XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2000
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Reference ID
MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 2 digits (MX2000A_OCC2)
Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
327
End:
328
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A439 MX00A472 MX00A473">24. Occupation or job<br /><br />What did this person do in his or her work last week?<br /><div class="i1">____ Write the activities or tasks</div><br /><br />What is the name of his or her occupation, work or job title? For example: farm laborer, elementary school teacher, traveling sales person<br /><div class="i1">_____ Write the occupation work or job title.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Professionals |
| 12 | Technicians |
| 13 | Education workers |
| 14 | Workers in arts, entertainment, and sports |
| 21 | Officials and directors of public, private, and social sectors |
| 41 | Workers in agricultural, ranching, forestry, hunting, and fishing |
| 51 | Bosses, supervisors and other control workers in artisan and industrial manufacturing and in repair and maintenance activities |
| 52 | Artisans and factory workers in the transformation industry and workers in repair and maintenance activities |
| 53 | Operators of installed machinery of continuous motion and equipment for industrial factory processes |
| 54 | Assistants, day laborers, and similar in the artisan and industrial manufacturing process and in repair and maintenance activities |
| 55 | Conductors and conductor's assistants in mobile machinery and means of transportation |
| 61 | Department heads, coordinators and supervisors in administrative and service activities |
| 62 | Support workers in administrative activities |
| 71 | Salesmen, sales employees, and sales agents |
| 72 | Traveling salesmen and traveling service workers |
| 81 | Personal service workers in establishments |
| 82 | Workers in domestic services |
| 83 | Workers in protection and guard services and armed forces |
| 99 | Other workers in occupations insufficiently 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 a="all" v="MX00A439 MX00A472 MX00A473"><span class="em">24. Occupation or Trade</span><br /><br />The occupation is captured in the following two questions:<br /><br />In the first, write what the person did in their work during the previous week; that is, the chores or activities that they carried out.<br /><br />In the second, record the name of the occupation, trade, or position in the activity that the person carried out during the previous week.<br /><br />[Two depictions of this completed question on the enumeration form, and two related drawings]<br /><br />Record the information from the informant just as they report it to you, following the order of the questions, even if they first mention the name of the occupation and then what the person did in their job. For example, if, in asking what they did, they say that they are a taxi driver, confirm with the informant what they do as a taxi driver, and then write drives a taxi under the first question and taxi driver under the second.<br />Try not to record imprecise chores or general activities, such as supervises, teaches, sells, etc., nor general posts or trades such as employee, manual laborer, supervisor, since this does not allow us to know occupation.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 80]</span><br /><br />Write down the tasks and the trade or position as is indicated in the following:<br /><br /><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>Tasks</th>
<th>Trades or positions</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Supervises cashiers in a supermarket</td>
<td>Cashier supervisor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gives swimming lessons</td>
<td>Swim instructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sells fruit in the street</td>
<td>Traveling fruit salesperson</td>
</tr>
</table><br /><br />If a person carried out more than one job during the previous week, ask for the information on the occupation that the informant recognizes as their principle employment.<br /></svar>
<tr>
<th>Tasks</th>
<th>Trades or positions</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Supervises cashiers in a supermarket</td>
<td>Cashier supervisor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gives swimming lessons</td>
<td>Swim instructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sells fruit in the street</td>
<td>Traveling fruit salesperson</td>
</tr>
</table><br /><br />If a person carried out more than one job during the previous week, ask for the information on the occupation that the informant recognizes as their principle employment.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (2-digit) provided that he/she worked the week before the census or had a job, but did not work.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 12+ who worked the week before the census or did not work but had a job [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |