Danish Census 1801 - IPUMS Subset

Denmark, 1801

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DNK_1801_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Finances, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Fifth occupation (DK1801A_OCC5)

Data file: DNK1801_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 925

End: 929

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

The person's title, office, business, craft, or occupation, or what they live of.

Categories

Value	Category
03020	Land surveyors
12300	Notary
12900	Jurists (except lawyer, judge or solicitor)
14120	Ministers of religion
14900	Workers in religion, nec
20200	Government administrators
31090	Government functionaries, nec
37090	Post office, mail, and message workers, nec
58100	Firefighters
58410	Military, rank unknown
61110	General farmers and farmers, nfs
61115	Husbandmen or cottars
61120	Major landowner
62300	Farm labourers, orchard and fruit farm workers
63220	Foresters and wood wardens
77100	Millers and related workers
95330	Thatchers
95410	Carpenter and joiner
98130	Boatmen and canalmen
99999	No occupation/unknown

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 fifth occupation.

Universe

Denmark 1801: All persons

concept

Concept

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