Fourth Census of Canada 1901 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2001

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Reference ID

CAN_1901_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Occupation as transcribed (CA1901A_OCCSTRNG)

Data file: CAN1901_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 329

End: 360

Width: 32

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

3. Principal profession or trade</p>
<div class="i1">____ Profession, occupation, trade, or income of living of each person<br />____ Living on own means<br />____ Employer<br />____ Employee<br />____ Working on own</div>

Description

Definition

This is an alphabetic variable that preserves the transcription of an individual's response to questions about their occupation.

Universe

Canada 1901: Universe unknown

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 32-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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