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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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  • MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Occupation in primary job (groups) (MX2009H_C_OCU11C)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">III. Employment information</span></p>

<p>3. If [the respondent] has more than one job, we will talk about his/her primary job. What are the main functions or responsibilities [the respondent] has at his/her job?</p>
<div class="i1">Describe the main functions/responsibilities ________<br /><br />What is the name of the position or job title? ________<br /><br /><span class="em">Attention: </span>If the answer in question 3 refers to: housework in their own home, asking for assistance or money, or selling/pawning their own belongings, then correct the sequence in battery 1 and ask question 2.</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Professionals, technicians and art workers
02 Education workers
03 Officials and managers
04 Office workers
05 Industrial artisan workers and helpers
06 Merchants
07 Transport operators
08 Workers in personal services
09 Protection and surveillance workers
10 Agricultural workers
98 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">7.5 Battery III. Work context</span>
<br />Starting with this battery of questions and up to six, the information you obtain will refer exclusively to the main job of the employed population, such that it could have been performed during the reference week or they could have been absent from it, but with return assured.</p>

<p>The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the person's position or job, their title in the occupation, the size of the economic unit and how long they have been on the job, among others. In addition, based on title in the occupation, the purpose will be, in the case of:</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers, identify their level of autonomy and the line of their activity.<br />- Subordinate workers, identify whether they have a written contract and access to employment benefits, as well as the form in which they accessed their job.</div><span class="em">Question 3</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to find out the tasks or functions, as well as the name of the occupation, position or job they perform at their main job.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Conceptual clarifications:</p>
<div class="i1">Position or job. Set of functions, obligations and tasks habitually performed by a person in their job, employment or occupation.<br />Main job. That which the informant identifies as such, based on their own assessment, if the interviewee has had more than one during the reference week.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the worker's occupation in primary jobs (groups).
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q1 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed

concept

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