V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset
Ecuador, 1990
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Reference ID
ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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- ECU1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupation, 1 digit (EC1990A_OCC1)
Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
196
End:
197
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="EC90A412 EC90A401 EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420 EC90A414 EC90A428 EC90A429 EC90A430 EC90A407"><span class="em">For all individuals 8 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-18.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v=" EC90A414 EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420 EC90A428 EC90A429 EC90A430 EC90A407"><span class="em">For those who answered 0, 1 or 2 in question 13 and 1 in question 14:</span><br />[Applies to questions 15-18.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v=" EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420">15. What was the principal occupation or work during the last week, or your last job if you are unemployed?<br /><div class="i1">[A 3-character blank box also appears in the corner of this item.] ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v=" EC90A414 EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420 EC90A428 EC90A429 EC90A430 EC90A407"><span class="em">For those who answered 0, 1 or 2 in question 13 and 1 in question 14:</span><br />[Applies to questions 15-18.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v=" EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420">15. What was the principal occupation or work during the last week, or your last job if you are unemployed?<br /><div class="i1">[A 3-character blank box also appears in the corner of this item.] ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Professionals, technicians and similar workers |
| 01 | Professionals, technicians and similar workers |
| 02 | Directors and top public officials |
| 03 | Administrative personnel and similar workers |
| 04 | Storekeepers and vendors |
| 05 | Service workers |
| 06 | Agricultural and forestry workers, fishers and hunters |
| 07 | Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers |
| 08 | Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers |
| 09 | Non agricultural workers, machine and transportation vehicle drivers and similar workers |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420"><span class="em">Question 15. What was your principal occupation or work that you did during last week or the last work you did before becoming unemployed?</span><br /><br />This question is for all of the persons who answered 0, 1, or 2 in question 13 or 1 in question 14.<br /><br />Carefully write the nature of the work that the person did; if they had more than one occupation in the week before the census, ask the person who he/she considers most important and write this answer.<br /><br />When the occupation cannot be written with a precise term, describe the nature of the work. For example: install steering wheel covers, assemble cardboard boxes, etc. Avoid general or ambiguous terms like driver, operator, assistant, writer, professor. Always insist that the person give precise information.<br /><br />Examples:<br />Incomplete: Laborer<br />Complete: Agricultural laborer, Construction laborer, Quarry laborer<br /><br />Incomplete: Worker<br />Complete: Construction worker, Carpentry worker, Carpentry assistant<br /><br />Incomplete: Operator<br />Complete: Agricultural operator, Construction machinery operator<br /><br />Incomplete: Engineer<br />Complete: Civil engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Chemical Engineer<br /><br />Pay attention to note the occupation and not the profession. It is possible for the occupation and profession to be different, but there are also cases where they are the same. For example: doctors, lawyers, architects, etc. work in their profession. However, there are cases where a doctor is an administrator of a hospital or an architect is the manager of a company.<br /><br />Observe that in the last two examples, the occupation of the doctor is administrator and the occupation of the architect is manager of a company.<br /><br />The persons who work in public entities generally declare their occupation to be public employee. Ask that they detail their specific occupation, remembering that in an institution there are varieties of occupations; for example: executive secretaries, concierges, doctors, financial analysts, department directors, statistical investigators, etc.<br /><br /><div class="i1">What was the principal occupation or work that you carried out during the past week or the last time you worked before you became unemployed? For example, elementary school professor, agricultural laborer, food vendor, laundress, etc.)</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the 1-digit occupation code.
Universe
Ecuador 1990: Persons age 8+ who are employed, unemployed, or an unpaid worker [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |