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National Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1988
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Main occupation (PL1988A_OCC)

Data file: POL1988_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 96
End: 98
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Census of population (inhabitants)</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">14-23 Source of income</span></p>

<p><span class="em">14-17 Main employment</span></p>

<p>17. Write in the name of the working post in the working establishment listed above. Specify performed activities and duties ____
Categories
Value Category
001 Managers - in political, youth, social organizations and in trade unions, all levels
002 General managers of public administration bodies and collective organizations
003 Managers of foreign units
004 Chairmen of departments and similar units in central government and suchlike collective organizations, managers of local administration institutions
005 Managers and directors of sectors being part of central government and collective organizations, as well as of local administration institutions
006 General managers of local administration institutions, all levels
007 Directors, and individuals holding similar positions, of departments being part of local administration institutions
008 Managers of sectors being part of local administration institutions
009 General managers of associations and unions
010 Managers of departments being part of associations and unions
011 Directors of industrial complexes and big industrial enterprises
012 Directors of other industrial companies
013 Managers of factories, branches, and other units being part of industrial companies
014 Managers of departments being part of industrial enterprises
015 Directors of complexes and big building or investment-related enterprises
016 Directors of other building and investment-related companies
017 Managers of building companies, investment-related companies, construction associations, working groups, and similar units
018 Managers of departments being part of building and investment-related enterprises
019 Directors of designing, geology-related, and similar units
020 Managers of companies and offices based on designing, geology-related activities and similar activities
021 Managers of departments being part of designing, geology-related, and similar units
022 Directors of IT-related companies, offices, and similar units
023 Managers of IT-related centers, factories, and similar units
024 Managers of departments being part of IT-related companies
025 Directors of companies and offices providing municipal and housing services
026 Managers of units and branches of companies providing municipal and housing services
027 Managers of departments being part of companies providing municipal and housing services
028 Directors of agricultural complexes, big agricultural production companies and enterprises providing similar services
029 Directors of other production companies and enterprises providing similar services
030 Directors of agricultural production units and units providing similar services
031 Managers of departments being part of agricultural production companies and enterprises providing similar services
032 Directors of companies and enterprises providing agriculture-related and veterinary services
033 Managers of centers, units, and dispensaries providing agriculture-related and veterinary services
034 Managers of departments being part of companies and enterprises providing agriculture-related and veterinary services
035 Directors of companies and enterprises providing forestry and environment protection-related services
036 Managers of centers, units, and offices providing forestry and environment protection-related services
037 Managers of departments being part of companies and enterprises providing forestry and environment protection-related services
038 General manager and directors of offices being part of the Polish National Railways General Directorate, general dispatcher, general governors of national railways; directors of particular railway regions, general governors of units responsible for maintenance and supervision over national railways
040 Local dispatchers, governors of railway-related managements, National Railways Board, and other railway-related units
041 Governors and managers of executive units
042 Governors and managers of departments being part of Polish National Railways
043 Directors of complexes and big transportation or shipping companies
044 Directors of other transportation and shipping enterprises
045 Managers of companies providing transportation-related services, managers of units, offices, and branches providing transportation and shipping services
046 Managers of executive units, bus depots, stations, transportation depots, ships, etc.
047 Managers of departments being part of companies providing transportation and shipping services
048 General and local directors of post offices and telecommunication-oriented companies, General Inspector of the Radio Communication Supervision Inspectorate
049 Directors of local post offices and telecommunication-oriented units, radio communication offices, and local inspectors of the Radio Communication Supervision Inspectorate
050 Managers and governors of post and telecommunication units, technical exploitation regions, telecommunication-oriented objects, radio stations, and other communication and telecommunication units
051 Managers of departments being part of companies providing communication and telecommunication-related services
052 Directors of companies and enterprises providing commercial, catering-related and similar services
053 Managers of units, centers, storages, and wholesales providing commercial, catering-related and similar services
054 Managers of shops and retail outlets
055 Managers or restaurants, bars, cantinas and other mass catering and food provision units
056 Managers of departments being part of companies providing commercial, catering-related and similar services
057 Directors of institutes, research and development units and other units providing research and development-related services
058 Directors of companies, branches, and offices of institutes providing research and development-related services
059 Managers of centers, companies, and workshops being part of institutes providing research and development-related services
060 Directors of libraries and archives, directors of technical and economic information points
061 Directors of general libraries and archives, as well as their branches, dependent units, etc.
062 Managers of libraries, achieves, technical and economic information points and their branches, dependent units
063 Managers of departments being part of libraries, achieves, and technical and economic information points
064 Presidents and vice-presidents
065 Deans and vice-deans
066 Directors of university institutes, teacher-training facilities, and other education-related units
067 Managers of departments, laboratories, and workshops, which are parts of education-related units
068 Directors of schools, complexes of schools, and branches of schools and universities
069 Directors and managers of training centers, foreign language schools and similar education-related units
070 Directors and managers of kindergartens
071 Directors of out-of-school education facilities, such as nursing houses and youth hostels
072 Managers of out-of-school education facilities, nursing facilities, accommodation units, camps, etc.
073 Managers of departments being part of education, nursing, and out-of-school education institutes
074 Directors of art-related institutions
075 Managers of choirs, bands, ballets, dancing groups and other art-related groups
076 Managers of departments being part of art-related institutions
077 Directors of museums, exhibition centers, monuments protection institutions, art-related institutions
078 Managers of museums, exhibition centers, monuments protection institutions, art-related institutions
079 Managers of departments being part of institutions and companies providing showcasing, conservation, and exhibition-related services
080 Directors of publishing houses, production studios, radio and television stations, editors of press and magazines
081 Managers of branches and local units of agencies, publishing houses, production studios, and radio and television stations
082 Managers of departments being part of companies providing publishing, film production, radio and television-related services, managers of broadcasting centers located in companies and enterprises, editors of press and magazines published in particular companies only
083 Directors of community centers, community facilities and other culture promotion units
084 Managers of community centers, community facilities, clubs for adults, cinemas and other culture promotion units
085 Managers of departments being part of culture promotion units
086 Directors of health care complexes, complexes of hospitals, clinic hospitals, sanatoriums, and similar health care facilities
087 Directors of dispensaries, blood centers, emergency service units, national and local emergency service units, and inspectors of such units
088 Principal medical officers, chiefs of departments
089 Principal nurses, medical help, ward nurses
090 Managers of dispensaries, drugstores, ambulatories, social service and health care facilities
091 Directors of companies, centers, and units providing sport, tourism, accommodation, social or similar services
092 Managers of sport clubs, sport facilities, holiday resorts, hotels, resort hotels, etc.
093 Managers of departments being part of companies providing sport, tourism or accommodation-related services
094 Chairmen of courts, arbitration committees, public prosecutors, managers of prosecution institutions, chairmen of maritime offices, etc.
095 Managers of notarial offices, law offices
096 Managers of departments being part of institutions providing judicial services
097 Chairmen of bank board, directors of headquarters and local branches of banks and insurance institutions
098 Directors of headquarters and local branches of banks and insurance institutions, presidents of collective banks, directors of numerical lotteries
099 Directors of departments and offices operating in headquarters of banks and insurance institutions
100 Managers of departments being part of banks, insurance institutions, numerical lotteries, managers of branch offices, etc.
101 Managers of companies, facilities and centers providing immaterial services, which are not classified in other groups
102 Technical directors
103 Economic, financial, employment directors
104 Labor and social, training, and professional improvement directors
105 Administrative, organizational, commercial, and estate management directors
106 Main accountants
107 Managers of departments specializing in technical, construction, technology, renovation and conservation, as well as work safety-related issues
108 Managers of departments specializing in technical supervision
109 Managers of departments specializing in economy, finance, accounting, employment, reporting and payment-related issues
110 Managers of departments specializing in law and organization-related issues
111 Managers of departments specializing in labor, social, training, and professional improvement-related issues
112 Managers of departments specializing in administrative, organizational, commercial, estate management, and general servicing-related issues
113 Warehouse managers, excluding managers of commercial wholesales
114 Masters and similar professions
115 Directors and managers not classified in other groups
116 Experts specializing in social and political activities
117 Personal advisors of managers of national administration units and collective organizations
118 Experts, advisors, and inspectors working for national administration units, collective organizations, and for their branches
119 Local and municipal inspectors, district supervisors and similar experts specializing in administration-related issues
120 Experts specializing in provision of services for companies and institutions operating abroad
121 Architects, town-planners, designers, constructors, technologists, and similar professions
122 Supervisors, technical, building, exploitation and implementation, investment management, production, and safety inspectors
123 Production dispatchers and similar professions
124 Work safety inspectors, instructors, and similar professions
125 Quality control and technical supervision inspectors, controllers, technical surveyors and similar professions
126 Professionals of rationalization and development, work normalization, patent attorneys
127 Land surveyors, cartographers, geologists, and similar professions
128 Electricians, energetic engineers, electronic engineers, automatic engineers, metal workers, mechanics, and similar technical and production-related professions
129 Exact science-oriented professionals working outside education, hydrology and meteorology specialists
130 Technicians and production professionals, manipulators, and similar professions
131 Technical experts not classified in any other group
132 Analysts, designers, programmers, data processing organizers, and similar professions
133 Verification professionals, controllers, documentation gatherers, database creators, and similar professions
134 Agriculture engineers, mechanics, plumbers, planting instructors, plant protection instructions, zoo technicians, and similar professions connected with agriculture
135 Cultivation and breeding technicians, as well as similar professions
136 Vets
137 Veterinary controllers, inspectors, and technicians
138 Foresters, deputy foresters, and similar professions
139 Research associates, constables, collectors, and similar professions connected with forestry
140 Maritime navigation and inland navigation professionals
141 Aviation professionals
142 Experts, communication and transportation protection supervisors, transportation and shipping controllers and similar professions
143 Traffic orderlies, dispatches, transportation organizers, and similar professions
144 Collectors, railroad associates, machine operators, train drivers, and similar professions
145 Postal communication, radio and television communication professionals
146 Controllers, supervisors and other professions connected with postal communication, radio and television communication
147 International trade professionals, supply and selling experts, material and advertising professionals, as well as similar professions
148 International trade inspectors, supply and selling instructors, material and advertising instructors, as well as similar professions
149 Technical engineers, catering experts and similar professions
150 Professors, assistant professors
151 Research associates, assistants, lecturers, tutors, and similar professions
152 Experts - scientists and manipulators working for research institutions, research facilities, and educational organizations
153 Custodians, licensed librarians, research associates, librarian assistants, archivists, conservators, and similar professions
154 Licensed professionals keeping scientific, technical, and economic records, licensed documentation gatherers, assistants, and research associates
155 Librarians, inspectors, library and archiving instructors, stocktaking technicians, and similar professions
156 Inspectors, museum instructors, stocktaking technicians specializing in classification and categorizing of monuments, as well as similar professions
157 Conservators, monument renovators, book and archive renovators
158 Visitors, inspectors, education, nursing, and teaching instructors, as well as similar professions
159 Teachers in general and vocational schools, course leaders
160 Teachers in kindergartens
161 Educators in special training and education centers, nursing houses, kids shelters, and similar professions
162 Tutors and educators working in out-of-school facilities, as well as similar professions
163 Vocational tutors, vocational instructors, household maintenance instructors, and similar professions
164 Directors, stage designers, choreographers, conductors and similar professions
165 Actors, performers, dancers, musicians, and similar professions
166 Cameramen, operators, and similar professions
167 Film, radio, and TV production technicians
168 Organizers of cultural events, fair animators, stage managers, and similar professions
169 Plastics, graphics, and similar professions
170 Exhibitions and educational events inspectors and instructors, as well as similar professions
171 Journalists, editors, spokesmen, and similar professions
172 Writers and similar professions
173 Translators
174 Technical and visual editors, proofreaders, and similar professions connected with journalism and publishing
175 General practitioners
176 Dentists
177 Pharmacists
178 Biologists, microbiologists, medical analyst, and similar professions
179 Medical examination, dentistry, pharmacy, hygiene and nursing inspectors, sanitary supervisors, and similar professions
180 Barber surgeons, nurses, midwives, and similar professions
181 Medical, dentistry, and pharmacy technicians, medical laboratory technicians, therapy performance instructors
182 Movement rehabilitation experts
183 Tourism and accommodation experts, organizers of sport and recreation-related events
184 Tourism and recreation instructors, tour guides, informers, and similar professions
185 Coaches and sport instructors
186 Judges, court supervisors, associate judges, and advocate's trainees
187 Attorneys, vice-attorneys, associate attorneys, and attorney's trainees
188 Arbitrators, associate arbitrators, and arbitrator's trainees
189 Lawyers, lawyer's trainees
190 Notaries, supervisors, associate notaries, and notary's trainees
191 Advisors, reporters, and reference documentation gatherers
192 Professional custodians
193 Finance, loans, pricing, and insurance experts, treasurers, and similar professions
194 Accountants, financial, loans, and accounting inspectors, supervisors, as well as similar professions
195 Bailiffs
196 Management, work and production experts
197 Planning and statistics experts
198 Economists
199 Employment and wages experts
200 Employment, training, and professional improvement experts
201 Social issues experts
202 Administration and commerce experts
203 Psychologists, sociologists, and similar professions
204 Firefighters
205 Property protection and defense experts
206 Customs officers
207 Priests
208 Experts not classified in other groups
209 Technical issues, production, work normalization, work security reporters and similar professions
210 Technical draftsmen and similar professions
211 Economy, finance, material management, storage reporters and similar professions
212 Administrative and commerce reporters, as well as similar professions
213 Reporters not classified in other groups
214 Secretaries
215 Stenographers, office correspondents, clerks, and similar professions
216 Operators of digital machines and supplementary devices
217 Operators of small and medium machinery
218 Conservators of data processing machines and devices
219 Accountants, reckoners, and similar professions
220 Cashiers, excluding cashiers working in shops and selling tickets, and similar professions
221 Building administrators, pursers, receptionists, warehousemen, prop managers, and similar professions
222 Receptionists, dispatchers, ticket sellers, managers and supervisors of floors in hotels, as well as similar professions
223 Mayors
224 Technical executor not classified in other groups
225 Mining foremen
226 Miners, drillers, quarrymen, and similar professions
227 Operators of mining machinery and similar professions
228 Gas and oil extraction machinery operators and similar professions
229 Other miners and similar professions
230 Ironworks foremen
231 Metalworkers and similar professions
232 Founders, smelters, iron founders, and similar professions
233 Blacksmiths and similar professions
234 Metal and ore processors and similar professions
235 Other metallurgists
236 Foremen in metal processing companies
237 Panel beaters, lofts-men, metal melting workers, and similar professions
238 Machinist millers, grinders, metal drillers, and similar professions
239 Welders and similar professions
240 Galvanizing workers, metal processers, varnishing workers, and similar professions
241 Locksmith and similar professions
242 Other metal processing workers
243 Mechanics and assemblers, excluding professional mechanics, electric engineers, electronic engineers/
244 Machinery operators and similar professions
245 Professional mechanics, excluding professional engineers, electric engineers, electronic engineers
246 Professional assemblers, excluding professional engineers, electric engineers, electronic engineers
247 Greasers and similar professions
248 Assemblers and professional engineers
249 Professional assemblers, professional engineers, opticians, and similar professions
250 Jewelers, goldsmiths, grinders of precious stones, precious metal workers, and similar professions
251 Foremen working in companies connected with providing power supply, electronic and technical services
252 Power line engineers, excluding stationary machinery operators
253 Electric devices' engineers, electric devices assemblers, electric and electronic installations and machinery assemblers
254 Power and telecommunication lines assemblers and engineers
255 Equipment, apparatuses, and automatic machinery assemblers, operators of electronic, electric, electro technical machines and devices
256 Assemblers of transmission, telecommunication, and tele-commutation devices
257 Foremen in chemical companies
258 Chemical processes operators, fabric production operators, and similar professions
259 Hand packers of paper, rubber, and plastic commodities
260 Chemical production, paper and cellulose production devices' operators
261 Burners in chemical production-oriented companies and similar professions
262 Other chemical production workers and similar professions
263 Foremen in construction materials, glass, and ceramics production companies
264 Process operators in companies specializing in construction materials, glass, and ceramics production
265 Ceramic, gypsum, and silicate products shapers, model-makers, foundry workers in companies producing glass, ceramic, and abrasive products and similar professions
266 Glass and ceramics decorators, as well as similar professions
267 Operators of machines used to produce construction materials and similar professions
268 Other construction materials, glass, and ceramics production workers
269 Foremen in woodworking and wood production companies
270 Carpenters, woodworkers, wheelwrights, coopers
271 Operators of machinery used for wood processing and wood production, as well as similar professions
272 Wood butchers, and similar professions
273 Wood grinders, shapers, processors, machinist millers and similar professions
274 Basket makers, rim makers and similar professions
275 Other woodworkers and wood production professionals
276 Foremen in companies producing textiles
277 Fiber inspectors, spinners, and similar professions
278 Operators of textile production machinery, knitters, shapers and similar professions
279 Dyers and finishers of textiles, as well as similar professions
280 Other textiles production workers
281 Tailors, sewers and similar professions
282 Knitters, shapers and similar professions
283 Furriers
284 Hat makers, milliners
285 Lingerie makers and similar professions
286 Embroidery makers and similar professions
287 Upholsterers and similar professions
288 Other clothing production workers and similar professions
289 Foremen in leather processing companies
290 Tanners and tanning machine operators, as well as similar professions
291 Shoemakers and similar professions
292 Leatherworkers and saddlers
293 Other leather processing and leather production workers
294 Foremen in food processing and similar professions
295 Process operators in sugar production and similar professions
296 Process operators and supervisors of machines and devices used for processing of potatoes, starch produces and similar professions
297 Process operators in alcoholic beverages production
298 Process operators and supervisors of machines and devices used for production of canned food, smokers, salt adders, and similar professions
299 Process operators and supervisors of machines and devices used for meat processing, butchers, sausage makers, and similar professions
300 Process operators and supervisors of machines and devices used for eggs and poultry processing, classification professionals, poultry breeders, and similar professions
301 Process operators in dairy products production, butter and cheese makers, and similar professions
302 Process operators in production and processing of fruits and vegetables, press operators, blender operators, and similar professions
303 Operators of machines and devices used for grain processing, millers, granary supervisors, and similar professions
304 Operators of machines and devices used for production of bakery products, bakers, pastry cooks and similar professions
305 Operators of machines and devices used for production of confectionery products, chocolate makers, caramel makers, and similar professions
306 Operators of machines used for production of tobacco-related products
307 Process operators of utilization devices, fodder producers, and similar professions
308 Other food processing workers
309 Foremen in printing companies
310 Automatic and manual assemblers, operators of printing devices, printing professionals and similar professions
311 Copying professionals, reproduction makers, correctors, engravers, product preparation experts, and similar professions
312 Binders, producers of paper-based and plastic items
313 Other workers hired in printing industry
314 Violin makers, musical instrument assemblers and adjusters, keyboard makers, adjusters, musical instrument makers, and similar professions
315 Process operators of devices used for distribution of liquids, packers, product labelers, and similar professions
316 Operators of cranes and gantry cranes
317 Operators of lifts and similar professions
318 Operators of loading machinery in harbors, longshoremen, and similar professions
319 Operators of loading and sorting machinery, excluding machinery used in harbors
320 Foremen in construction-related companies
321 Concreters, bricklayers, assemblers, carpenters, enforcers, and similar professions
322 Glazers and similar professions
323 Painters and similar professions
324 Floorers and similar professions
325 Stonemasons and similar professions
326 Pavers and similar professions
327 Railroad constructors and similar professions
328 Dam constructors, drainpipe assemblers and similar professions
329 Other construction workers
330 Operators of machines used for road works, ground works, track laying, water and sewage-related works, as well as similar professions
331 Assemblers of steel and enforced constructions, as well as similar professions
332 Pipe network assemblers, plumbers and similar professions
333 Individual farmers
334 Foremen in agriculture
335 Workers in arable farming
336 Gardeners and similar professions
337 Breeders and similar professions
338 Operators of devices used in agriculture and horticulture
339 Fishermen /inland and maritime fishers
340 Other agricultural workers
341 Foremen in forestry and similar professions
342 Operators of machines and devices used for gathering and processing of peat
343 Operators of machines and forestry equipment, woodcutters, rafts-men, and similar professions
344 Forest protection, exploitation and management workers
345 Train operators, operators of rail traction units, smokers, and similar professions
346 Ticker inspectors
347 Train maneuvering and maintenance workers, compartment inspectors and similar professions
348 Tram and trolley drivers
349 Car drivers
350 Sailors
351 Boatswains - ship conservators, snorkelers, divers, and similar professions
352 Typists, telephone typing professionals and operators of office equipment
353 Callers, telegraphers, radio-telegraphers, radio-callers
354 Postal dispatchers and clerks
355 Salesmen and cashiers in shops
356 Clerks in servicing points and buying stations
357 Assistants of nurses, paramedics, and similar professions
358 Orthopedists
359 Waiters, buffet workers
360 Cooks
361 Hairdressers, beauticians, and similar professions
362 Photographers, film and photography associates, and similar professions
363 Cleaners, ironing workers, dyers, and similar professions
364 Firefighters
365 Guards
366 Laboratory technicians, assistants, and similar professions
367 Foremen not classified in other groups
368 Haberdashery makers, toy makers, and similar professions
369 Dress fitter, assemblers of decorations and other workers not classified in other groups
370 Janitors, runners, porters, liftboys, dressing room workers, wardens, and similar professions
371 Workers employed in transportation, loading, packers, luggage carriers, storage keepers, and similar professions
372 Ash collectors, strokes, chimneysweepers, and similar professions
373 Cleaners, sanitation workers, agricultural workers, and other workers performing activities not requiring any professional qualifications
374 Not specified working positions
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the occupation of the person who is providing economic support.
Universe
Poland 1988: Persons who were economically active and were the main or additional source of maintainance to the household [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.9%]

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