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XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 2001
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HND_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Class of worker (HN2001A_CLASSWK)

Data file: HND2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section F. Characteristics of the persons</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">For persons 7 years old or more</span>
<br />[Questions 12-16 were asked of persons aged 7 years or older]</p>

<p>15. In this job, [the person] works as or worked as:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Private employee or worker<br />[] 2 Public employee or worker<br />[] 3 Owner with employees<br />[] 4 Self-employed<br />[] 5 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 6 Domestic employee<br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Private employee or worker
2 Public employee or worker
3 Owner with employees
4 Self-employed
5 Unpaid family worker
6 Domestic employee
7 Other
9 NIU (not 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Only for persons who answered in Block A</span>
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 15: In this job, you work as or worked as: Private employee or worker?; public employee or worker?; Employer with employees?; Independent worker?; Unpaid family worker?; Domestic employee?; Other? </span></p>

<p>Read each of the options until you receive an affirmative answer and mark the corresponding box.</p>

<p>The indicated categories respond to the following definitions:</p>
<div class="i1">1. <span class="ital">Private employee or worker</span>: This person works for an employer or private business, and perceives payment in the form of salary, daily wage, commissions, payment, in currency or in-kind, for doing occupations that are managerial, technical, administrative, or support.<br /><br />2. <span class="ital">Public employee or worker</span>: This person works in the public administration (central government, autonomous and municipal institutions) doing work that is executive, technical, administrative, and support.<br /><br />3. <span class="ital">Employer with employees</span>: This person is owner of an economic unit (factory, business, workshop, farm, ranch, etc.) who hire or employ one or more persons in permanent form.<br /><br />4. <span class="ital">Independent worker</span>: This person does an activity in independent manner, does not have an employer, nor hires salaried personnel in permanent form. In some cases, unpaid family members work for him or her. Example: Independent professionals and technicians, peddler, small businesspersons, shoemakers, plumbers, farmer, etc.<br /><br />5. <span class="ital">Unpaid family worker</span>: This person works in the business of a relative, without receiving any payment in exchange.</div><span class="pg">[p. 53]</span><div class="i1">6. <span class="ital">Domestic employee</span>: In this category you should include all of the persons who are in charge of caring for a dwelling and its inhabitants, in exchange for payment in money or in-kind, for example: Housekeepers, butlers, cooks, nannies, launderers, gardeners, chauffeurs for the exclusive service of the dwelling, etc.<br /><br />7. <span class="ital">Other</span>: In this category, you should include all persons who do not belong to any of the categories above.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the status of an economically active person concerning his or her employment during last week.
Universe
Honduras 2001: Persons age 7+ who are in labor force except the first time job seekers [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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