The 1981 Census of Population, Occupation, Dwellings and Buildings of the German Democratic Republic - IPUMS Subset

Germany, 1981

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DEU_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central State Office for Statistics, IPUMS

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Social group of household (DE1981A_SOCGROUP)

Data file: DEU1981_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 129

End: 130

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	No principal resident in household
01	Worker (not in production)
02	Worker in production
03	White-collar worker
04	Intellectual worker
05	Cooperative farmer
06	Agricultural specialist
07	Member of other cooperatives
08	Self-employed
09	Other/unknown
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the social group of a household.

Universe

Germany 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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