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Population Census 2001, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 2001
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JAM_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Occupation, 1 digit (JM2001A_OCC1)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 298
End: 299
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM01A449 JM01A450 JM01A451 JM01A452 JM01A453 JM01A454 JM01A455 JM01A456 JM01A457 JM01A458 JM01A459 JM01A460 JM01A461 JM01A462">[Questions 4.1 - 4.8 for persons age 14 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A455 JM01A456 JM01A457 JM01A458"><span class="em">4.7 What kind of work do you do/does [the respondent] do/did you last do/did [the respondent] last do?</span><br /><div class="i1">________<br />_ _ _ _<br />[] Never worked (go to question 4.19)<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Armed forces
01 Legislators, senior officials and managers
02 Professionals
03 Technicians and associate professionals
04 Clerks
05 Service workers and shop and market sales workers
06 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
07 Craft and related trades workers
08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent’s occupation.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Persons age 14+ who worked or had a job (with or without pay) or was seeking a job in the previous week [discrepancies: type I .3%; type II trace]

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