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Labour Force Survey, 2008
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 2008
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ESP_2008_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INE), IPUMS
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Main occupation (ES2008K_OCUP1)

Data file: ESP2008_LFS-Q4-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 262
End: 263
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
13. What occupation or type of work do you do? (If the interviewee does not understand this question, you can give some examples, such as: bus driver, construction worker, university professor, etc. If he/she does not know, enter 000.) ____ OCUP
<br />Education level required for your occupation or professional category? ____
Categories
Value Category
00 Military occupations
01 Directors and managers
02 Technicians and scientific professionals and intellectuals
03 Technicians and support professionals
04 Accountancy, administrative and other office employees
05 Workers of catering services, personal, protection and commerce vendors
06 Skilled workers in agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing
07 Craftsmen and skilled workers of the manufacturing industries and construction (except operators of installations and machinery)
08 Operators of installations and machinery, and assemblers
09 Elementary occupations
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation.
Universe
Spain 2008 Q4 LFS: Persons age 16+ with paid work last week

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