1989 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Vietnam, 1989
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Reference ID
VNM_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1989 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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- VNM1989_PHC-H-H.dat
- VNM1989_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 2 digits (VN1989A_OCC2)
Data file: VNM1989_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
177
End:
178
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="VN89A412 VN89A413 VN89A414 VN89A415 VN89A416 VN89A417 VN89A418 VN89A419 VN89A420"><span class="em">For persons born on or before 1-4-1984 [it should say 1976] (aged 13 and over) answer following questions</span> [applies to questions 9 to 13]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A416 VN89A417">12. Main occupation<br /><div class="i1">____<br />_ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A416 VN89A417">12. Main occupation<br /><div class="i1">____<br />_ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Office chief |
| 02 | Factory chief |
| 03 | State finance, economics, and planning |
| 04 | Technical staff |
| 05 | Agricultures staff |
| 06 | Science education |
| 07 | Art culture |
| 08 | Medical science |
| 09 | Law |
| 10 | Secretary, clerk |
| 11 | Energy |
| 12 | Mining |
| 13 | Metallurgy |
| 14 | Electronic, mechanics |
| 15 | Chemical industry |
| 16 | Paper industry |
| 17 | Building glass mater |
| 18 | Wood industry |
| 19 | Printing publishing |
| 20 | Weaving industry |
| 21 | Clothing industry |
| 22 | Leather wool |
| 23 | Food |
| 24 | Building |
| 25 | Agriculture |
| 26 | Forestry |
| 27 | Fishing |
| 28 | Transport |
| 29 | Tele communication |
| 30 | Dockers carriers |
| 31 | Seller supplier |
| 32 | Public service |
| 33 | Others |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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
<svar v="VN89A412 VN89A413 VN89A414 VN89A415 VN89A416 VN89A417 VN89A418 VN89A419 VN89A420"><span class="em">Persons born before April 1st, 1976 (aged 13 and older) answer this question.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A416 VN89A417"><span class="h3">12. Main occupation</span><br /><span class="em">Persons who work 6 months or more or have permanent job less than 6 months, work temporarily less than 6 months answer this question. </span><br /><br />Main occupation is a job that occupies most of the person's time in the last 12 months. If a person has various income generating activities, interviewers write down the job of which the person works the longest time.<br /><br />For persons who just started a new job and plan to keep that job for a long time, interviewers fill out that new job.<br /><br />For commune's (ward's) cadres, if they do not participate in any other productive activities, interviewers fill out their current positions or jobs, such as secretary of the commune's communist party, president, vice-president, health care staff, etc. If the commune's (ward's) cadres work on other productive activities besides their work at the commune's (ward's) people committee, interviewers write down the activity occupying the longest time. For example, a commune's statistical staff usually works for 4 days on his/her statistic job and spends 2 days for his/her own family farming activities, that person's main job is "statistics".<br /><br />Cadres who are permanent government employees and are assigned to work at the commune's level report their own profession.<br /><br />For management levels, head (vice-head) of the department/bureau and higher positions at the Communist party institutions, government offices, mass organizations, other parties; head (vice head) of departments in factories, should report both their main occupation and current main positions.<br /><br />Main occupations should be reported with as much detail as possible, do not put in very general activity. For example,<br /><div class="i1">For farmers, do not just write down as "farming" or "working in rice-field" or "cultivation", interviewers need to write specific activities, such as "cultivating rice", "growing tea leaves", and "raising pigs", etc.<br />For workers, do not write down "textile worker" or "weaving", interviewers need to write "operating textile machine", "reeling threat fiber", "making silk", etc.<br />For service and commercial employees, do not just write down "seller" or "repairing", interviewers need to write down "casher in super market", "selling hardware", "repairing bicycle", "repairing glasses", etc.<br />For workers in private sectors, do not just write down "hired" or "worker", interviewers need to write down "nanny", "cook", etc.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A416 VN89A417"><span class="h3">12. Main occupation</span><br /><span class="em">Persons who work 6 months or more or have permanent job less than 6 months, work temporarily less than 6 months answer this question. </span><br /><br />Main occupation is a job that occupies most of the person's time in the last 12 months. If a person has various income generating activities, interviewers write down the job of which the person works the longest time.<br /><br />For persons who just started a new job and plan to keep that job for a long time, interviewers fill out that new job.<br /><br />For commune's (ward's) cadres, if they do not participate in any other productive activities, interviewers fill out their current positions or jobs, such as secretary of the commune's communist party, president, vice-president, health care staff, etc. If the commune's (ward's) cadres work on other productive activities besides their work at the commune's (ward's) people committee, interviewers write down the activity occupying the longest time. For example, a commune's statistical staff usually works for 4 days on his/her statistic job and spends 2 days for his/her own family farming activities, that person's main job is "statistics".<br /><br />Cadres who are permanent government employees and are assigned to work at the commune's level report their own profession.<br /><br />For management levels, head (vice-head) of the department/bureau and higher positions at the Communist party institutions, government offices, mass organizations, other parties; head (vice head) of departments in factories, should report both their main occupation and current main positions.<br /><br />Main occupations should be reported with as much detail as possible, do not put in very general activity. For example,<br /><div class="i1">For farmers, do not just write down as "farming" or "working in rice-field" or "cultivation", interviewers need to write specific activities, such as "cultivating rice", "growing tea leaves", and "raising pigs", etc.<br />For workers, do not write down "textile worker" or "weaving", interviewers need to write "operating textile machine", "reeling threat fiber", "making silk", etc.<br />For service and commercial employees, do not just write down "seller" or "repairing", interviewers need to write down "casher in super market", "selling hardware", "repairing bicycle", "repairing glasses", etc.<br />For workers in private sectors, do not just write down "hired" or "worker", interviewers need to write down "nanny", "cook", etc.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the main occupation of the person.
Universe
Vietnam 1989: Persons age 13+ who worked [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |