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Censos Nacionales 1984. Octavo Censo Nacional de Población. Cuarto Censo Nacional de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1984
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CRI_1984_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía y Comercio, IPUMS
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Class of worker (CR1984A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CRI1984_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR84A416 CR84A417 CR84A418 CR84A419 CR84A420 CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424 CR84A425">Only for those 12 years of age and older<br />[Applies to questions 12-16]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A420">14. Occupational category<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Salaried<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Owner/Employer<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid worker
2 Own-account
3 Owner/boss
4 Unpaid family worker
9 NIU (not in universe)
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="CR84A416 CR84A417 CR84A418 CR84A419 CR84A420 CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424 CR84A425"><span class="h2">Fourth block of questions: only for persons 12 years old or more</span><br /><br />This block of questions is formed by questions 12 to 16 and should be asked only to persons 12 years old and older. If a person that you enumerate does not meet this requirement, you should cross out the whole block with two diagonally crossed lines and go to the next person. This part has some complexity because of this it is recommended to put much care to each one of the concepts noted here. This block has as its objective gathering information about the work characteristics of the interviewed persons to attain correct information and a good understanding of the questions it is necessary that you keep in mind the following concepts:<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. <span class="em">Working age population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older.<br />2. <span class="em">Work Force or Economically Active Population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who work, look for work.<br />3. <span class="em">Economically Inactive Population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who do not work and do not look for work.<br />4. <span class="em">Work</span><br />Work is understood to be a labor activity that has as its goal the production of goods and services with economic value in the market.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A420"><span class="h3">Question 14: Occupational Category</span><br /><br />The occupational category refers to the condition according to what the employed person did during the reference period, or did in the last occupation if they were unemployed. This question indicates if the person is or has been: salaried, worker on their own account, employer or family worker without wage.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Ask the question in the following manner: Under what condition did you work in your principal occupation last week or during your last job? So that you are able to correctly write down the responses that they give you, you will have to be very clear with the following concepts:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1. Salaried worker</span>: is considered as such, one who depends on an employer and receives a payment for the job. This payment appears under the form of wage, salary, day's wages, by the job or in kind.<br /><span class="em">2. Self Employed Worker</span>: is considered as one who works (alone or with associates) without establishing a relationship of dependence with an employer and without hiring salaried personnel. They can, in some cases, have under their dependency one or many non remunerated workers (generally family members).<br /><span class="em">3. Owner/employer</span>: is considered such as the owner or active member of a company that by carrying out their job hire one or more salaried workers.<br /><span class="em">4. Unpaid family worker</span>: is considered as one who manages a job in relation with a member of the household of a farm, business, etc. of a family that resides in the household, and who does not receive payment (neither in money nor in kind).</div><br /><br />Paying attention to the concepts related to this question that were expressed previously, you should be very sure of the occupational category of the interviewed person, before writing down the information in the box. Do not accept the fist response they give you, since it can be not correct. Overall in the case of independent workers (employers and own account).<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupational category (class).
Universe
Costa Rica 1984: Persons age 12+ who worked or were seeking work and had worked in the past [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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