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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- HND2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- HND2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation (3-digit) (HN2001A_OCC2)
Data file: HND2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
232
End:
234
Width:
3
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>14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that [the person] does or did in this job? For example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, etc.</p>
<div class="i1">____ _ _ _ _</div>
<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>14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that [the person] does or did in this job? For example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, etc.</p>
<div class="i1">____ _ _ _ _</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Armed forces |
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officials of special-interest organisations |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | General managers |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 349 | Other technicians and associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 711 | Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood,textile, leather and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle and locomotive-engine drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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.
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 14: What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you held or hold in that job?</span>
<br />Example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, grocery vendor, etc.</p>
<p>Write, over the lines, the name of the principal occupation, employment, profession, or position of work that the informant states. When you receive answers that are not very precise, such as worker, employee, public official, laborer, employer, etc., you should determine with exactitude, what the task is that the person does.</p>
<p>In many cases, the profession refers to the occupation, for example: a doctor can have as his occupation being the administrator of the hospital, an engineer can be the manager of a business, a lawyer can have the job of judge, etc. </p>
<p>In many cases, the occupation is synonymous with the job that the person performs, for example: president of the Republic, president of the National Congress, municipal mayor, municipal official, executive secretary, school director, hospital director, orchestra director, etc.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span></p>
<p>Some examples of occupations and the correct form to write them on the form:</p>
<p>[First column]
<br />Police agent
<br />Coffee grower
<br />Corn farmer
<br />Construction laborer
<br />Assistant construction laborer
<br />Barber or hairdresser
<br />Bartender
<br />Carpenter, chair manufacturer
<br />Truck driver
<br />Animal slaughterer
<br />Census enumerator
<br />Supervisor of mail office
<br />Nurse in a health care center
<br />Plumber
<br />Make clay bricks</p>
<p>[Second column]
<br />Make cement blocks
<br />Make hats
<br />Make tortillas
<br />Wash and iron clothing
<br />Butler or overseer
<br />Milker
<br />Baker or make bread
<br />Fisherman
<br />Elementary school teacher
<br />Store manager
<br />Tire repairman
<br />Automobile vehicle repairman
<br />Tailor of men's clothing
<br />Planter of agricultural crops
<br />Arc welder
<br />Grocery vendor
<br />Tortilla vendor</p>
<p>To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
<br />[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 14: What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you held or hold in that job?</span>
<br />Example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, grocery vendor, etc.</p>
<p>Write, over the lines, the name of the principal occupation, employment, profession, or position of work that the informant states. When you receive answers that are not very precise, such as worker, employee, public official, laborer, employer, etc., you should determine with exactitude, what the task is that the person does.</p>
<p>In many cases, the profession refers to the occupation, for example: a doctor can have as his occupation being the administrator of the hospital, an engineer can be the manager of a business, a lawyer can have the job of judge, etc. </p>
<p>In many cases, the occupation is synonymous with the job that the person performs, for example: president of the Republic, president of the National Congress, municipal mayor, municipal official, executive secretary, school director, hospital director, orchestra director, etc.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span></p>
<p>Some examples of occupations and the correct form to write them on the form:</p>
<p>[First column]
<br />Police agent
<br />Coffee grower
<br />Corn farmer
<br />Construction laborer
<br />Assistant construction laborer
<br />Barber or hairdresser
<br />Bartender
<br />Carpenter, chair manufacturer
<br />Truck driver
<br />Animal slaughterer
<br />Census enumerator
<br />Supervisor of mail office
<br />Nurse in a health care center
<br />Plumber
<br />Make clay bricks</p>
<p>[Second column]
<br />Make cement blocks
<br />Make hats
<br />Make tortillas
<br />Wash and iron clothing
<br />Butler or overseer
<br />Milker
<br />Baker or make bread
<br />Fisherman
<br />Elementary school teacher
<br />Store manager
<br />Tire repairman
<br />Automobile vehicle repairman
<br />Tailor of men's clothing
<br />Planter of agricultural crops
<br />Arc welder
<br />Grocery vendor
<br />Tortilla vendor</p>
<p>To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's primary occupation in the last week at 3-digits (ISCO 1988).
Universe
Honduras 2001: Persons age 7+ who are in labor force except the first time job seekers [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |