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V National Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1970
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DOM_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Class of worker (DO1970A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: DOM1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 127
End: 127
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Ask questions 13-16 only of those who answered 1 or 2 in question 12.</span></p>

<p>15. Occupational category. What is the category of the enumerated person within the occupation, according to the list that I am going to read to you? For the enumerated person without work (unemployed), write the category corresponding to the most recent occupation. </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer (boss/owner)<br />[] 2 Self employed<br />[] 3 Salaried or waged employee (including domestic servants and paid family workers)<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self-employed
3 Waged or salaried employee
4 Unpaid family worker
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable refers to the status of an employed person with respect to his or her employment during the reference period: January 1st to January 9th, 1970. The variable indicates whether a person was an employer, was self-employed, or worked for someone else, either for pay or as an unpaid family worker.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1970: Persons age 10+ who were employed or unemployed at the time of enumeration [discrepancies: type I 9.7%; type II 7.9%]

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