National Census of Housing and Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset
Bolivia, 1992
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Reference ID
BOL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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- BOL1992_PHC-H-H.dat
- BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation category (employment status) (BO1992A_CLASSWK)
Data file: BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
210
End:
210
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="BO92A430 BO92A431 BO92A432"><span class="em">Only for those who marked one of the choices in part A in the previous question (15).</span><br />[Applies to questions 16-18.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="BO92A432">18. In this occupation do you work (or did you work if unemployed) as a:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Manual laborer (Rural peasant, day laborer, agricultural manager) <br />[] 2 White-collar/professional employee<br />[] 3 Own-account worker <br />[] 4 Owner, partner or employer<br />[] 5 Member of a production cooperative<br />[] 6 Independent professional<br />[] 7 Unpaid family worker or unpaid apprentice</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="BO92A432">18. In this occupation do you work (or did you work if unemployed) as a:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Manual laborer (Rural peasant, day laborer, agricultural manager) <br />[] 2 White-collar/professional employee<br />[] 3 Own-account worker <br />[] 4 Owner, partner or employer<br />[] 5 Member of a production cooperative<br />[] 6 Independent professional<br />[] 7 Unpaid family worker or unpaid apprentice</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employee - manual labor |
| 2 | Employee - white collar/professional |
| 3 | Own-account worker |
| 4 | Owner, partner, or employer |
| 5 | Member of a production cooperative |
| 6 | Independent professional |
| 7 | Unpaid family worker or unpaid apprentice |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BO92A432"><span class="h3">Question 18. In this occupation you work (or used to work if unemployed) as?:</span><br /><br />When asking this question read the options slowly and in the order indicated, and record the appropriate one in accordance with the following terms:<br /><br /><span class="em">1. Manual Laborer (Unskilled laborer, day-laborer, foreman)</span><br /><br />Is a person who performs a predominantly manual job, and who works for a public or private employer, receiving a salary or daily wage. The manual laborer generally performs tasks directly related to production, of a manual nature, and based on physical effort.<br /><br />Examples: Driver of a truck for industry, driver in the construction sector, doorkeeper in a factory, builders, unskilled laborers, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">2. [Office] Employee</span><br /><br />Is a person who performs a predominantly intellectual occupation and who works for a public or private employer, receiving a salary for their job. The employee generally performs administrative tasks not directly related to production nor based on physical effort.<br /><br />Examples: Secretaries, doctors in a general hospital, primary or secondary school teachers, public employees, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">3. Own-account worker</span><br /><br />Is a person who runs their own company or business, without having any compensated workers in their charge and without depending on an owner. The own-account worker runs their own <span class="pg">[p. 48]</span> economic unit, selling and/or producing goods and/or services, with or without the help of family workers or unpaid apprentices.<br /><br />Example: Cutter, carpenter, street vendors, master builder, plumber, and others.<br /><br /><span class="em">4. Owner, partner or employer</span><br /><br />Is the owner and/or partner of an economic unit that produces goods and/or services, who necessarily contracts one or more paid workers, whether temporarily or permanently.<br /><br />Example: Doctors with more than two employees, factory owners, owners of large or medium-sized workshops, construction contractors and others.<br /><br /><span class="em">5. Member of a production cooperative</span><br /><br />Is a person who works actively in a cooperative business, receiving income or assuming the losses in their role as a partner.<br /><br />Example: members of mining cooperatives, members of gold cooperatives, members of transportation cooperatives (shuttles, taxis), etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">6. Independent professional</span><br /><br />A person who practices or performs tasks supported by their academic bachelors degree; they work, without depending on an owner, in activities that provide professional services, directed and carried out by them. The independent professional has a maximum of two employees.<br /><br />Example: Lawyers who perform services in their firms, doctors with their own offices, architects who design plans privately, etc.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 49]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">7. Unpaid family worker or apprentice</span><br /><br />A person who, whether a member of the household of the owner of the establishment where they work or not, performs an activity without receiving monetary compensation in exchange.<br /><br />Example: Helper in a mechanic's workshop, children of store owners who help out with selling, family members of rural farmers, etc.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's employment status in her occupation category.
Universe
Bolivia 1992: Persons age 7+ who worked last week or worked before and looked for work last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |