Censo de Población y Viviendas, 1962 - IPUMS Subset
Paraguay, 1962
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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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- PRY1962_PHC-H-H
- PRY1962_PHC-P-H
Occupation (PY1962A_OCC2)
Data file: PRY1962_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
177
End:
180
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Occupational (economic) characteristics</span></p>
<p>For persons 12 years of age and older</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY60A429">16. Occupation: ____<br /><div class="i1">Only for those who are employed, unemployed or looking for work for the first time. If an employed person has more than one occupation, write the one which produces the most income. For the unemployed, write the most recent occupation. For one looking for work for the first time, write the profession or position if there is one, or else write "none." Examples of occupation: lawyer, carpenter, bricklayer, paymaster, tractor driver, etc.</div><br /></svar>
<p>For persons 12 years of age and older</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY60A429">16. Occupation: ____<br /><div class="i1">Only for those who are employed, unemployed or looking for work for the first time. If an employed person has more than one occupation, write the one which produces the most income. For the unemployed, write the most recent occupation. For one looking for work for the first time, write the profession or position if there is one, or else write "none." Examples of occupation: lawyer, carpenter, bricklayer, paymaster, tractor driver, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | Architects, engineers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 0001 | Chemists, pharmacists, and persons in similar occupations |
| 0002 | Agronomists, veterinarians, and persons in similar occupations |
| 0003 | Doctors, surgeons, and dentists |
| 0005 | Nurses and midwives |
| 0006 | Professors and teachers |
| 0008 | Lawyers, judges and persons in similar occupations |
| 0009 | Artists, writers, entertainers, and persons in similar occupations |
| 0010 | Persons in religious occupations and occupations related to social welfare |
| 0011 | Person in other occupations similar to professional and technicians |
| 0100 | Directive employees in public administration |
| 0101 | Directors and managers in wholesale and retail commerce |
| 0102 | Other directors, managers and owner-administrators |
| 0109 | Managers, administrators, and officials in directive positions, unknown occupation |
| 0200 | Accountants and accounting assistants |
| 0201 | Bookkeepers, cashiers, accounts collectors, and persons in similar occupations |
| 0202 | Typists and shorthand takers |
| 0205 | Mailmen and messengers |
| 0206 | Telephone operators, telegraph operators, and other telecommunications operators |
| 0207 | Other office workers and persons in similar occupations in transportation and communications services |
| 0208 | Other office workers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0300 | Salesmen-owners in wholesale and retail commerce |
| 0301 | Store employees and door-to-door [traveling] salesmen |
| 0302 | Business travelers, representatives, and commission salesmen in wholesale commerce |
| 0303 | Other salesmen and persons in similar occupations |
| 0400 | Farmers, ranchers, and administrators in agricultural enterprises |
| 0401 | Farmer workers and gardeners |
| 0402 | Fishermen and persons in similar occupations |
| 0404 | Forestry workers, cork workers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0503 | Quarry workers and persons in other occupations of extracting other solid non-metallic minerals |
| 0600 | Drivers, truck drivers, car drivers and other vehicles drivers |
| 0603 | Sailors, ship hands and boaters in maritime and fluvial transportation |
| 0609 | Persons in other occupations related to transportation conducting |
| 0700 | Spinners (bobbin winders), weavers, dyers and persons in related occupations |
| 0701 | Tailors, seamstresses, tanners and persons in similar occupations related to the production of products made of textiles and leather goods for clothing |
| 0702 | Shoemakers, shoe repairmen, and person in occupations related to the production of leather goods |
| 0703 | Carpenters, cabinetmakers, barrel makers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0704 | Constructions workers, bricklayers, window installers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0705 | Painters and wallpaper installers |
| 0706 | Pipe fitters, pipe installers, riveters, and iron structure installers |
| 0707 | Electricians, electrical cable installers, radio and television repairmen and persons in similar occupations |
| 0708 | Machinery and vehicle mechanics, tool machinery operators and persons in similar occupations |
| 0709 | Precision machinery mechanics, watchmakers, jewelers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0710 | Operators of stationery machinery, excavation and elevating machinery and persons in similar occupations |
| 0711 | Typesetters, printers, lithographers, recorders, binders and persons in similar occupations |
| 0800 | Foundry workers, laminators, blacksmiths, forge workers and other persons in related occupations |
| 0801 | Fired ceramic makers, molders, glassblowers and other workers in ceramic, glass, and stone products |
| 0802 | Chemical cooks, roasters, molders, distillers, and other operators of the chemical industries |
| 0803 | Slaughterers, butchers, bakers, beer makers and persons in similar occupations |
| 0804 | Cigarette makers and other operators in tobacco processing |
| 0805 | Tanners, stretchers, skinners and other operators in tanning and leather and skin processing |
| 0807 | Operators in the manufacture of machinery, electrical equipment and transportation equipment |
| 0809 | Operators in the production process and similar occupations not listed elsewhere |
| 0811 | Bottlers, packers, labelers and similar occupations |
| 0900 | Construction workers and day laborers |
| 0901 | Stackers, loaders and other transportation day laborers |
| 0902 | Washers, pressers, dyers in cleaning facilities and other similar workers |
| 0903 | Other workers and day laborers |
| 1001 | Workers in protection services |
| 1002 | Cooks and other servants or employees in private homes |
| 1004 | Workers in restaurants and cafes, bartenders and workers in similar occupations |
| 1005 | Cooks, housekeepers, managers of guest houses and workers in similar occupations not employed in private homes |
| 1006 | Barbers, hairdressers, beauticians, and similar workers |
| 1007 | Doormen, concierges, elevator operators in buildings and workers in similar occupations |
| 1008 | Athletes, sportsmen, and workers in similar occupations |
| 1009 | Photographers and similar workers |
| 1010 | Embalmers and funeral directors |
| 1011 | Other service workers |
| 1100 | Members of the armed forces, serving in their territory |
| 1105 | Persons who declare unidentifiable occupations |
| 1106 | Persons who do not declare any occupation |
| 1109 | Other workers not listed elsewhere and workers in occupations not identified or not declared, unknown occupation |
| 1110 | Other occupation, response suppressed for confidentiality |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 9999 | 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 (detailed).
Universe
Paraguay 1962: Persons age 12+ economically active [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.3%]
concept
Concept