Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census, 1970 Trinidad and Tobago - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1970

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Reference ID

TTO_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Occupation (past 12 months) (TT1970A_OCC)

Data file: TTO1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 206

End: 207

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section VI. Economic Activity 

[Questions 23-29 asked of all persons 10 years and over.]

26. Main type of job or occupation during past 12 months ____

Categories

Value	Category
01	Professional, technical, and related workers
02	Administrative and managerial workers
03	Clerical and related workers
04	Sales workers
05	Service workers
06	Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers, fishermen and hunters
07	Production and related workers, transport equipment operators, and laborers
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the occupation in which a person worked for the longest period during the 12 months preceding the Census.

Universe

Trinidad and Tobago 1970: Persons aged 10+ who worked in the past 12 months [discrepancies: type I 1.4%, type II 0.4%]

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