1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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- TTO1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Main occupation during previous week (three digits) (TT1990A_OCC)
Data file: TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
185
End:
188
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4. Economic activity - For all persons 15 years old and over</span></p>
<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. It relates to the past week as well as the past 12 months. Questions 16 to 18 apply to those answering from 10 to 30 in Question 15.</p>
<p>Interviewer: Job seekers and persons wanting work must have responses to Questions 16-18</p>
<p>17(a). What kind of work was [the respondent] doing (job held) during the past week, e.g. secondary school teacher, account clerk, automobile mechanic?</p>
<div class="i1">Occupation____</div>
<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. It relates to the past week as well as the past 12 months. Questions 16 to 18 apply to those answering from 10 to 30 in Question 15.</p>
<p>Interviewer: Job seekers and persons wanting work must have responses to Questions 16-18</p>
<p>17(a). What kind of work was [the respondent] doing (job held) during the past week, e.g. secondary school teacher, account clerk, automobile mechanic?</p>
<div class="i1">Occupation____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0011 | Armed forces |
| 0112 | Senior government officials, traditional chiefs, and heads of villages |
| 0121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 0122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 0123 | Other department managers |
| 0131 | General managers |
| 0211 | Physicists, chemists, matemathicians, statisticians, computing and related professionals |
| 0214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 0221 | Life science and health professionals (except nursing) |
| 0231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 0232 | Secondary education, primary, and pre-primary teaching professionals |
| 0241 | Business professionals |
| 0242 | Legal professionals |
| 0244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 0245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 0246 | Religious professionals |
| 0299 | Professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 0311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 0312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 0313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 0314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 0315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 0321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 0322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 0331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 0332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 0333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 0334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 0341 | Finance, sales associate, business service professionals, and trade brokers |
| 0343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 0344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 0345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 0346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 0347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 0399 | Technicians and associate professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 0411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 0412 | Numerical clerks |
| 0413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 0414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 0415 | Clerks, undocumented category |
| 0421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 0422 | Client information clerks |
| 0499 | Clerks, not elsewhere classified |
| 0511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 0512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 0513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 0514 | Other personal services workers |
| 0599 | Service workers, shop and market sales workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 0611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 0612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 0613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 0699 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 0712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 0713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 0714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 0721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 0722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 0723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 0724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 0731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 0733 | Handicraft workers in wood,textile, leather and related materials |
| 0741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 0742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 0743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 0744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 0799 | Craft and related trade workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 0811 | Mining- and mineral-processing-plant operators |
| 0812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 0815 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 0816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 0821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 0822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 0823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 0825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 0826 | Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 0827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 0828 | Assemblers |
| 0829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 0832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 0833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 0834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 0899 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers, not elsewhere classified |
| 0911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 0913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 0914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 0915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 0916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 0921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 0931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 0932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 0933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 0999 | Elementary occupation, not elsewhere classified |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 9999 | 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">Section 4 - Economic activity-questions [15] to [21] </span><div class="i1">The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is the production of goods and services for sale during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past twelve [12] months and, those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question [15] and makes use of it in his interviews. Generally, work done outside Trinidad and Tobago is not relevant to the census, but work done under contract on Canadian farms by residents is to be included, as also is work by resident crew on ships and aircraft operating outside of the country. <br />It should be noted that priority is given to work over all other activities. Also, economic activity holds precedence over non-economic.</div><p>Question 17 - Main type of occupation/work </p>
<div class="i1">You are required to write the kind of work the person has done during the past week. Where the person has done more than one job during the reference period the question relates to the principal job, this in general, will be the one at which he spent most time. Probe for a description of the main duties performed. Examples of kind of work done are "preparing pay sheets", "filling correspondence", "teaching in primary school", "selling life insurance", etc. Be as specific as possible.<br />The job title refers to the official name given by the employer or appearing in the union agreement to classify the actual work done and is used to determine the person's rate of pay or pay-scale. The job title should be written in as much detail as possible and vague terms must be avoided. Descriptions such as agent, apprentice, attendant, clerk, proprietor, sales man are insufficient-they must be qualified. <br />The following are examples of acceptable designations: House real estate agent, Life insurance agent, Chartered accountant, Departmental store sales clerk, Electrical engineer I, Bus driver, Police sergeant, Secondary school teacher or Teacher II, Maxi taxi driver, Sales manager etc.</div>
<div class="i1">You are required to write the kind of work the person has done during the past week. Where the person has done more than one job during the reference period the question relates to the principal job, this in general, will be the one at which he spent most time. Probe for a description of the main duties performed. Examples of kind of work done are "preparing pay sheets", "filling correspondence", "teaching in primary school", "selling life insurance", etc. Be as specific as possible.<br />The job title refers to the official name given by the employer or appearing in the union agreement to classify the actual work done and is used to determine the person's rate of pay or pay-scale. The job title should be written in as much detail as possible and vague terms must be avoided. Descriptions such as agent, apprentice, attendant, clerk, proprietor, sales man are insufficient-they must be qualified. <br />The following are examples of acceptable designations: House real estate agent, Life insurance agent, Chartered accountant, Departmental store sales clerk, Electrical engineer I, Bus driver, Police sergeant, Secondary school teacher or Teacher II, Maxi taxi driver, Sales manager etc.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the main occupation of the person during the previous week (three digits).
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: Persons age 15+ that are economically active [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |