Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas 1972 - IPUMS Subset
Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation (3 digits) (PY1972A_0424)
Data file: PRY1972-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
182
End:
184
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
C. Economic characteristics
Only for persons 12 years of age and older
[Questions 15 to 18 were asked of persons age 12 and older]
Ask the questions on lines 16 through 18 only if you marked boxes 1, 2 or 3.
[Questions 16 to 18 were asked of persons who have a job or who had it in the past]
16. What occupation, position, or profession did you hold during the last week (or in the last job you had)? ____
Examples: Driver, dressmaker, farmer, etc. If you had more than one occupation, write the one that provided the greatest income.
Only for persons 12 years of age and older
[Questions 15 to 18 were asked of persons age 12 and older]
Ask the questions on lines 16 through 18 only if you marked boxes 1, 2 or 3.
[Questions 16 to 18 were asked of persons who have a job or who had it in the past]
16. What occupation, position, or profession did you hold during the last week (or in the last job you had)? ____
Examples: Driver, dressmaker, farmer, etc. If you had more than one occupation, write the one that provided the greatest income.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Architects |
| 1 | Civil engineers |
| 5 | Engineers not elsewhere classified |
| 9 | Non-professional technicians with jobs relating to engineering, electricity, mechanics, metallury and industry, excluding craftsmen and related workers in groups 7 and 8 |
| 10 | Chemists |
| 11 | Biochemists |
| 21 | Veterinarians |
| 30 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 31 | Dentists |
| 34 | Pharmacists |
| 35 | Pedicurists, masseurs, and other paramedics, not elsewhere classified |
| 36 | Professional nurses |
| 37 | Other nurses |
| 38 | Professional midwives |
| 39 | Other midwives |
| 41 | Professors and teachers of secondary schools |
| 42 | Professors and teachers of art and trade schools |
| 43 | Teachers of primary schools |
| 45 | Professors of special education |
| 46 | Other professors and teachers |
| 52 | Economists |
| 53 | Accountants and licensed accountants |
| 56 | Other specialists in social sciences and similar fields, not elsewhere classified |
| 57 | Lawyers |
| 59 | Magistrates, judges, justices of the peace, notaries, persons responsible for public registries and persons in other legal occupations |
| 61 | Authors, editors, journalists, correspondants, reporters, announcers, and other persons in related occupations |
| 62 | Painters, sculptors, burin and nitric acid engravers, caricaturists, caligraphers and other artists in related occupations |
| 63 | Musical composers, musicians, singers, choir directors, dancers, dance directors, choreographers, and persons in related occupations |
| 66 | Other artists in related occupations, not elsewhere classified |
| 67 | Athletes, referees, trainers, and physical fitness instructors |
| 70 | Priests, pastors, and members of religious orders |
| 84 | Technical and portrait photographers |
| 99 | Professional, technical, and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 119 | Directors and managers of wholesale and retail trade |
| 125 | Directors and managers of factories and general administrations |
| 126 | Directors and managers of hotels, restaurants, cafes, boarding houses, and guest houses |
| 129 | Directors, assistant directors, managers, assistant managers, and general managers, not further specified |
| 199 | Managers, administrators, and officials not elsewhere classified |
| 200 | Officials, agents and employees of the public administration |
| 210 | Accounting assistants |
| 212 | Cashiers, accounts payable |
| 213 | Bill or invoice collectors |
| 219 | Other persons in occupations related to bookkeepers, cashiers, or bill collectors, not elsewhere classified |
| 220 | Typists and shorthand clerks |
| 240 | Inspectors, transit controllers, and dispatchers |
| 250 | Mailmen and messengers |
| 260 | Telephone, telegraph, and cablegraph operators |
| 262 | Operators of radiocommunication, radiotelegraph, and radiotelephone equipment |
| 271 | Passenger fee collectors on buses, streetcars, and other means of transportation |
| 283 | Banking and financial services employees |
| 287 | Receivers and drivers of store merchandise |
| 299 | Clerical, office, and other workers in related occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 300 | Vendors, store owners of wholesale commerce |
| 301 | Vendors, store owners of retail commerce |
| 310 | Vendors and salesclerks of shops |
| 311 | Newspaper vendors |
| 312 | Street (traveling) vendors, order solicitors and demonstrators |
| 313 | Street (traveling) vendors of food |
| 335 | Agents of customs |
| 399 | Sales workers and persons in related occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 400 | Heads, managers of farms |
| 410 | Agricultural owners, renters, sharecroppers and colonists for general agricultural cultivations and jobs |
| 411 | Cattle farmers |
| 412 | Poultry farmers |
| 414 | Horticulturists |
| 417 | Fruit growers |
| 418 | Other farmers and persons in related occupations, not elsewhere classified |
| 420 | Agricultural workers |
| 421 | Operators of machines, tractor drivers , and operators of other agricultural vehicles |
| 422 | Agricultural workers in recreation and sports fields, greenhouses, orchards, gardens, nurseries and seedbeds |
| 424 | Other agricultural and livestock workers, cowboys, shepards and persons in related occupations |
| 430 | Fishermen and persons in occupations related with fishing farms |
| 451 | Lumber workers, trunk cutters and splitters, firewood collectors, sawmill workers |
| 452 | Persons working in the production of wood coal |
| 453 | Other persons in occupations related to forestry or wood extraction workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 499 | Farmers, graziers, fishermen, hunters, forestry workers, and persons in related occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 500 | Chauffeurs and taxi drivers |
| 501 | Truck, pickups, and dump trucks drivers |
| 502 | Bus and streetcar drivers |
| 503 | Cart drivers and coachmen |
| 506 | Other drivers of transportation vehicles, not elsewhere classified |
| 520 | Sailors |
| 521 | Launchers and boatmen |
| 535 | Railway laborers |
| 599 | Workers operating vehicles and persons in related occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 600 | Fiber Preparers |
| 603 | Spinners and winders who work in factories |
| 604 | Weavers in factories |
| 605 | Weavers who do not work in factories |
| 608 | Hand knitters |
| 609 | Bleachers, dyers and persons in occupations related to textile products not elsewhere classified |
| 610 | Tailors |
| 611 | Dressmakers |
| 612 | Seamstresses and embroiders |
| 613 | Ahó-poí embroiders |
| 614 | Hatmakers (except strawhats) |
| 616 | Shirtmakers |
| 617 | Upholsterers and workers in related occupations |
| 618 | Assistants in occupations related to textile manufacturing |
| 620 | Shoe makers and shoe repairmen |
| 621 | Cutters, molders, and other persons in the factory production of footwear |
| 622 | Saddlers, leatherworkers and other persons in related occupations |
| 623 | Other persons in occupations related to the making of leather articles excluding footwear, gloves and articles of clothing |
| 630 | Carpenters and assemblers |
| 631 | Cabinet makers, millers, turners, brushers and persons in similar occupations |
| 632 | Workers in manufacture of wooden furniture and fixtures |
| 633 | Other craftsmen and operators in occupations related to carpentry, not elsewhere classified |
| 640 | Bricklayers, stone masons, and pavers |
| 646 | Other craftsmen and workers in occupations related to bricklayers, stone masons, or glass installers, not elsewhere classified |
| 648 | Painters in construction and maintenance |
| 649 | Other painters and workers in related occupations |
| 650 | Pipe fitters, pipe adjusters, and plumbers |
| 652 | Sheet metal workers, tinsmiths, boilermakers and other persons with jobs with metal sheets |
| 653 | Welder by hand, hoop, or welding torch |
| 654 | Other persons in occupations related to pipe installers and fitters, riveters, sheet metal workers, and fitters of metalic structures, not elsewhere classified |
| 660 | Electricians and electric repairmen |
| 661 | Repairmen of fixed phone lines, telegraphs, electrical power, and telecommunications |
| 662 | Electrical repairmen of radios and televisions |
| 663 | Other electrical repairment |
| 667 | Other electricians and persons in related occupations |
| 668 | Operators of devices in radio stations and telecommunications, and operators of sound and cinema projection devices |
| 670 | Fitters, assemblers, and installers of machines |
| 671 | Mechanics and automobile, bus, truck and motorcycle repairmen |
| 672 | Mechanics and repairmen of airplanes |
| 674 | Mechanics and repairmen of agricultural and industrial machinery |
| 677 | Fitters and operators of tool machines, lathes, millers, scrubbers, brushers, carvers, filers, and sawyers of metals and other similar machines |
| 679 | Other craftsmen and operators in occupations related to fitters, installers, and repairment of non-electrical machinery, vehicles, or machine operators, not elsewhere classified |
| 680 | Watchmakers |
| 682 | Dental or orthopedic prosthesis mechanics |
| 686 | Jewelers and goldsmiths |
| 695 | Other stationary machine operators, not elsewhere classified |
| 699 | Craftsmen and operatives in occupations related to spinning, clothing manufacturing, shoemaking, carpentry, construction, and mechanics not elsewhere classified |
| 700 | Persons in occupations related to graphic arts |
| 710 | Quarrymen |
| 723 | Blacksmiths, forgers, and hammerers |
| 731 | Potters |
| 734 | Craftsmen and operators in the making of clay, cement and similar products |
| 735 | Other craftsmen and operators in the glass and ceramics industry |
| 740 | Operators of milling machines, grinders, crushers and other machines used in chemical processes |
| 741 | Operators of ovens and heaters, toasters and other workers related to the treatment of chemical and similar products |
| 742 | Distillers and other operators or distillation appliances |
| 745 | Sawyers, brushers and other workers in occupations related to the treatment of wood |
| 750 | Slaughtermen and butchers |
| 751 | Millers and mill operators |
| 752 | Bakers and pastry chefs |
| 754 | Pickers, mixers, and toasters of coffee |
| 755 | Operators in occupations related to the production of sugar |
| 756 | Operators in the making of candies, chocolates, sweets and similar products |
| 757 | Operators in the manufacture of wine, beer and non alcoholic drinks |
| 758 | Cigar makers (manual) |
| 759 | Operators in the production of tobacco and operators in similar occupations, not elsewhere classified |
| 760 | Meat trimmers, peelers, tanners and other operators in related occupations |
| 791 | Operators in occupations related to the process of manufacture of articles of wicker, jute, raffia, string or other vegetable fibers and from sow or horsehair |
| 799 | Other craftsmen and operatives not elsewhere classified |
| 800 | Workers and day laborers in mines and quarries |
| 811 | Workers and day laborers in construction of bridges, tunnels, dams and other similar |
| 812 | Assistants of carpenters and builders and artisans in the construction industry |
| 813 | Other workers and day laborers in the construction industry, not elsewhere classified |
| 820 | Dockworkers |
| 824 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to storage |
| 825 | Packers and bottlers of manufactured products |
| 826 | Other workers and day laborers in occupations related to storage and loading, not elsewhere classified |
| 833 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to the supply of garage, cleaning, and parking services |
| 834 | Workers and day laborers in occupations related to the supply of public utilities (street cleaning, public venues, etc.) |
| 899 | Workers and day laborers not elsewhere classified |
| 901 | Police and detectives |
| 903 | Guards, watchmen, and similar workers |
| 920 | Domestic service cooks |
| 921 | Domestic service servants |
| 930 | Cooks |
| 931 | Waiters and bartenders in restaurants, cafes, and bars |
| 933 | Maids and servants in hotels, ships, and trains |
| 940 | Launderers, pressers, and drycleaners in laundry establishments |
| 943 | Launderers and pressers, own account |
| 950 | Doorkeepers, janitors, guards and night watchmen |
| 952 | Elevator operators |
| 960 | Hairdressers and barbers |
| 961 | Beauty stylists, hair stylists, manicurists and make up artists |
| 989 | Personal service and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
IV. Information about the Population
C. Economic characteristics.
16. Occupation, job, or profession done by the person during the week of July 3rd to 8th, 1972
If the person did more than one occupation, you should note the one that produced the greatest income. If he/she was absent from his/her work during the past week (for vacations, illness, etc.), note which was his/her regular occupation. If he/she was looking for work, note the last occupation that he/she did.
When you make the notation, try to clearly specify the class of work or the nature of the occupation that the person has had.
The very general annotations are not satisfactory:
Incorrect / Correct
-Employee / Salesman, office worker, cashier, etc.
-Technician / Radio, television, football, technician, etc.
-Worker / Construction laborer, painter, plumber, milker, etc.
-Mechanic / Dental mechanic, automobile mechanic, aviation mechanic, etc.
16. What occupation, job, or profession did you do last week? (or the last time you had a job?) ____
(Example: Chauffeur, clothing designer, farmer, etc.)
If he/she had more one than one occupation, write the one that gave the greatest income.
C. Economic characteristics.
16. Occupation, job, or profession done by the person during the week of July 3rd to 8th, 1972
If the person did more than one occupation, you should note the one that produced the greatest income. If he/she was absent from his/her work during the past week (for vacations, illness, etc.), note which was his/her regular occupation. If he/she was looking for work, note the last occupation that he/she did.
When you make the notation, try to clearly specify the class of work or the nature of the occupation that the person has had.
The very general annotations are not satisfactory:
Incorrect / Correct
-Employee / Salesman, office worker, cashier, etc.
-Technician / Radio, television, football, technician, etc.
-Worker / Construction laborer, painter, plumber, milker, etc.
-Mechanic / Dental mechanic, automobile mechanic, aviation mechanic, etc.
16. What occupation, job, or profession did you do last week? (or the last time you had a job?) ____
(Example: Chauffeur, clothing designer, farmer, etc.)
If he/she had more one than one occupation, write the one that gave the greatest income.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (3 digits).
Universe
Persons age 12+ who have a job or who had it in the past
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |