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The 1990 General Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Turkiye, 1990
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TUR_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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State Institute of Statistics of Turkey, IPUMS
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Current occupation (1 digit) (TR1990A_OCC1)

Data file: TUR1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 170
End: 170
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TR90A418 TR90A419 TR90A420 TR90A421 TR90A422 TR90A423 TR90A424 TR90A425"><span class="em">Employment status in the last week</span><br />[Questions 27-33 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="TR90A419 TR90A420 TR90A421 TR90A422 TR90A423">[Questions 28-31 were asked of persons age 12 or older who worked or didn't work but has attachment to a job, as per question 27.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR90A419 TR90A420">28. Kind of work you did last week or the job you continue to hold: ____<br /><div class="i1">(Farmer, mechanical engineer, bank manager, typist, teacher, green grocer, shoe repairman, barber, weaving construction worker, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Scientific, technical, professional and related workers
2 Administrative and managerial workers
3 Clerical and related workers
4 Commercial and sales workers
5 Services workers
6 Agricultural, animal husbandry, forestry workers, fisherman and hunters
7 Nonagricultural production and related workers, transport equipment operators and laborers
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person current occupation (1-digit), based on the work the previous week.
Universe
Turkey 1990: Persons age 12+ who worked last week or have a job attachment [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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