National Population, Family, and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset
Argentina, 1970
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ARG_1970_PHC_v01_M_v04_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institue of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation [2 digit] (AR1970A_0418)
Data file: ARG1970-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
178
End:
180
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Economic Characteristics -- for all individuals ten years of age and older
[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]
Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.
[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]
14. What is the occupation, position, or profession that provides the greatest part of your income? ____
Write, for example: tailor, sheep shearing, driller (tornero), agricultural laborer (peón de estancia), truck driver, butcher, taxi driver, construction laborer (peón de albañil), doctor, accounting assistant, cashier, director of sales, carpenter, etc.
[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]
Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.
[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]
14. What is the occupation, position, or profession that provides the greatest part of your income? ____
Write, for example: tailor, sheep shearing, driller (tornero), agricultural laborer (peón de estancia), truck driver, butcher, taxi driver, construction laborer (peón de albañil), doctor, accounting assistant, cashier, director of sales, carpenter, etc.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Specialists in chemical physics sciences and similar technicians |
| 2 | Engineering architects and similar technicians |
| 3 | Engineering architects and similar technicians |
| 4 | Pilots and deck officials and machinery officials (aviation and marine) |
| 5 | Biologists, agronomists and similar technicians |
| 6 | Doctors, dental surgeons and similar workers |
| 7 | Doctors, dental surgeons and similar workers |
| 8 | Mathematical statisticians, system analysts and similar technicians |
| 9 | Economists |
| 11 | Accountants |
| 12 | Jurists |
| 13 | Professors |
| 14 | Members of the clergy and similar workers |
| 15 | Newspaper authors and similar writers |
| 16 | Sculptors, painters, photographers and similar artists |
| 17 | Musicians, artists, businessmen and women and producers of the theater |
| 18 | Professional athletes and similar workers |
| 19 | Similar professionals, technicians and workers not classified under other headings |
| 20 | Members of legislative bodies and personnel directed by the public administration |
| 21 | Directors and directed personnel |
| 30 | Heads of office employees |
| 31 | Administrative agents (public administration) |
| 32 | Shorthand clerks, typists and operators of card punch machines |
| 33 | Accounting employees, cashiers and similar workers |
| 34 | Operators of machines for accenting calculations and statistics |
| 35 | Heads of transportation and telecommunications services |
| 36 | Heads of trains, heads of restaurant cars and collectors |
| 37 | Mailmen and women and messengers |
| 38 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 39 | Administrative personnel and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 40 | Directors (retail or wholesale commerce) |
| 41 | Commercial owners (retail or wholesale commerce) |
| 42 | Heads of buyers and sellers |
| 43 | Agents, sales technicians, traveling salesmen and women and factory representatives |
| 44 | Insurance agents, real estate agents and stock market agents, agents of sales of services to businesses and auctioneers |
| 45 | Sellers, commercial employees and similar workers |
| 49 | Storekeepers and sellers not classified under other headings |
| 50 | Directors (services of hotels, bars and similar businesses) |
| 51 | Owner managers (services of hotels, bars and similar businesses) |
| 52 | Heads of servants |
| 53 | Cooks, servers, bartenders and similar workers |
| 54 | Servant personnel not classified under other headings |
| 55 | Guards of buildings, cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 56 | Washers, cleaners in drying and ironing |
| 57 | Hairdressers, specialists in beauty treatments and similar workers |
| 58 | Personnel in the service of protection and security |
| 59 | Workers in services not classified under other headings |
| 60 | Directors and heads of agricultural operations |
| 61 | Agricultural operations |
| 62 | Agricultural workers |
| 63 | Forest workers |
| 64 | Fishers, hunters and similar workers |
| 70 | Foremen |
| 71 | Workers in the treatment of minerals and rocks, miners, stonemasons, drillers and similar workers |
| 72 | Metalworkers |
| 73 | Workers in the treatment of lumber and the fabrication of paper |
| 74 | Workers chemical treatments and similar workers |
| 75 | Textile workers, spinners, weavers, dyers and similar workers |
| 76 | Workers in the preparation, tanning and treatment of furs |
| 77 | Workers in the preparation of food products and drinks |
| 78 | Tobacco workers |
| 79 | Tailors, sewers, cutters and similar workers |
| 80 | Footwear workers, shoe repair person and workers in leather |
| 81 | Wood workers |
| 82 | Workers in stone, foremen, ornament makers |
| 83 | Workers with metals |
| 84 | Mechanics in general (excluding electricians), watchmakers, fitters and installers of precision machines and instruments |
| 85 | Electricians, electronicists and similar workers |
| 86 | Operators of radio and television stations and teams of soundtracks of cinematic projects |
| 87 | Plumbers, welders, panel beaters, boilermakers, preparers and UndocumentedmomtaresUndocumented of metal structures |
| 88 | Jewelers and silversmiths |
| 89 | Glass workers, ceramicists and similar workers |
| 90 | Workers in the fabrication of rubber and plastic products |
| 91 | Workers in paper, builders of paper and cardboard products |
| 92 | Graphic arts workers |
| 93 | Painters |
| 94 | Similar manufacturers and workers not classified under other headings |
| 95 | Construction workers |
| 96 | Operators of permanent machines and similar installations |
| 97 | Workers in the manipulation of machinery and materials and in the movement of land |
| 98 | Transportation vehicle drivers |
| 99 | Public administration and defense workers |
| 990 | Workers not classified under other headings |
| 999 | Unknown |
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
Economic Characteristics
1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).
[p.161]
2. The Census will take place on September 30.
You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.
The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."
[p.162]
3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.
The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.
[p.163]
4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.
Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].
[p.164]
5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].
[p.165]
6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.
But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.
8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.
These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.
Mr. Pereira fixes radios in his house and in addition works in a store that sells electrical goods. Mr. Pereira says that he "earns more" as a vendor.
What answer will you mark for the question number 14"
[vendor of electrical goods].
[p.168]
9. The name of the occupation, job, or profession that the person answering the census gives as an answer to the question number 14, should always be the one that provides him/her with the [greatest income].
This name should provide a precise idea of the occupation, job, or profession that the person carries out.
[p.169]
10. If a person says: "I work in a family home, where I only take care of the children."
In the question number 14, of the following occupations, which would you mark? [nanny]
[p.170]
11. The oldest of the Misses Garcia works as a supervisor in the Purchasing Office for the National Sanitation Works.
In this case, you would write:
[Supervisor of the Purchasing Office]
1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).
[p.161]
2. The Census will take place on September 30.
You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.
The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."
[p.162]
3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.
The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.
[p.163]
4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.
Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].
[p.164]
5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].
[p.165]
6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.
But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.
8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.
These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.
Mr. Pereira fixes radios in his house and in addition works in a store that sells electrical goods. Mr. Pereira says that he "earns more" as a vendor.
What answer will you mark for the question number 14"
[vendor of electrical goods].
[p.168]
9. The name of the occupation, job, or profession that the person answering the census gives as an answer to the question number 14, should always be the one that provides him/her with the [greatest income].
This name should provide a precise idea of the occupation, job, or profession that the person carries out.
[p.169]
10. If a person says: "I work in a family home, where I only take care of the children."
In the question number 14, of the following occupations, which would you mark? [nanny]
[p.170]
11. The oldest of the Misses Garcia works as a supervisor in the Purchasing Office for the National Sanitation Works.
In this case, you would write:
[Supervisor of the Purchasing Office]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation [2 digits] of the current or the previous job for a jobseeker.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who were employed or experienced unemployed seeking work
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |