XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- MEX1990_PHC-H-H.dat
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Class of worker (MX1990A_CLASSWK)
Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
241
End:
241
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436">Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A430">15. Situation of work<br /><br />This person at work is: Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Employee or worker<br />[ ] 2 Day laborer or farm hand<br />[ ] 3 Self employed<br />[ ] 4 Boss or business person<br />[ ] 5 Works without pay in the family business or land</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A430">15. Situation of work<br /><br />This person at work is: Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Employee or worker<br />[ ] 2 Day laborer or farm hand<br />[ ] 3 Self employed<br />[ ] 4 Boss or business person<br />[ ] 5 Works without pay in the family business or land</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Employee (professional or manual labor) |
| 2 | Day laborer |
| 3 | Own-account worker |
| 4 | Owner or entrepreneur |
| 5 | Unpaid worker in family business or agricultural property |
| 9 | Not specified |
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 v="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436"><span class="h3">Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.</span><br /><br />Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A430"><span class="pg">[p.38]</span><br /><span class="h2">15. Work situation </span><br /><br />With this question, we want to know what position the person held in his/her principal job that he/she did the week before the census. This means, we want to know if the person was an employee or worker, day laborer or salaried laborer, self-employed, employer or businessman or if he/she worked without pay in a family business or property.<br /><br />It is understood that a person was an employee or worker, if he/she worked for pay or salary providing services to an employer; also if the person worked for the government, worked for a business, an establishment or institution, mark:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Employee or worker? [x] 1</div><br /><br />The administrators, managers, or general directors who are not the owners of the business, factory, or company where they work, should be considered employees.<br /><br />If the person worked as a day laborer or salaried laborer providing services to an employer in exchange for a salary or daily wage, you should mark:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Day laborer or salaried laborer? [x] 2</div><br /><br />The independent self-employed worker does no have employees nor workers to help, but can receive help from an unpaid family member.<br /><br />Be careful not to confuse the self-employed worker with an employer or businessman.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Self-employed? [x] 3</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.39]</span><br />An employer, businessman or owner is the owner of a business, company, or establishment that has workers and/or employees.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Employer or businessman [x] 4</div><br /><br />An unpaid family member helps in the family property or business without pay.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [x] 5</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A435"><span class="pg">[p.43]</span><br />[Illustration]<br />I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Flower vendor<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sell flowers<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[70]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To sell flowers<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />In the street<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [__] 1<br />Biweekly [200,000] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br /><br />-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Seamstress of dresses and blouses<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sew and cut blouses and dresses<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[30]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To cut and sew blouses and dresses<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />At home<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [80,000] 1<br />Biweekly [__] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br />[End of illustration]<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A430"><span class="pg">[p.38]</span><br /><span class="h2">15. Work situation </span><br /><br />With this question, we want to know what position the person held in his/her principal job that he/she did the week before the census. This means, we want to know if the person was an employee or worker, day laborer or salaried laborer, self-employed, employer or businessman or if he/she worked without pay in a family business or property.<br /><br />It is understood that a person was an employee or worker, if he/she worked for pay or salary providing services to an employer; also if the person worked for the government, worked for a business, an establishment or institution, mark:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Employee or worker? [x] 1</div><br /><br />The administrators, managers, or general directors who are not the owners of the business, factory, or company where they work, should be considered employees.<br /><br />If the person worked as a day laborer or salaried laborer providing services to an employer in exchange for a salary or daily wage, you should mark:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Day laborer or salaried laborer? [x] 2</div><br /><br />The independent self-employed worker does no have employees nor workers to help, but can receive help from an unpaid family member.<br /><br />Be careful not to confuse the self-employed worker with an employer or businessman.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Self-employed? [x] 3</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.39]</span><br />An employer, businessman or owner is the owner of a business, company, or establishment that has workers and/or employees.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Employer or businessman [x] 4</div><br /><br />An unpaid family member helps in the family property or business without pay.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [x] 5</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A435"><span class="pg">[p.43]</span><br />[Illustration]<br />I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Flower vendor<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sell flowers<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[70]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To sell flowers<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />In the street<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [__] 1<br />Biweekly [200,000] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br /><br />-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Seamstress of dresses and blouses<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sew and cut blouses and dresses<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[30]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To cut and sew blouses and dresses<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />At home<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [80,000] 1<br />Biweekly [__] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br />[End of illustration]<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates class of worker (e.g. employee, owner, etc).
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 12+ who worked or had a job last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |