1990 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture - IPUMS Subset
Zambia, 1990
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ZMB_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Occupation (ZM1990A_OCC)
Data file: ZMB1990_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
261
End:
263
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Question P-19 to P-25 were asked of persons 12 years and over]</p>
<p>P-20 What has [the respondent] mainly been doing since 1989?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Working for pay or profit<br />[] 2-On leave<br />[] 3-Unpaid work on household holding or business<br />[] 4-Unemployment and seeking work but available for work<br />[] 5-Not seeking work but available for work<br />[] 6-Full time housewife /homemaker<br />[] 7-Full time student <br />[] 8-Not available for work for other reasons <br />(For answers 4-8 go to P-24)</div><span class="h3"> Occupation </span>
<br />P-22 What was [the respondent's] main occupation since 1989? ____
<br />(Write the name of occupation and enter code.)
<p>P-20 What has [the respondent] mainly been doing since 1989?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Working for pay or profit<br />[] 2-On leave<br />[] 3-Unpaid work on household holding or business<br />[] 4-Unemployment and seeking work but available for work<br />[] 5-Not seeking work but available for work<br />[] 6-Full time housewife /homemaker<br />[] 7-Full time student <br />[] 8-Not available for work for other reasons <br />(For answers 4-8 go to P-24)</div><span class="h3"> Occupation </span>
<br />P-22 What was [the respondent's] main occupation since 1989? ____
<br />(Write the name of occupation and enter code.)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 013 | Physical scientists not elsewhere classified |
| 014 | Physical science technicians |
| 021 | Architects and town planners |
| 022 | Civil engineers |
| 023 | Electrical and electronics engineers |
| 024 | Mechanical engineers |
| 025 | Chemical engineers |
| 026 | Metallurgists |
| 027 | Mining engineers |
| 028 | Industrial engineers |
| 029 | Engineers not elsewhere classified |
| 031 | Surveyors |
| 032 | Draughtsmen |
| 033 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 034 | Electrical and electronics engineering technicians |
| 035 | Mechanical engineering technicians |
| 038 | Mining technicians |
| 039 | Engineering technicians not elsewhere classified |
| 041 | Aircraft pilots, navigators and flight engineers |
| 053 | Agronomists and related scientists |
| 061 | Medical doctors |
| 062 | Medical assistants |
| 065 | Veterinarians |
| 066 | Veterinary assistants |
| 067 | Pharmacists |
| 069 | Dietitians and public health nutritionists |
| 071 | Professional nurses |
| 072 | Nursing personnel not elsewhere classified |
| 073 | Professional midwives |
| 074 | Midwifery personnel not elsewhere classified |
| 079 | Medical, dental, veterinary and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 081 | Statisticians |
| 083 | Systems Analysts |
| 090 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges |
| 129 | Jurists not elsewhere classified |
| 131 | University and higher education teachers |
| 132 | Secondary education teachers |
| 133 | Primary education teachers |
| 134 | Preprimary education teachers |
| 135 | Special education teachers |
| 139 | Teachers not elsewhere classified |
| 141 | Ministers of religion and related members of religious orders |
| 149 | Workers in religion not elsewhere classified |
| 159 | Authors, journalists and related writers not elsewhere classified |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and related artists |
| 162 | Commercial artists and designers |
| 163 | Photographers and cameramen |
| 171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 179 | Performing artists not elsewhere classified |
| 180 | Athletes, sportsmen and related workers |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists and curators |
| 193 | Social workers |
| 194 | Personnel and occupational specialists |
| 199 | Other professional, technical and related workers |
| 201 | Legislative officials |
| 202 | Government administrators |
| 211 | General managers |
| 212 | Production managers (except farm) |
| 219 | Managers not elsewhere classified |
| 300 | Clerical supervisors |
| 310 | Government executive officials |
| 321 | Stenographers, typists and teletypists |
| 322 | Card and tapepunching machine operators |
| 331 | Bookkeepers and cashiers |
| 339 | Bookkeepers, cashiers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 341 | Bookkeeping and calculating machine operators |
| 342 | Automatic dataprocessing machine operators |
| 351 | Railway station masters |
| 352 | Postmasters |
| 359 | Transport and communications supervisors not elsewhere classified |
| 360 | Transport conductors |
| 370 | Mail distribution clerks |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 391 | Stock clerks |
| 392 | Material and production planning clerks |
| 393 | Correspondence and reporting clerks |
| 394 | Receptionists and travel agency clerks |
| 395 | Library and filing clerks |
| 399 | Clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 400 | Managers (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 410 | Working proprietors (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 421 | Sales supervisors |
| 422 | Buyers |
| 431 | Technical salesmen and service advisers |
| 441 | Insurance, real estate and securities salesmen |
| 442 | Business services salesmen |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 451 | Salesmen, shop assistants and demonstrators |
| 452 | Street vendors, canvassers and newsvendors |
| 490 | Sales workers not elsewhere classified |
| 500 | Managers (catering and lodging services) |
| 510 | Working proprietors (catering and lodging services) |
| 520 | Housekeeping and related service supervisors |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Waiters, bartenders and related workers |
| 540 | Maids and related housekeeping service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 551 | Building caretakers |
| 552 | Charworkers, cleaners and related workers |
| 560 | Launderers, drycleaners and pressers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers |
| 581 | Firefighters |
| 582 | Policemen and detectives |
| 589 | Protective service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 591 | Guides |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Farm managers and supervisors |
| 611 | General farmers |
| 612 | Specialised farmers |
| 621 | General farm workers |
| 622 | Field crop and vegetable farm workers |
| 623 | Orchard, vineyard and related tree and shrub crop workers |
| 624 | Livestock workers |
| 625 | Dairy farm workers |
| 626 | Poultry farm workers |
| 628 | Farm machinery operators |
| 629 | Agricultural and animal husbandry workers not elsewhere classified |
| 631 | Loggers |
| 632 | Forestry workers (except logging) |
| 641 | Fishermen |
| 649 | Fishermen, hunters and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 700 | Production supervisors and general foremen |
| 711 | Miners and quarrymen |
| 712 | Mineral and stone treaters |
| 713 | Well drillers, borers and related workers |
| 721 | Metal smelting, converting and refining furnacemen |
| 723 | Metal melters and reheaters |
| 724 | Metal casters |
| 729 | Metal processers not elsewhere classified |
| 732 | Sawyers, plywood makers and related woodprocessing workers |
| 741 | Crushers, grinders and mixers |
| 742 | Cookers, roasters and related heattreaters |
| 743 | Filter and separator operators |
| 745 | Petroleum refining workers |
| 749 | Chemical processers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 751 | Fibre preparers |
| 752 | Spinners and winders |
| 754 | Weavers and related workers |
| 755 | Knitters |
| 756 | Bleachers, dyers and textile product finishers |
| 759 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 771 | Grain millers and related workers |
| 772 | Sugar processers and refiners |
| 773 | Butchers and meat preparers |
| 774 | Food preservers |
| 776 | Bakers, pastrycooks and confectionery makers |
| 777 | Tea, coffee and cocoa preparers |
| 778 | Brewers, wine and beverage makers |
| 779 | Food and beverage processers not elsewhere classified |
| 781 | Tobacco preparers |
| 789 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco product makers not elsewhere classified |
| 791 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 792 | Fur tailors and related workers |
| 793 | Milliners and hatmakers |
| 794 | Patternmakers and cutters |
| 799 | Tailors, dressmakers, sewers, upholsterers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 801 | Shoemakers and shoe repairers |
| 802 | Shoe cutters, lasters, sewers and related workers |
| 812 | Woodworkingmachine operators |
| 819 | Cabinetmakers and related woodworkers not elsewhere classified |
| 820 | Stone cutters and carvers |
| 831 | Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forgingpress operators |
| 832 | Toolmakers, metal patternmakers and metal markers |
| 833 | Machinetool setteroperators |
| 834 | Machinetool operators |
| 839 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machinetool operators not elsewhere classified |
| 841 | Machinery fitters and machine assemblers |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Aircraft engine mechanics |
| 849 | Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precision instrument makers (except electrical) not elsewhere classified |
| 851 | Electrical fitters |
| 852 | Electronics fitters |
| 853 | Electrical and electronics equipment assemblers |
| 854 | Radio and television repairmen |
| 855 | Electrical wiremen |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Electric linemen and cable jointers |
| 859 | Electrical fitters and related electrical and electronics workers not elsewhere classified |
| 861 | Broadcasting station operators |
| 871 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 872 | Welders and flamecutters |
| 873 | Sheetmetal workers |
| 892 | Potters and related clay and abrasive formers |
| 899 | Glass formers, potters and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 922 | Printing pressmen |
| 929 | Printers and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Painters, construction |
| 939 | Painters not elsewhere classified |
| 942 | Basketry weavers and brush makers |
| 949 | Other production and related workers |
| 951 | Bricklayers, stonemasons and tile setters |
| 952 | Reinforced concreters, cement finishers and terrazzo workers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters, joiners and parquetry workers |
| 959 | Construction workers not elsewhere classified |
| 961 | Powergenerating machinery operators |
| 973 | Crane and hoist operators |
| 974 | Earthmoving and related machinery operators |
| 979 | Material handling equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 983 | Railway engine drivers and firemen |
| 984 | Railway brakemen, signalmen and shunters |
| 985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 986 | Animal and animaldrawn vehicle drivers |
| 989 | Transport equipment operators not elsewhere classified |
| 990 | Other occupation, response suppressed |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 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 indicates the person's occupation.
Universe
Zambia 1990: Persons age 12+ who were working for pay, on leave, or doing unpaid work in the last year [discrepancies: none]
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Concept