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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Employment status (MX1990A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
231
End:
231
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="MX90A426">13. Principal activity<br /><br />Last week, this person: Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Worked<br />[ ] 2 Had a job but didn't work<br />[ ] 3 Looked for work<br />[ ] 4 Is a student<br />[ ] 5 Does housework<br />[ ] 6 Retired<br />[ ] 7 Permanently incapacitated to work<br />[ ] 8 Didn't work for other reasons</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A426">13. Principal activity<br /><br />Last week, this person: Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Worked<br />[ ] 2 Had a job but didn't work<br />[ ] 3 Looked for work<br />[ ] 4 Is a student<br />[ ] 5 Does housework<br />[ ] 6 Retired<br />[ ] 7 Permanently incapacitated to work<br />[ ] 8 Didn't work for other reasons</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Worked |
| 2 | Had a job but did not work |
| 3 | Looked for work |
| 4 | Is a student |
| 5 | Does only household domestic duties |
| 6 | Is retired or a pensioner |
| 7 | Is permanently disabled for purposes of work |
| 8 | Did not work for other reasons |
| 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="MX90A426"><span class="h2">13. Principal activity</span><br /><br />With this question you want to know the type of activity that the person was engaged in the week before the census, which means the week from March 5 to 11, 1990.<br /><br />If the person carried out any type of economic activity, which means that he/she worked for an income, profit, pay, salary, days wages, or any other type of payment in money or goods, mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I work in my taxi.<br />-Here is your pay.<br />-I get paid in goods.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />A person is paid in goods when instead of receiving money for his/her work, he/she receives, for example, products like beans, corn or other products.<br /><br />For the purpose of the census, if a person carried out agricultural activities with the goal of obtaining products for his/her own consumption and consumption of his/her family, it is considered that:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />If a person worked only a few hours a day, if he/she worked only a few days in the week or at least for one hour between March 5 to 11, 1990, you should mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />If the person worked, in the week before the census, helping at a family business or shop without any pay, you should mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I help my father for three hours a day in the carpentry shop.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />If the person worked, in the week before the census, as an apprentice or assistant in a business, store, or shop, you should also mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-Look how he cuts hair.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />The answer 'had work, but did not work' should be marked if the person, during the week before the census, had work but:<br /><br /><div class="i1">-Was waiting to begin or continue farm labor.<br />-If the person was sick or temporarily incapacitated for work.<br />-If the person was one strike, on a work stoppage, or taking care of urgent personal business.<br />-Was on vacation, had an excuse or permission to not go to work.</div><br /><br />In all of these cases, mark the option:<br /><div class="i1">Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustrations]<br />Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2<br />Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2<br />[End of illustrations]</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.35]</span><br />If the person actively looked for work in the week of March 5 to 11, 1990, mark:<br /><div class="i1">Looked for work? [x] 3</div><br /><br />Actively look for work means to fill out applications, look in the newspapers, go to places that offer work or ask friends or relatives if they know about any jobs.<br /><br />A person can have employment and look for another job. If the person worked and looked for another job in the week of March 5 to 11, 1990, you should only mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br />Under no circumstances should you mark two answers.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />Looked for work? [x] 3<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />If the person spent time exclusively as a student, dedicated to household chores, is retired or pensioned, is incapacitated permanently for work, or did not work for another reason, such as has rent income, savings, investments or is supported by another person, you should mark the corresponding answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />Did housework in his/her home? [x] 5<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />In all of these cases you should be sure, before you mark the corresponding answer, that the person did not work, which means that he/she did not carry out any economic activity. If the person worked and also studied; or worked and also did household chores; or worked and is pensioned, you should only mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />Remember that you should only mark one answer.<br /><br />If the person answers for the week before the census:<br /><br />If he/she answers:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1<br />Or<br />Had a job but did not work? [x] 2<br />Ask the following questions:</div><br /><br />You should ask the questions: 14. Principal occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity; and 18. Income.<br /><br />The questions of Principal Occupation, Labor situation, hours and Economic Activity refer to the job that the person carried out during the week before the census.<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="MX90A426"><span class="h2">13. Principal activity</span><br /><br />With this question you want to know the type of activity that the person was engaged in the week before the census, which means the week from March 5 to 11, 1990.<br /><br />If the person carried out any type of economic activity, which means that he/she worked for an income, profit, pay, salary, days wages, or any other type of payment in money or goods, mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I work in my taxi.<br />-Here is your pay.<br />-I get paid in goods.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />A person is paid in goods when instead of receiving money for his/her work, he/she receives, for example, products like beans, corn or other products.<br /><br />For the purpose of the census, if a person carried out agricultural activities with the goal of obtaining products for his/her own consumption and consumption of his/her family, it is considered that:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />If a person worked only a few hours a day, if he/she worked only a few days in the week or at least for one hour between March 5 to 11, 1990, you should mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />If the person worked, in the week before the census, helping at a family business or shop without any pay, you should mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I help my father for three hours a day in the carpentry shop.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />If the person worked, in the week before the census, as an apprentice or assistant in a business, store, or shop, you should also mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-Look how he cuts hair.<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />The answer 'had work, but did not work' should be marked if the person, during the week before the census, had work but:<br /><br /><div class="i1">-Was waiting to begin or continue farm labor.<br />-If the person was sick or temporarily incapacitated for work.<br />-If the person was one strike, on a work stoppage, or taking care of urgent personal business.<br />-Was on vacation, had an excuse or permission to not go to work.</div><br /><br />In all of these cases, mark the option:<br /><div class="i1">Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustrations]<br />Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2<br />Had a job, but did not work? [x] 2<br />[End of illustrations]</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.35]</span><br />If the person actively looked for work in the week of March 5 to 11, 1990, mark:<br /><div class="i1">Looked for work? [x] 3</div><br /><br />Actively look for work means to fill out applications, look in the newspapers, go to places that offer work or ask friends or relatives if they know about any jobs.<br /><br />A person can have employment and look for another job. If the person worked and looked for another job in the week of March 5 to 11, 1990, you should only mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br />Under no circumstances should you mark two answers.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />Looked for work? [x] 3<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />If the person spent time exclusively as a student, dedicated to household chores, is retired or pensioned, is incapacitated permanently for work, or did not work for another reason, such as has rent income, savings, investments or is supported by another person, you should mark the corresponding answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />Did housework in his/her home? [x] 5<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />In all of these cases you should be sure, before you mark the corresponding answer, that the person did not work, which means that he/she did not carry out any economic activity. If the person worked and also studied; or worked and also did household chores; or worked and is pensioned, you should only mark:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1</div><br /><br />Remember that you should only mark one answer.<br /><br />If the person answers for the week before the census:<br /><br />If he/she answers:<br /><div class="i1">Worked? [x] 1<br />Or<br />Had a job but did not work? [x] 2<br />Ask the following questions:</div><br /><br />You should ask the questions: 14. Principal occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity; and 18. Income.<br /><br />The questions of Principal Occupation, Labor situation, hours and Economic Activity refer to the job that the person carried out during the week before the census.<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 the person's working status the week before the census.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |