V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset
Ecuador, 1990
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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Occupation, 3 digits (EC1990A_OCC3)
Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
201
End:
203
Width:
3
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 |
|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 007 | Workers with non-identifiable occupations |
| 008 | Workers with undeclared occupations |
| 009 | Armed forces |
| 011 | Chemists |
| 013 | Specialists in physical-chemical sciences not classified under other categories |
| 014 | Technicians in physical and chemical sciences |
| 021 | Architects and urban planners |
| 022 | Civil engineers |
| 023 | Electricity and electronic engineers |
| 024 | Mechanical engineers |
| 025 | Chemical engineers |
| 026 | Metallurgy engineers |
| 027 | Mine engineers |
| 028 | Engineers of industrial organization |
| 029 | Engineers not classified under other categories |
| 031 | Surveyors |
| 032 | Drawers |
| 033 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 034 | Electricity and electronic technicians |
| 035 | Mechanical technicians |
| 036 | Technicians in industrial chemistry |
| 037 | Metallurgy technicians |
| 038 | Mine technicians |
| 039 | Industrial technicians not classified under other categories |
| 041 | Pilots, navigators and mechanical navigators (aviation) |
| 042 | Officials of deck ships and pilots (sea and river navigation) |
| 043 | Official machine operators (sea and river navigation) |
| 051 | Biologists, zoologists and similar specialists |
| 052 | Bacteriologists, pharmacologists and similar specialists |
| 053 | Agronomists and similar specialists |
| 054 | Technicians in biological and agronomic sciences |
| 061 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 062 | Medical assistants |
| 063 | Dental surgeons |
| 064 | Dental assistants |
| 065 | Veterinarians |
| 066 | Veterinarians' assistants |
| 067 | Pharmacists |
| 068 | Pharmacists' assistants |
| 069 | Dieticians and nutritionists of public health |
| 071 | Licensed nurses |
| 072 | Nursing personnel not classified under other categories |
| 073 | Licensed midwives |
| 074 | Midwives not classified under other categories |
| 075 | Optometrists and opticians |
| 076 | Physical therapists and ergotherapists |
| 077 | Medical radiology technicians |
| 079 | Doctors, dental surgeons, veterinarians and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 081 | Statisticians |
| 082 | Mathematicians and actuaries |
| 083 | System analysts |
| 084 | Technicians (statisticians and mathematicians) |
| 090 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges |
| 129 | Jurists not classified under other categories |
| 131 | Professors of universities and other establishments of superior education |
| 132 | Professors of secondary education |
| 133 | Professors of primary education |
| 134 | Professors of preschool education |
| 135 | Professors of special education |
| 139 | Professors not classified under other categories |
| 141 | Priests and members of similar religious orders |
| 149 | Lay religious workers |
| 151 | Writers and critics |
| 159 | Authors, journalists and similar writers not classified under other categories |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and similar artists |
| 162 | Commercial decorators, drawers and designers |
| 163 | Photographers and camera operators of film and television |
| 171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 172 | Choreographers and dancers |
| 173 | Actors and directors of show business shows |
| 174 | Show producers and entrepreneurs |
| 175 | Circus actors |
| 179 | Show business artists not classified under other categories |
| 180 | Athletes, sportspersons and similar workers |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists and museum curators |
| 192 | Sociologists, anthropologists and similar specialists |
| 193 | Social assistance workers |
| 194 | Specialists in personal and orientation problems and professional analysis |
| 195 | Philologists, translators and interpreters |
| 199 | Other professionals, technicians and similar workers |
| 201 | Members of legislative bodies |
| 202 | Directive personnel of public administration |
| 211 | General directors |
| 212 | Production directors, excluding agricultural operations |
| 219 | Directors and directive personnel not classified under other categories |
| 300 | Heads of office employees |
| 310 | Fiscal agents (public administration) |
| 321 | Shorthand clerks, typists and teletypists |
| 322 | Operators of perforated card and tape machines |
| 331 | Accounting aids, accounting employees and cashiers |
| 339 | Accounting employees, cashiers and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 341 | Operators of accounting and calculating machines |
| 342 | Operators of machines for the automatic treatment of information |
| 351 | Heads of railroad stations |
| 352 | Heads of post offices |
| 359 | Heads of transportation services and of communications not classified under other categories |
| 360 | Heads of trains, controllers of sleeping coaches and chargers |
| 370 | Mailmen and messengers |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 391 | Employees of provisioning |
| 392 | Employees of material calculation and production planning |
| 393 | Employees of administrative services |
| 394 | Receptionists and employees of travel agencies |
| 395 | Employees of libraries and archive services |
| 399 | Office employees not classified under other categories |
| 400 | Directors (Wholesale and retail commerce) |
| 410 | Storekeepers and owners (wholesale and retail commerce) |
| 421 | Heads of sales |
| 422 | Buyers |
| 431 | Technical agents and inspectors of sales |
| 432 | Commercial traveling salesmen and factory representatives |
| 441 | Insurance agents, immobile agents, agents of exchange |
| 442 | Sales agents of services to companies |
| 451 | Venders, commercial employees and demonstrators |
| 452 | Street salesmen, door to door salesmen and newspaper sellers |
| 490 | Storekeepers and venders not classified under other categories |
| 500 | Directors (hotel services, bars and similar places) |
| 510 | Managers, owners (hotel services, bars and similar places) |
| 520 | Heads of service workers |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Waiters, bartenders and similar workers |
| 540 | Service workers not classified under other categories |
| 551 | Building watchmen |
| 552 | Cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 560 | Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, specialists in beauty treatments and similar workers |
| 581 | Firemen |
| 582 | Police |
| 589 | Protection and security services personnel not classified under other categories |
| 591 | Guides |
| 592 | Funeral home directors and embalmers |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Directors and heads of agricultural operations |
| 611 | Polyvalent agricultural operators |
| 612 | Specialized agricultural operators |
| 621 | Workers in polyvalent agricultural farms |
| 622 | Agricultural workers, extensive farming |
| 623 | Agricultural workers, trees and bushes |
| 624 | Agricultural workers, breeding of livestock (except cattle for milk) |
| 625 | Agricultural workers, cattle for milk |
| 626 | Agricultural workers, poultry farming |
| 627 | Agricultural workers, cultivation of gardens |
| 628 | Drivers of agricultural machinery |
| 629 | Agricultural workers not classified under other categories |
| 631 | Lumberjacks and trimmers of trees |
| 632 | Forestry workers (excluding lumberjacks and tree trimmers) |
| 641 | Fishers |
| 649 | Fishers, hunters and similar workers not classified in other categories |
| 700 | Boatswains and major foremen |
| 711 | Miners and quarrymen |
| 712 | Workers in the treatment of minerals and rocks |
| 713 | Operator, drilling equipment |
| 721 | Workers with metallurgy ovens |
| 722 | Operators in metals sheet trains |
| 723 | Operators in ovens of second fusion or reheating |
| 724 | Strainers of metals in molds |
| 725 | Fitters and pounders |
| 728 | Galvanizers and coverers of metals |
| 729 | Metallurgy workers not classified under other categories |
| 731 | Workers in the treatment of wood |
| 732 | Sawyers, operators of plywood machines and similar workers |
| 733 | Preparers of paste for paper |
| 734 | Workers in the making of paper |
| 741 | Operators of breaking, crushing and mixing machines |
| 742 | Operators of thermic installations for chemical treatments |
| 743 | Operators of filtration and separation appliances |
| 744 | Operators of distillation and reaction appliances |
| 745 | Workers in the refinery of petroleum |
| 749 | Workers in chemical treatments and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 751 | Preparers of fibers |
| 752 | Spinners and winders |
| 753 | Adjusters of looms and preparers of cartons for fabrics |
| 754 | Weavers and similar workers |
| 755 | Weavers with needles |
| 756 | Bleachers, dry cleaners and workers in the finishing of textile products |
| 759 | Spinners, weavers, dyers and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 761 | Tanners and skinners |
| 771 | Millers and similar workers |
| 772 | Workers in the making and refining of sugar |
| 773 | Slaughtermen and butchers |
| 774 | Workers in the conservation of food products |
| 775 | Workers in the treatment of milk and the elaboration of dairy products |
| 776 | Bakers, pastry cooks and confectioners |
| 777 | Workers in the preparation of tea, coffee and coco |
| 778 | Brewers and workers in the elaboration of wines and drinks |
| 779 | Workers in the preparation of food and drinks not classified under other categories |
| 781 | Preparers of tobacco |
| 782 | Cigar makers |
| 783 | Workers in the making of cigarettes |
| 789 | Tobacco workers not classified under other categories |
| 791 | Tailors and couturiers |
| 792 | Furriers and similar workers |
| 793 | Hat makers |
| 794 | Pattern-maker and cutters |
| 795 | Sewers and embroiderers |
| 796 | Upholsterers and similar workers |
| 799 | Tailors, couturiers, furriers, upholsterers and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 801 | Shoemakers |
| 802 | Footwear workers |
| 803 | Leather craftsmen and similar workers |
| 811 | Cabinet makers |
| 812 | Operators of wood cutting machines |
| 819 | Cabinet makers, wood cutting machine operators and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 820 | Hatchet users and decorators |
| 831 | Blacksmiths and forgers |
| 832 | Mechanic adjusters, specialists in tools and dies, adjusters, modelers and metal tracers |
| 833 | Adjusters, operators of tool machines |
| 834 | Operators of tool machines |
| 835 | Metal polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 839 | Metal workers not classified under other categories |
| 841 | Adjusters, fitters and installers of machinery |
| 842 | Watchmakers and mechanics of precision instruments |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Airplane motor mechanics |
| 849 | Adjusters, fitters and installers of machinery and precision instruments, watchmakers and mechanics (excluding electricians) and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 851 | Electrician adjusters |
| 852 | Electricianist adjusters |
| 853 | Fitters of electric and electronic appliances |
| 854 | Electricianists, repairers of radio and television receptors |
| 855 | Electricians (Electrical instillations) |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Installers of electric lines and of telecommunications |
| 859 | Electricians, electricianists and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 861 | Operators of stations emitting radio and television |
| 862 | Operators of teams of sound and film projections |
| 871 | Plumbers and pipe installers |
| 872 | Solderers and flamecutters |
| 873 | Panel beaters and boilermakers |
| 874 | Fitters of metallic structures |
| 880 | Jewelers and silversmiths |
| 891 | Blowers, fitters, shiners, cutters and polishers of glass |
| 892 | Ceramic workers and similar workers |
| 893 | Glass and ceramic oven workers |
| 895 | Painters and decorators of glass and ceramics |
| 899 | Glass and ceramics workers and similar workers not classified under other categories |
| 901 | Workers in the making of rubber and plastic products (excluding tires) |
| 902 | Workings in the making and vulcanization of tires |
| 910 | Makers of paper and cardboard products |
| 921 | Typesetters, typographers and similar workers |
| 922 | Operators of printing presses |
| 923 | Stereotypists and electrotypists |
| 924 | Print recorders (excluding photorecorders) |
| 925 | Photorecorders |
| 926 | Bookbinders and similar workers |
| 927 | Workers in photography laboratories |
| 929 | Graphic arts workers not classified under other categories |
| 931 | Painters of buildings and construction |
| 939 | Painters not classified under other categories |
| 941 | Builders and tuners of musical instruments |
| 942 | Basket makers, brush makers and similar workers |
| 943 | Workers in the making of products derived from non metallic minerals |
| 949 | Other workers, manufacturers and similar workers |
| 951 | Stone masons |
| 952 | Workers with cement, hangers and terrazo installers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters and parquet workers |
| 955 | Lighters, stairs builders and plasterers |
| 956 | Installers of insulation and soundproofing material |
| 957 | Window installers |
| 959 | Construction workers not classified under other categories |
| 961 | Operators of production installations of electric energy |
| 969 | Operators of immobile machines and similar installations not classified under other categories |
| 971 | Stevedores, cargo loaders and packers |
| 972 | Joiners and splitters of cables |
| 973 | Operators of cranes, and operators of elevation instillations |
| 974 | Drivers of machines for the movement of earth and related equipment |
| 979 | Workers in the manipulation of merchandise and materials and the movement of earth not classified under other categories |
| 981 | Boatswains on ships, sailors on deck ships and on small ships |
| 982 | Sailors in machine rooms |
| 983 | Machine operators and firemen on locomotives |
| 984 | Heads of merchandise trains, pointsmen and rigging agents |
| 985 | Drivers of streetcars and motor vehicles |
| 986 | Operators of animals and vehicles powered by animals |
| 989 | Drivers of transportation vehicles not classified under other categories |
| 991 | Laborers not classified under other categories |
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 3-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 |