Population Census Federal Republic Germany 1987 - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1987
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- DEU1987-H-H
- DEU1987-P-H
Socio-economic indicator according to UN (DE1987A_0442)
Data file: DEU1987-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
188
End:
189
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Question 15: Are you presently working as?
Home workers indicate either "other wage earner" or "skilled worker" in accordance with the activity pursued. Skilled workers also include journeymen.
Trainees and improvers are considered apprentices.
Tradesmen/women working from home, work agents or persons having a contract for work, and labor should mark "self-employed".
Question 17: What kind of activity, occupation, or profession do you perform?
Do not enter here the completed level of vocational education/training or the rank of your position, but rather state as precisely as possible the actual occupation performed or the activity pursued at present -- e.g., building mechanic (not mechanic), heating fitter (not fitter), long-distance truck driver (not driver), balance clerk or machine accountant (not bookkeeper), electrical engineer (not engineer), pediatrician (not doctor), short hand typist (not employee), post office clerk (not civil servant), soldier doing basic military services, professional soldier, soldier on a temporary basis (not soldier). Persons doing civilian alternative service please indicate "civilian service". Apprentices should enter the profession/occupation they are trained in.
For economically active persons
[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons.]
15. Are you presently working as:
[] 1 Skilled worker
[] 2 Other wage earner
[] 3 Salaried employee
[] 4 Apprentice
[] 5 Official (3), judge, soldier, person doing civilian alternative service
[] 6 Self-employed, employing paid labor
[] 7 Self-employed, without paid labor
[] 8 Assistant family member
(3) = Also applicants for civil service
17. What kind of activity, occupation/profession do you perform? ________
Home workers indicate either "other wage earner" or "skilled worker" in accordance with the activity pursued. Skilled workers also include journeymen.
Trainees and improvers are considered apprentices.
Tradesmen/women working from home, work agents or persons having a contract for work, and labor should mark "self-employed".
Question 17: What kind of activity, occupation, or profession do you perform?
Do not enter here the completed level of vocational education/training or the rank of your position, but rather state as precisely as possible the actual occupation performed or the activity pursued at present -- e.g., building mechanic (not mechanic), heating fitter (not fitter), long-distance truck driver (not driver), balance clerk or machine accountant (not bookkeeper), electrical engineer (not engineer), pediatrician (not doctor), short hand typist (not employee), post office clerk (not civil servant), soldier doing basic military services, professional soldier, soldier on a temporary basis (not soldier). Persons doing civilian alternative service please indicate "civilian service". Apprentices should enter the profession/occupation they are trained in.
For economically active persons
[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons.]
15. Are you presently working as:
[] 1 Skilled worker
[] 2 Other wage earner
[] 3 Salaried employee
[] 4 Apprentice
[] 5 Official (3), judge, soldier, person doing civilian alternative service
[] 6 Self-employed, employing paid labor
[] 7 Self-employed, without paid labor
[] 8 Assistant family member
(3) = Also applicants for civil service
17. What kind of activity, occupation/profession do you perform? ________
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employers with agricultural occupations and their unpaid family workers |
| 2 | Own-account workers with agricultural occupations and their unpaid family workers |
| 3 | Employers with agricultural occupations |
| 4 | Self-employed persons in free and related professions and their unpaid family workers |
| 5 | Employers and their unpaid family workers |
| 6 | Own account workers and their unpaid family workers |
| 7 | Employees with free and related professions |
| 8 | Managers, legislative officials and government administrators; other non-manual employees; members of the armed forces |
| 9 | Foremen and supervisors of manual workers; skilled and semi-skilled manual workers |
| 10 | Laborers |
| 11 | Persons seeking their first job / others |
| 12 | Not economically active persons |
| 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 person's socio-economic status according to the UN definition.
Universe
Persons with own household
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |