Ti`dad al-Nufus (Population Census) of 1868 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1865 - 1869

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EGY_1868_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Occupation, HISCO major groups classification (EG1868A_OCCHISCO3)

Data file: EGY1868_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 93

End: 94

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<span class="h3">Person variables</span></p>

<p>Occupation _ _ _ _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">Respondent's occupation coded using the Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations (HISCO). The first digit represents major groups classification. Minor groups classification corresponds to the first two digits of the code. Occupations specific to the Egyptian context that do not have an equivalent in HISCO were assigned special codes under a given HISCO major or minor group.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Professional, technical and related workers
01	Professional, technical and related workers
02	Administrative and managerial workers
03	Clerical and related workers
04	Sales workers
05	Service workers
06	Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers, fishermen and hunters
07	Production and related workers, transport equipment operators and labourers
08	Production and related workers, transport equipment operators and labourers
09	Production and related workers, transport equipment operators and labourers
99	No occupation reported or 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 HISCO major group classification of the person's occupation.

Universe

Egypt 1868: All persons

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