examiners, and inspectors, manufacturing |
| 611 | Clothing ironers and pressers |
| 612 | Cutting operatives, n.e.c. |
| 613 | Dressmakers and seamstresses, except factory |
| 614 | Drillers, earth |
| 615 | Dry wall installers and lathers |
| 620 | Dyers |
| 621 | Filers, polishers, sanders, and buffers |
| 622 | Furnace men, smelter men, and pourers |
| 623 | Garage workers and gas station attendants |
| 624 | Graders and sorters, manufacturing |
| 625 | Produce graders and packers, except factory and farm |
| 630 | Laundry and dry cleaning operatives, n.e.c. |
| 631 | Meat cutters and butchers, except manufacturing |
| 633 | Meat cutters and butchers, manufacturing |
| 636 | Milliners |
| 640 | Mine operatives, n.e.c. |
| 641 | Mixing operatives |
| 642 | Oilers and greasers, except auto |
| 643 | Packers and wrappers, except meat and produce |
| 644 | Painters, manufactured articles |
| 645 | Photographic process workers |
| 650 | Drill press operatives |
| 652 | Lathe and milling machine operatives |
| 656 | Punch and stamping press operatives |
| 660 | Riveters and fasteners |
| 661 | Sailors and deckhands |
| 662 | Sawyers |
| 663 | Sewers and stitchers |
| 664 | Shoemaking machine operatives |
| 665 | Solderers |
| 666 | Stationary firemen |
| 671 | Knitters, loopers, and toppers |
| 672 | Spinners, twisters, and winders |
| 674 | Textile operatives, n.e.c. |
| 680 | Welders and flame-cutters |
| 681 | Winding operatives, n.e.c. |
| 690 | Miscellaneous machine operatives |
| 692 | Machine operatives, n.s. |
| 694 | Miscellaneous operatives |
| 695 | Operatives, n.s. |
| 696 | Operatives, except transport--allocated |
| 703 | Bus drivers |
| 705 | Deliverymen and route men |
| 706 | Fork lift and tow motor operatives |
| 711 | Parking attendants |
| 712 | Railroad brakemen |
| 713 | Railroad switchmen |
| 714 | Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs |
| 715 | Truck drivers |
| 726 | Transport equipment operatives --allocated |
| 740 | Animal caretakers, except farm |
| 750 | Carpenters' helpers |
| 751 | Construction laborers, except carpenters' helpers |
| 752 | Fishermen and oystermen |
| 753 | Freight and material handlers |
| 754 | Garbage collectors |
| 755 | Gardeners and groundskeepers, except farm |
| 760 | Longshoremen and stevedores |
| 762 | Stock handlers |
| 763 | Teamsters |
| 764 | Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners |
| 770 | Warehousemen, n.e.c. |
| 780 | Miscellaneous laborers |
| 785 | Laborers, n.s. |
| 796 | Laborers, except farm--allocated |
| 801 | Farmers (owners and tenants) |
| 802 | Farm managers |
| 806 | Farmers and farm managers--allocated |
| 821 | Farm foremen |
| 822 | Farm laborers, wage workers |
| 823 | Farm laborers, unpaid family workers |
| 824 | Farm service laborers, self-employed |
| 846 | Farm laborers and farm foremen --allocated |
| 901 | Chambermaids and maids, except private household |
| 902 | Cleaners and charwomen |
| 903 | Janitors and sextons |
| 910 | Bartenders |
| 911 | Busboys |
| 912 | Cooks, except private household |
| 913 | Dishwashers |
| 914 | Food counter and fountain workers |
| 915 | Waiters |
| 916 | Food service workers, n.e.c., except private household |
| 921 | Dental assistants |
| 922 | Health aides, except nursing |
| 923 | Health trainees |
| 925 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
| 926 | Practical nurses |
| 932 | Attendants, recreation and amusement |
| 934 | Baggage porters and bellhops |
| 935 | Barbers |
| 941 | Bootblacks |
| 942 | Child care workers, except private household |
| 943 | Elevator operators |
| 944 | Hairdressers and cosmetologists |
| 950 | Housekeepers, except private household |
| 954 | Welfare service aides |
| 961 | Firemen, fire protection |
| 962 | Guards and watchmen |
| 963 | Marshals and constables |
| 964 | Policemen and detectives |
| 965 | Sheriffs and bailiffs |
| 976 | Service workers, except private household--allocated |
| 980 | Child care workers, private household |
| 981 | Cooks, private household |
| 982 | Housekeepers, private household |
| 983 | Laundresses, private household |
| 984 | Maids and servants, private household |
| 986 | Private household workers--allocated |
| 991 | Unemployed persons, last worked 1959 or earlier |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable identifies the occupation of the person.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 14+ who had worked within the previous ten years and persons seeking work who last worked more than ten years ago [discrepancies: not verifiable]
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Concept