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National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002
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Reference ID
ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Jan 05, 2026
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Jan 05, 2026
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Class of worker (AR2001A_OCCCAT)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="AR01A414 AR01A415 AR01A416 AR01A424 AR01A428 AR01A429 AR01A430 AR01A431 AR01A432 AR01A425 AR01A426 AR01A417"> [Questions 20-36 were asked of persons age 14+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="AR01A428 AR01A429 AR01A430 AR01A431 AR01A432 AR01A425 AR01A426 AR01A417">[Questions 28-36 were asked about the main job where the person works the most hours.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A425">31. In the principal job, you are:<br /><div class="i1">[] Worker or employee<br />[] Boss [skip questions 32-33]<br />[] Own-account worker [skip questions 32-33]<br />[] Family worker [skip questions 32-34]</div><br /><br />32. Do you work in. . .<br /><div class="i1">[Question 32 was asked of persons age 14+ who worked last week or had a job as a worker or employee, per questions 24, 25, 26, and 31.]<br /><br />[] A public sector job (national, provincial or municipal)?<br />[] A private sector job?<br />[] Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worker/public sector employee
2 Worker/private sector employee
3 Boss
4 Worker for their own account
5 Family worker with salary
6 Family worker without salary
9 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
Starting here, men and women who are 14 years old and more should answer the questions.</p>

<p>Follow the order of the questions strictly.</p>

<p>Pay attention to the sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps to continue asking the questions.</p>

<p>The questions 20 to 23 refer to the marital status of the persons 14 years old or more.</p>

<p><span class="em">Questions 24 to 37</span>
<br />These questions ask about the employment of the population. We will now see how some of the questions should be completed.</p>

<p>Carefully observe sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps tom continue asking questions.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A425"><span class="em">Question 31: In your principal work, are you a ______ ?</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Worker or employee</span>: persons who work in a relationship of dependency with an employer, business or state organism. Also considered employees are the workers in domestic service and ad--honorem workers.<br /><br /><span class="em">Employer</span>: individuals who, being sole owners or partners in a business, hire or employ at least one salaried person, which means that he/she has workers or employees.<br /><br /><span class="em">Self--employed worker</span>: the difference with an employer is that self--employed workers do not employ or contract persons, nor do they depend on an employer.<br /><br /><span class="em">Family worker</span>: persons who frequently carry out activities that help in the activity of a family member.</div><br /><br />Carefully observe the steps indicated by the arrows and the sub--categories to continue with the questioning.<br /><br /><span class="em">Question 32: Do you work in [sector of employment]?</span><br /><div class="i1">A state employee is one whose employer is a State institution, organism, section, or business in the national, provincial, or municipal jurisdictions.<br /><br />An employee of the private sector is one whose employer is a business, association and/or organization comprised of individuals, or by organizations or businesses with mixed property (public and private).</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the class of worker.
Universe
Argentina 2001: Persons age 14+ who worked or had a job last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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