The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Work status (TH1980A_WORK)
Data file: THA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
198
End:
198
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
For Persons born before and in 1968
<br />[Questions L9-12 were asked of persons 12 and older.]</p>
<p>L10. Occupation last year (April 1979 to March 1980): What were you doing most of the time last year? ____</p>
<div class="i1">Record kind of work. If did not work, record "did not work"</div><p>If working in L10
<br />[Questions L11-12 were asked of persons who are working, per question L10.]</p>
<p>L12. Work status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Government employee<br />[] 4 Government enterprise employee<br />[] 5 Private employee<br />[] 6 Unpaid household worker</div>
<br />[Questions L9-12 were asked of persons 12 and older.]</p>
<p>L10. Occupation last year (April 1979 to March 1980): What were you doing most of the time last year? ____</p>
<div class="i1">Record kind of work. If did not work, record "did not work"</div><p>If working in L10
<br />[Questions L11-12 were asked of persons who are working, per question L10.]</p>
<p>L12. Work status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Government employee<br />[] 4 Government enterprise employee<br />[] 5 Private employee<br />[] 6 Unpaid household worker</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employer |
| 2 | Self-employed or own account worker |
| 3 | Government employee |
| 4 | Government enterprise employee |
| 5 | Private employee |
| 6 | Unpaid family worker |
| 8 | Unknown |
| 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
<span class="h3">3.23 Job:</span></p>
<p>A job that can fall into any following categories:</p>
<div class="i1">3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.<br />2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.<br />3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.</div><span class="h3">3.24 Occupation:</span></p>
<p>A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.</p>
<p><span class="h3">3.27 Status of Employment:</span></p>
<p>This refers to the status of workers in a working place or business. It can be divided into 4 categories:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">3.27.1 Employers</span> mean those who run their business for profits or dividends. In running their business, they employ the others to work as employees. Employers in this sense do not mean household employment e.g., hiring someone to cook, clean, wash, and drive, etc.<br />Example 1: Mr.Sombat owns a restaurant and hires Miss Samorn as a chef. Mr.Sombat is regarded as an employer.<br />Example 2: Mr.Thawatchai owns an ice factory and hires the others to work as a clerk and labor worker. Mr.Thawatchai is regarded as an employer.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.27.2 Employees</span> mean those who work for wages and get paid on monthly, daily, per piece of products basis, or surcharge for service from employers. Employees are divided into 3 categories:</div><div class="i2">a) Government Employees means government officials and workers, international organizations, municipality, and local organizations.</div><p>[page 31 is omited]</p>
<p><span class="pg">p. 32</span><div class="i2">Example 1: Mr.Pairoj is a government official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Pairoj is regarded as a government employee.<br />Example 2: Miss Pairoh, a public relation office, is an employee of an international organization. Miss Pairoh is regarded as a government employee.</div><div class="i2">b) State Enterprise Employees mean employees of government agencies, government own agencies, or companies/partnerships that the government holds more than 50% of share.<br />Example 1: Miss Wipaporn is the chairperson of Krungthai Bank, Saphan Kao Branch. Miss Wipaporn is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.<br />Example 2: Mr.Thongdaeng is a mechanic of Glass Organization. Mr.Thongdaeng is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.<br /><br />c) Private employees mean those who are employed by private business including household employment e.g. luandry, baby sitting, cooking<br />Example 1: Miss Lalana is a private servant of Mr.Pairoj. Miss Lalana is working on laundry, cleaning, cooking. Miss Lalana is regarded as a private employee.<br />Example2: Mrs.Wipawadee owns a beauty shoop and hires Miss Duentem as a hairdresser and Miss Nawarat as a tailor. Miss Duentem and Miss Nawarat are regarded as private employees.<br />Example 3: Mr.Boonchu is an executive of a commercial bank. Mr.Boonchu is regarded as a private employee.</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">3.27.3 Private business without employee</span> means self-employed business for profits. They may work alone or join with others for dividends, but do not employ others to run their business. They may have relatives or trainees without wages/allowance.<br /><br />Example 1: Mrs.Boonme does hair perming or clothes tailoring at home alone. Mrs.Boonme is regarded as a private business woman without employees.<br />Example 2: Mr.Boonme owns electric appliances and has Mr.Niruj as a partner. They share their profits. Mr.Boonme and Mr.Niruj are regarded as private business men without employees.<br /><br />Example 3: Mr.Koon produces handicraftd e.g., containers, baskets at home. He has Mr.Porn, a son, working along without getting paid. Mr.Koon is regarded as a private business man without employee.</div><span class="pg">p. 33</span><div class="i1">Example 4: Mr.Daeng, his wife, and 3 children help one another to plough and transplant rice. They ask their neighbors to help in harvesting. Mr. Daeng is regarded as<br />a private business man without employee.<br />Example 5: Miss Pismai owns a sewing machine and all sewing equipment. She has brought the clothes to sew at home. Miss Pismai is regarded as private business women without employee.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.27.4 Family business assistants without wages</span> mean assistants without wages in the agricultural activities or in business. Their household members or relatives may own and run the business, or may not own, but operate the business.<br /><br />Example 1: Mr.Nikorn helps his father in the garage owned by his father. Mr.Nikorn is not getting paid or any dividen.<br />Example 2: Mr.Chomkiat lives in Mr.Chobsak?s home helping Mr.Chobsak, his brother, without getting paid. Both Mr.Nikorn (in example 1) and Mr.Chomkiat are regarded as assistants without wages. But if Mr.Nikorn and Mr.Chobsak are paid, or receive allowance, they<br />are regarded as private employees.<br />Example 3: Mr.Somchai rents a paddy field and has Mr.Chatchai, his nephew, helping him without getting paid. Mr.Chatchai is regarded as family business assistants without wages.</div><span class="em">Columns 9 - 12 </span>
<br />Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or those who were born before or in the year 1968 (Monkey year)</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 10 Last year main occupation (April 1979 - March 1980)</span> </p>
<p>Ask "Let me know what you have mainly worked in last year"</p>
<p>Record last year occupation (between April 1979 - March 1980) of the person, e.g. chief police officer, construction worker, jewelers, cosmetic seller, statistician, rice carrying laborer, etc. (DO NOT record Government Service or Trader).</p>
<p>In case of carpenters, be specific, whether they are furniture maker or house constructor. They must have spent most of their time in last year on the aforementioned occupation.</p>
<p>In case that they have more than one occupation and have spent the same time on both occupations, consider the occupation that yields more income as the main occupation.</p>
<p>If not working at all or not having any occupation in last year, record "Did not work."</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 11 Type of work or type of business of the working place</span></p>
<p>(Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10. If Column 10 is not recorded or recorded "Did not work," DO NOT ask Column 11 or terminate the interview.</p>
<p>Ask "What is a kind of work in your business?", or "What is your business?".</p>
<p>Record type of business of the working place of the person in detail as much as possible, e.g. sugar factory, soft drink factory, electric appliances, shop, construction company, etc. or in some case type of work are recorded e.g., rice farming, mat weaving, street vendor, or fishing, etc.</p>
<p>For government or private offices, record name of the department or organization e.g., National Statistical Office, Department of Interior Trading, Glass Organization, Battery Organization, Government Saving Bank, Bangkok Water Supply, etc. </p>
<p>For government agencies in other provinces, record name of the division or office, e.g. Education Division, Regional Office of Inland Revenue, Petch Buri Public Hospital, etc.</p>
<p>For companies, partnerships, shops or factor, DO NOT record the name, but record type of business or work. For example, "Thai Namthip factory" record "soft drink factory," "Thai Tricot" record "textile factory," "Chaichana Panich" record "grocery shop," etc.</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 12 Work Status</span></p>
<p>Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10 and type of business of the working place in Column 11. </p>
<p>Ask "What is your working status?"</p>
<p>Record the working status of the person clearly, e.g.</p>
<div class="i1">- Employer<br />- Business owner without employee<br />- Government employee<br />- State enterprise employee<br />- Private employee<br />- Unpaid family worker</div>
<p>A job that can fall into any following categories:</p>
<div class="i1">3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.<br />2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.<br />3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.</div><span class="h3">3.24 Occupation:</span></p>
<p>A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.</p>
<p><span class="h3">3.27 Status of Employment:</span></p>
<p>This refers to the status of workers in a working place or business. It can be divided into 4 categories:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">3.27.1 Employers</span> mean those who run their business for profits or dividends. In running their business, they employ the others to work as employees. Employers in this sense do not mean household employment e.g., hiring someone to cook, clean, wash, and drive, etc.<br />Example 1: Mr.Sombat owns a restaurant and hires Miss Samorn as a chef. Mr.Sombat is regarded as an employer.<br />Example 2: Mr.Thawatchai owns an ice factory and hires the others to work as a clerk and labor worker. Mr.Thawatchai is regarded as an employer.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.27.2 Employees</span> mean those who work for wages and get paid on monthly, daily, per piece of products basis, or surcharge for service from employers. Employees are divided into 3 categories:</div><div class="i2">a) Government Employees means government officials and workers, international organizations, municipality, and local organizations.</div><p>[page 31 is omited]</p>
<p><span class="pg">p. 32</span><div class="i2">Example 1: Mr.Pairoj is a government official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Pairoj is regarded as a government employee.<br />Example 2: Miss Pairoh, a public relation office, is an employee of an international organization. Miss Pairoh is regarded as a government employee.</div><div class="i2">b) State Enterprise Employees mean employees of government agencies, government own agencies, or companies/partnerships that the government holds more than 50% of share.<br />Example 1: Miss Wipaporn is the chairperson of Krungthai Bank, Saphan Kao Branch. Miss Wipaporn is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.<br />Example 2: Mr.Thongdaeng is a mechanic of Glass Organization. Mr.Thongdaeng is regarded as an employee of a state enterprise.<br /><br />c) Private employees mean those who are employed by private business including household employment e.g. luandry, baby sitting, cooking<br />Example 1: Miss Lalana is a private servant of Mr.Pairoj. Miss Lalana is working on laundry, cleaning, cooking. Miss Lalana is regarded as a private employee.<br />Example2: Mrs.Wipawadee owns a beauty shoop and hires Miss Duentem as a hairdresser and Miss Nawarat as a tailor. Miss Duentem and Miss Nawarat are regarded as private employees.<br />Example 3: Mr.Boonchu is an executive of a commercial bank. Mr.Boonchu is regarded as a private employee.</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">3.27.3 Private business without employee</span> means self-employed business for profits. They may work alone or join with others for dividends, but do not employ others to run their business. They may have relatives or trainees without wages/allowance.<br /><br />Example 1: Mrs.Boonme does hair perming or clothes tailoring at home alone. Mrs.Boonme is regarded as a private business woman without employees.<br />Example 2: Mr.Boonme owns electric appliances and has Mr.Niruj as a partner. They share their profits. Mr.Boonme and Mr.Niruj are regarded as private business men without employees.<br /><br />Example 3: Mr.Koon produces handicraftd e.g., containers, baskets at home. He has Mr.Porn, a son, working along without getting paid. Mr.Koon is regarded as a private business man without employee.</div><span class="pg">p. 33</span><div class="i1">Example 4: Mr.Daeng, his wife, and 3 children help one another to plough and transplant rice. They ask their neighbors to help in harvesting. Mr. Daeng is regarded as<br />a private business man without employee.<br />Example 5: Miss Pismai owns a sewing machine and all sewing equipment. She has brought the clothes to sew at home. Miss Pismai is regarded as private business women without employee.<br /><br /><span class="em">3.27.4 Family business assistants without wages</span> mean assistants without wages in the agricultural activities or in business. Their household members or relatives may own and run the business, or may not own, but operate the business.<br /><br />Example 1: Mr.Nikorn helps his father in the garage owned by his father. Mr.Nikorn is not getting paid or any dividen.<br />Example 2: Mr.Chomkiat lives in Mr.Chobsak?s home helping Mr.Chobsak, his brother, without getting paid. Both Mr.Nikorn (in example 1) and Mr.Chomkiat are regarded as assistants without wages. But if Mr.Nikorn and Mr.Chobsak are paid, or receive allowance, they<br />are regarded as private employees.<br />Example 3: Mr.Somchai rents a paddy field and has Mr.Chatchai, his nephew, helping him without getting paid. Mr.Chatchai is regarded as family business assistants without wages.</div><span class="em">Columns 9 - 12 </span>
<br />Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or those who were born before or in the year 1968 (Monkey year)</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 10 Last year main occupation (April 1979 - March 1980)</span> </p>
<p>Ask "Let me know what you have mainly worked in last year"</p>
<p>Record last year occupation (between April 1979 - March 1980) of the person, e.g. chief police officer, construction worker, jewelers, cosmetic seller, statistician, rice carrying laborer, etc. (DO NOT record Government Service or Trader).</p>
<p>In case of carpenters, be specific, whether they are furniture maker or house constructor. They must have spent most of their time in last year on the aforementioned occupation.</p>
<p>In case that they have more than one occupation and have spent the same time on both occupations, consider the occupation that yields more income as the main occupation.</p>
<p>If not working at all or not having any occupation in last year, record "Did not work."</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 11 Type of work or type of business of the working place</span></p>
<p>(Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10. If Column 10 is not recorded or recorded "Did not work," DO NOT ask Column 11 or terminate the interview.</p>
<p>Ask "What is a kind of work in your business?", or "What is your business?".</p>
<p>Record type of business of the working place of the person in detail as much as possible, e.g. sugar factory, soft drink factory, electric appliances, shop, construction company, etc. or in some case type of work are recorded e.g., rice farming, mat weaving, street vendor, or fishing, etc.</p>
<p>For government or private offices, record name of the department or organization e.g., National Statistical Office, Department of Interior Trading, Glass Organization, Battery Organization, Government Saving Bank, Bangkok Water Supply, etc. </p>
<p>For government agencies in other provinces, record name of the division or office, e.g. Education Division, Regional Office of Inland Revenue, Petch Buri Public Hospital, etc.</p>
<p>For companies, partnerships, shops or factor, DO NOT record the name, but record type of business or work. For example, "Thai Namthip factory" record "soft drink factory," "Thai Tricot" record "textile factory," "Chaichana Panich" record "grocery shop," etc.</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 12 Work Status</span></p>
<p>Ask only the persons whose occupations recorded in Column 10 and type of business of the working place in Column 11. </p>
<p>Ask "What is your working status?"</p>
<p>Record the working status of the person clearly, e.g.</p>
<div class="i1">- Employer<br />- Business owner without employee<br />- Government employee<br />- State enterprise employee<br />- Private employee<br />- Unpaid family worker</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's work status.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Persons age 11+ who were working last year [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |