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Danish Census 1885 - IPUMS Subset

Denmark, 1885
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DNK_1885_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Commission for the Collection of Statistical Tables, IPUMS
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Sixth occupation, 5-digit (OCCHISCO) (DK1885A_OCC6TH5)

Data file: DNK1885_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 510
End: 514
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Occupation ____</p>
<div class="i1">Each individual's office, business, occupation or similar is stated here, also if the housewife or the children have a special occupation. If someone has several occupations, the main occupation is stated. It is explicitly stated whether someone is a master, journeyman or apprentice, also what type of factory or merchant business one owns or runs, in what type of business one is a worker, whether one lives to a significant degree on support, etc.)</div><p>Place of occupation ____</p>
<div class="i1">Everyone who has permanent residence in Copenhagen, state whether they have their main occupation in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Sundbyerne, Uttersley or elsewhere.</div>
Categories
Value Category
99200 Factory labourers (unspecified)
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.
Interviewer instructions
Occupation:</p>
<div class="i1">Occupation as stated in the census in Danish.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sixth occupation (OCCHISCO) of the person.
Universe
Denmark 1885: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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