Population Census 2012 - IPUMS Subset
Zimbabwe, 2012
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ZWE_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Agency, IPUMS
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- ZWE2012_PHC-H-H
- ZWE2012_PHC-P-H
Occupation (3-digits) (ZW2012A_OCC)
Data file: ZWE2012_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
249
End:
251
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">D- For persons age 10 years and above </span>
<br />[Questions 20 to 22 were asked of persons age 10 years and above]</p>
<p>21. What was (the respondent's) main occupation during the last 12 months? </p>
<div class="i1">For codes 0-3 in Question 20 <br /><br />Occupation _ _ _</div>
<br />[Questions 20 to 22 were asked of persons age 10 years and above]</p>
<p>21. What was (the respondent's) main occupation during the last 12 months? </p>
<div class="i1">For codes 0-3 in Question 20 <br /><br />Occupation _ _ _</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Armed forces |
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officials of special interest groups |
| 115 | Other government and senior |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Managers and company secretaries |
| 211 | Physicists and related professional |
| 213 | Computing professionals and associates |
| 214 | Architects and associated professionals |
| 215 | Engineers, all types |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Medical doctors, all types except dentists |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 225 | Veterinarians, all types |
| 226 | Pharmaceuticals chemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists |
| 227 | Other health professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 233 | Primary education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 236 | Pre-primary teachers including associates |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians and related professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performance artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 247 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 299 | Professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 313 | Optical and electronic machine operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety quality inspectors |
| 316 | Technicians, uncertified |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associated professionals (except nurses) |
| 323 | Medical assistants |
| 324 | Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers |
| 325 | Temporary (untrained) secondary teachers |
| 332 | Temporary (untrained) primary teachers |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related (govt.) associate professional |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard operator clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 423 | Other clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers (based in institutions) |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 517 | Domestic workers (private homes) |
| 521 | Fashion and other models |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 524 | Businesspersons |
| 611 | Commercial farmers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 621 | Communal subsistence agricultural workers |
| 711 | Miners, short-firers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 715 | Gold panners |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural metal preparers and related trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 725 | Workshop attendants |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoe making trades workers |
| 811 | Plant and machine operators (all types) |
| 828 | Plant and machine assemblers (all types) |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile plant operators |
| 834 | Ships deck crews and related workers |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers (goods) |
| 912 | Shoe cleaning and other street services-elementary occupations (services) |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers (not home based) |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 997 | Occupation not elsewhere classified |
| 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 person's occupation.
Universe
Zimbabwe 2012: Persons age 10+ who are economically active but not unemployed or looking for work [discrepancies: type I 11.5%; type II 1.2%]
concept
Concept