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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Main occupation (1 digit) (TT2000A_OCCGRP)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 385
End: 386
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 6. Economic activity - For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over</span></p>

<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. Questions 23 to 24 apply to those answering [30] in Question 22.</p>

<p>26(a). Main kind of occupation/work</p>

<p>What kind of work was (N) [the respondent] doing (job held/ did (N) [the respondent] apply for) during the past week? e.g. secondary school teacher, account clerk, automobile mechanic?</p>
<div class="i1">Occupation____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Legislators, senior officials, and manager
02 Professionals
03 Technicians and associate professionals
04 Clerks
05 Service workers
06 Agricultural and fishery workers
07 Craft and related workers
08 Plant and machine operators
09 Elementary occupations
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="h3">Section 6 - Economic activity</span></p>

<p>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 during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past 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 (22) and makes use of it in his interviews.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 26 (a) - Main kind of occupation / work</span></p>

<p>You are required to obtain 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 job which the individual says is the main job is taken. If the respondent is still unsure of the main job done in the past week the one at which most time is spent will be recorded.</p>

<p>Probe for a description of the main duties performed. Examples of kind of work done are "preparing pay sheets", "filing correspondence", "teaching in primary school", "selling life insurance", etc. Be as specific as possible.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the occupation group of the person.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Persons age 15+ who worked or ever looked for work [discrepancies: none]

concept

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