National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset
Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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- Data files
- PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat
- PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation (2-digits) in primary job last week (PE2017A_OCC2)
Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
298
End:
299
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)</span></p>
<p><span class="em">19. Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: high school teacher, lawyer, farm hand, farmer, street food vendor, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
<p><span class="em">19. Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: high school teacher, lawyer, farm hand, farmer, street food vendor, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Commissioned armed forces officers |
| 02 | Non-commissioned armed forces officers |
| 03 | Armed forces occupations, other ranks |
| 11 | Chief executives, senior officials and legislators |
| 12 | Administrative and commercial managers |
| 13 | Production and specialised services managers |
| 14 | Hospitality, retail and other services managers |
| 21 | Science and engineering professionals |
| 22 | Health professionals |
| 23 | Teaching professionals |
| 24 | Business and administration professionals |
| 25 | Information and communications technology professionals |
| 26 | Legal, social and cultural professionals |
| 31 | Science and engineering associate professionals |
| 32 | Health associate professionals |
| 33 | Business and administration associate professionals |
| 34 | Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals |
| 35 | Information and communications technicians |
| 41 | General and keyboard clerks |
| 42 | Customer services clerks |
| 43 | Numerical and material recording clerks |
| 44 | Other clerical support workers |
| 51 | Personal service workers |
| 52 | Sales workers |
| 53 | Personal care workers |
| 54 | Protective services workers |
| 61 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers |
| 62 | Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers |
| 71 | Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians |
| 72 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers |
| 73 | Handicraft and printing workers |
| 74 | Electrical and electronic trades workers |
| 75 | Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers |
| 81 | Stationary plant and machine operators |
| 82 | Assemblers |
| 83 | Drivers and mobile plant operators |
| 91 | Cleaners and helpers |
| 92 | Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers |
| 93 | Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport |
| 94 | Food preparation assistants |
| 95 | Street and related sales and service workers |
| 96 | Refuse workers and other elementary workers |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For persons of 5 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 19: Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span>
<br />Write down the specific name of the primary occupation performed by the respondent in the last week.</p>
<p>If the respondent answers that he/she had more than one occupation, kindly ask him/her which of them he/she considers as his/her primary occupation. The respondent should identify it, then write it down in the boxes.</p>
<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">Write down the primary occupation in which the respondent worked last week and not the profession or trade that he/she has studied or learned and that he/she does not perform as a job. Example: The respondent is a teacher, but last week he worked as Principal of a national educational center, so write down: Principal Of National Educational Center.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Primary occupation</span>: It is the one that the respondent considers as such and refers to the work performed by the person for the production of goods and services during the last week.
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 19: Last week, what was your primary occupation?</span>
<br />Write down the specific name of the primary occupation performed by the respondent in the last week.</p>
<p>If the respondent answers that he/she had more than one occupation, kindly ask him/her which of them he/she considers as his/her primary occupation. The respondent should identify it, then write it down in the boxes.</p>
<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">Write down the primary occupation in which the respondent worked last week and not the profession or trade that he/she has studied or learned and that he/she does not perform as a job. Example: The respondent is a teacher, but last week he worked as Principal of a national educational center, so write down: Principal Of National Educational Center.</div><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Primary occupation</span>: It is the one that the respondent considers as such and refers to the work performed by the person for the production of goods and services during the last week.
Description
Universe
Peru 2017: Persons age 5+ who worked last week or did not work last week but had a job, business, occasional work or worked on a farm or family business [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |