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
- MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 2 digits (MX1990A_OCC2)
Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
232
End:
233
Width:
2
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>If the answer was worked [ ] 1 or had a job but didn't work [ ] 2, ask the following questions:
<p>If the answer was worked [ ] 1 or had a job but didn't work [ ] 2, ask the following questions:
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Professionals |
| 12 | Technicians |
| 13 | Education workers |
| 14 | Workers in art, entertainment, and sports |
| 21 | Employees and directors in the public, private and social sectors |
| 41 | Workers in agricultural, cattle, forestry activities, and hunting and fishing |
| 51 | Supervisors, inspectors, and other in artisan or factory manufacture |
| 52 | Artisans and factory workers in industries of transformation, repair and maintenance |
| 53 | Operators of machinery: fixed, mobile, construction, and equipment for the process of industrial production |
| 54 | Helpers, laborers, and other non-qualified workers in the production process |
| 55 | Conductors and assistants to conductors of mobile machinery and transportation equipment |
| 61 | Administrative workers and mid-level office workers or lower level office workers |
| 71 | Businessmen, workers in commerce and sales agents |
| 72 | Traveling salesmen and traveling service workers |
| 81 | Workers in services, except domestic |
| 82 | Workers in domestic services |
| 83 | Workers in services of protection and guarding, and armed forces |
| 99 | Other occupations not classified above, insufficiently specified or 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="MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429"><span class="h2">14. Principal occupation</span><br /><br />With this question you will know what the person did in his/her work, which means, what tasks he/she carried out, what job he/she did, or what post he/she held in the job that he/she did the week of March 5 to 11, 1990.<br /><br /><div class="i1">-Supervisor of seamstresses<br />-Machinery oiler<br />-Singer and actor<br />-Chicken counter<br />-Veterinarian<br />-Clinical laboratory technician<br />-Tinsmith<br />-Municipal president<br />-Farmer<br />-General manager<br />-Textile laborer<br />-Butcher<br />-Drill press operator<br />-Automobile mechanic<br />-Hand-delivery person<br />-Candy vendor<br />-Store clerk<br />-Secondary school teacher<br />-Stevedore<br />-Secretary<br />-Photographer<br />-Buying agent<br />-Tractor driver<br />-Cowboy</div><br /><br />If the person had more than one job, you should write the information about the principal job; the principal job is considered the one that the person declares as the most important one.<br /><br />To know exactly what the occupation of a person is, you should ask the following questions:<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />_____<br />Write the name (Here you should write the name of the job, post or position that the person held).<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />____<br />Write the tasks (here you should write the activities, things, or tasks that the person did in his/her work).<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />It is very important that you write the answer clearly for each of the questions.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.37]</span><br />Do not write general descriptions like: teacher, worker, driver, or assistant; write exactly the name of the job, post, or position that the person held: elementary school teacher, Operator of front loader, can packer, driver of passenger bus, plumber's assistant...<br /><br />If the informant answers that the person is an employee, ask the informant to clarify what the person's occupation is, for example: cashier, salesperson, announcer, archivist, taco vendor, etc.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Sugar cane cutter<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Cut sugar cane and carry it to the sugar mill.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Pottery artisan<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Make pots out of clay.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Doctor surgeon<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Cure and operate on people who are ill.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Seamstress<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sew blouses and skirts.<br />[End of illustration]</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="MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429"><span class="h2">14. Principal occupation</span><br /><br />With this question you will know what the person did in his/her work, which means, what tasks he/she carried out, what job he/she did, or what post he/she held in the job that he/she did the week of March 5 to 11, 1990.<br /><br /><div class="i1">-Supervisor of seamstresses<br />-Machinery oiler<br />-Singer and actor<br />-Chicken counter<br />-Veterinarian<br />-Clinical laboratory technician<br />-Tinsmith<br />-Municipal president<br />-Farmer<br />-General manager<br />-Textile laborer<br />-Butcher<br />-Drill press operator<br />-Automobile mechanic<br />-Hand-delivery person<br />-Candy vendor<br />-Store clerk<br />-Secondary school teacher<br />-Stevedore<br />-Secretary<br />-Photographer<br />-Buying agent<br />-Tractor driver<br />-Cowboy</div><br /><br />If the person had more than one job, you should write the information about the principal job; the principal job is considered the one that the person declares as the most important one.<br /><br />To know exactly what the occupation of a person is, you should ask the following questions:<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />_____<br />Write the name (Here you should write the name of the job, post or position that the person held).<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />____<br />Write the tasks (here you should write the activities, things, or tasks that the person did in his/her work).<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br />It is very important that you write the answer clearly for each of the questions.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.37]</span><br />Do not write general descriptions like: teacher, worker, driver, or assistant; write exactly the name of the job, post, or position that the person held: elementary school teacher, Operator of front loader, can packer, driver of passenger bus, plumber's assistant...<br /><br />If the informant answers that the person is an employee, ask the informant to clarify what the person's occupation is, for example: cashier, salesperson, announcer, archivist, taco vendor, etc.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Sugar cane cutter<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Cut sugar cane and carry it to the sugar mill.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Pottery artisan<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Make pots out of clay.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Doctor surgeon<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Cure and operate on people who are ill.<br /><br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Seamstress<br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sew blouses and skirts.<br />[End of illustration]</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 the person's principal occupation the week before the census (2 digits).
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 12+ who worked or had a job last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |