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Population Census 2011 (cycle 2009-2013) - IPUMS Subset

France, 2009 - 2013
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FRA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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  • FRA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Socio-professional category in 40 categories (FR2011A_OCC)

Data file: FRA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 184
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">6) The following portion of the questionnaire is for individuals age 14 or older.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">10) What is your primary occupation?</span>
<br />Only tick one space</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Job (employee or self-employed, including helping someone in his/her work)</div><div class="i2">Tick then skip to 17</div><div class="i1">[ ] 2 Apprenticeship under contract or paid internship</div><div class="i2">Tick then skip to 17</div><div class="i1">[ ] 3 Studies (pupil, student) or unpaid internship<br />[ ] 4 Unemployed (whether registered or not at the unemployment center)<br />[ ] 5 Retired or pre-retired (formerly employed or formerly independent)<br />[ ] 6 Homemaker<br />[ ] 7 Other circumstances</div><span class="h3">12) If you are not currently working, answer questions 13-16.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">15) What was your main profession?</span>
Categories
Value Category
10 Farmers
21 Artisans
22 Shopkeepers and similar
23 Company heads with 10 employees or more
31 White collar professionals
33 Civil service executives
34 Professors of science or science professions
35 Information, arts and entertainment professions
37 Administrative executives and business sales
38 Engineers and technical business executives
42 Professors, primary school teacher and similar
43 Mid-level health care or social work professions
44 Clergy, religious
45 Mid-level administrative civil service profession
46 Mid-level administrative and business-sales professions
47 Skilled worker
48 Foreman, supervisor
52 Civil employee and civil service staff
53 Police officers and soldiers
54 Business administration employees
55 Salespersons
56 Private services personnel
62 Skilled workers-Industrial
63 Skilled workers-artisanal
64 Drivers
65 Skilled workers-handling, storage, and transportation
67 Unskilled workers-industrial
68 Unskilled workers-artisanal
69 Agricultural laborers
71 Retired farmers
72 Retired craftspeople, retailers, entrepreneurs/business people
74 Retired executives
75 Retired intermediate professions
77 Retired office employees
78 Retired laborers
81 Unemployed individuals who never worked
99 NIU (not in unvierse)
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 a person's socio-professional category in 40 categories.
Universe
France 2011: Employed, unemployed or retired persons [discrepancies: none]

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