Population Census; Building and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset
Austria, 1991
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AUT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Austrian Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Occupation of supporter: sub-major groups (AT1991A_OCCSM)
Data file: AUT1991_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
189
End:
190
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="AT91A427 AT91A428 AT91A429 AT91A430">12. Exact description of occupation: ________<br /><div class="i1">e.g. "bookkeeper" or "shoe salesman" - not "commercial employee"<br />"Mounting of video machines on assembly line" - not "unskilled worker"<br />Public-sector employees enter their use<br />e.g. "Contractual employee in social welfare service", "home carpenter", "street cleaner"</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="AT91A422 AT91A423 AT91A424 AT91A427 AT91A428 AT91A429 AT91A430 AT91A431 AT91A432 AT91A433 AT91A434 AT91A435 AT91A436 AT91A437 AT91A438 AT91A439 AT91A440 AT91A441 AT91A442"><span class="em">11 to 16</span>. If several employments exist, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the job with the most working time. In case of a change of employment at the time of the census, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the situation on May 15, 1991. Persons who <span class="em">both attend a school and have an occupation</span> answer questions 11 to 16, depending on whether they have defined themselves as "employed" or as "pupil, student" in question 10.<br /><br />11. <span class="em">Status in employment</span>: <span class="em">workers</span> mark "skilled worker", "semi-skilled worker" or "unskilled worker", depending on their collective labor agreement placement in the business they are employed in.<br />A person is <span class="em">self-employed</span> if he/she is not an employee but instead has a profession in his/her own account.<br />With/without employee: depending whether persons receiving wages or salaries are employed in the business or not. Self-employed persons whose only employees are family members who are not being formally paid, please mark "without employees".<br /><span class="em">Unpaid workers in a family business</span> are working in the business of a family member without being formally paid.<br /><br />12. <span class="em">Exact description of occupation</span>: Your statements will be categorized in one of 300 different occupational groups, and we therefore ask you to be as precise as possible in describing your occupational activity.<br /><br />Examples of precise description of occupation:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Gas welder for steel construction parts<br />Operator of data processing machines<br />Adjuster of men's shirts<br />Plexiglas cutter<br />Operator of plastic processing machines<br />Foreman of a dip-varnishing business<br />Electrician for high-tension transmission lines<br />Scientific researcher in the field of environmental protection</div><br /><br />13. <span class="em">Branch of economic activity of the company or office</span>: the branch of economic activity states to which branch the business or which you are working belongs to. Public service employees enter "federal administration", "provincial administration" or "municipal administration" depending on which government unit they are employed with.<br /><br />14. <span class="em">Name of company or type of school you are presently attending</span>: persons with several employers, cleaners) enter "several employers".<br /><br />15 and 16. <span class="em">Address and journey to workplace or school</span>: These questions are designed to describe your journey from your housing unit to your workplace or school. Teachers therefore state the school where they are teaching (school they are based at) and not e.g. School Inspection Authority.<br />Persons working in their house or on the same piece of property (e.g. janitors, farmers, homeworkers) or who live in the school building, mark the box "this house" for questions 15; these persons skip question 16.<br />If the workplace (school) is abroad, please state which country.<br />Persons with changing workplace (e.g. cleaning women, constructions workers) answer question 15 and 16 in accordance with the situation on May 15, 1991.<br />Persons who marked "not daily" in question 16a) can skip parts b and c.<br /></svar>
<p><svar v="AT91A422 AT91A423 AT91A424 AT91A427 AT91A428 AT91A429 AT91A430 AT91A431 AT91A432 AT91A433 AT91A434 AT91A435 AT91A436 AT91A437 AT91A438 AT91A439 AT91A440 AT91A441 AT91A442"><span class="em">11 to 16</span>. If several employments exist, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the job with the most working time. In case of a change of employment at the time of the census, please answer questions 11 to 16 for the situation on May 15, 1991. Persons who <span class="em">both attend a school and have an occupation</span> answer questions 11 to 16, depending on whether they have defined themselves as "employed" or as "pupil, student" in question 10.<br /><br />11. <span class="em">Status in employment</span>: <span class="em">workers</span> mark "skilled worker", "semi-skilled worker" or "unskilled worker", depending on their collective labor agreement placement in the business they are employed in.<br />A person is <span class="em">self-employed</span> if he/she is not an employee but instead has a profession in his/her own account.<br />With/without employee: depending whether persons receiving wages or salaries are employed in the business or not. Self-employed persons whose only employees are family members who are not being formally paid, please mark "without employees".<br /><span class="em">Unpaid workers in a family business</span> are working in the business of a family member without being formally paid.<br /><br />12. <span class="em">Exact description of occupation</span>: Your statements will be categorized in one of 300 different occupational groups, and we therefore ask you to be as precise as possible in describing your occupational activity.<br /><br />Examples of precise description of occupation:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Gas welder for steel construction parts<br />Operator of data processing machines<br />Adjuster of men's shirts<br />Plexiglas cutter<br />Operator of plastic processing machines<br />Foreman of a dip-varnishing business<br />Electrician for high-tension transmission lines<br />Scientific researcher in the field of environmental protection</div><br /><br />13. <span class="em">Branch of economic activity of the company or office</span>: the branch of economic activity states to which branch the business or which you are working belongs to. Public service employees enter "federal administration", "provincial administration" or "municipal administration" depending on which government unit they are employed with.<br /><br />14. <span class="em">Name of company or type of school you are presently attending</span>: persons with several employers, cleaners) enter "several employers".<br /><br />15 and 16. <span class="em">Address and journey to workplace or school</span>: These questions are designed to describe your journey from your housing unit to your workplace or school. Teachers therefore state the school where they are teaching (school they are based at) and not e.g. School Inspection Authority.<br />Persons working in their house or on the same piece of property (e.g. janitors, farmers, homeworkers) or who live in the school building, mark the box "this house" for questions 15; these persons skip question 16.<br />If the workplace (school) is abroad, please state which country.<br />Persons with changing workplace (e.g. cleaning women, constructions workers) answer question 15 and 16 in accordance with the situation on May 15, 1991.<br />Persons who marked "not daily" in question 16a) can skip parts b and c.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Engineering science and natural science professionals |
| 02 | Health professionals and technicians |
| 03 | Teachers, educators |
| 04 | Legal professionals, human and social scientists |
| 05 | Religious professionals, social workers |
| 06 | Artists, journalists and sportspersons |
| 07 | Managers in administration, industry and finance |
| 08 | Office and financial clerks |
| 09 | Administrative clerks |
| 10 | Bookkeepers, cashiers and related workers |
| 11 | Other clerical workers |
| 12 | Computer equipment operators, data entry operators |
| 13 | Managers (wholesale and retail), advertising salespersons |
| 14 | Merchants, salespersons |
| 15 | Hotel and restaurant managers |
| 16 | Waiters, cooks |
| 17 | Other restaurant and hotel service workers, housekeepers |
| 18 | Cleaners |
| 19 | Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers |
| 20 | Health service workers |
| 21 | Protective service workers, armed forces |
| 22 | Other service workers |
| 23 | Transport supervisors |
| 24 | Postal service workers, messengers |
| 25 | Transport conductors |
| 26 | Vehicle drivers |
| 27 | Transport service auxiliary personnel |
| 28 | Freight handlers, warehouse workers |
| 29 | Crane and construction machinery and related operators |
| 30 | Machine operators, firepersons |
| 31 | Agricultural occupations |
| 32 | Forestry occupations |
| 33 | Miners, quarrymen and related workers |
| 34 | Potters, glassmakers, stonemasons and related workers |
| 35 | Metal processors |
| 36 | Metalworking occupations |
| 37 | Metal trade laborers |
| 38 | Wood preparation workers, papermakers |
| 39 | Chemical processors, leather manufacturers |
| 40 | Textile production and finishing workers |
| 41 | Bricklayers, plasterers, scaffolders |
| 42 | Carpenters |
| 43 | Painters, varnishers |
| 44 | Glaziers, roofers, floor layers and related workers |
| 45 | Civil engineering workers |
| 46 | Construction laborers |
| 47 | Food and beverage processors |
| 48 | Tailors, dressmakers, sewers and related workers |
| 49 | Furriers, leather goods makers |
| 50 | Joiners and related woodworkers |
| 51 | Rubber, plastics and paper products makers |
| 52 | Printers and related workers |
| 53 | Jewelers, precision instrument makers and related workers |
| 54 | Locksmiths (fitters), mechanics and related workers |
| 55 | Plumbers and pipe installation workers |
| 56 | Electrical workers |
| 57 | Laborers without further details, workers without further details |
| 58 | Retired persons |
| 59 | Other income recipients |
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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the sub-major occupation group of the person or the person's "supporter." The variable reports the actual status for people who were economically active. Economically inactive children reported the status of the household head or working parent, if the head did not work. Other household members reported they were inactive if they were retired or self-supporting non-workers; otherwise they reported the status of the household head.
Universe
Austria 1991: All persons
concept
Concept