VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2001

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Reference ID

ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Occupation, 2 digits (EC2001A_OCC2)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 246

End: 247

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="EC01A433 EC01A434">20. What was the principal activity or work that you carried out during the past week or the last time you worked before you became unemployed? _____ <div class="i1">Examples: elementary school teacher, construction laborer, agricultural day-laborer, food vendor, laundress, install steering wheel covers, hairdresser, dressmaker, domestic servant, etc.</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Armed forces
11	Members of the execuive branch and the legislative bodies and public administration directors
12	Business directors (large businesses, public, or private, with 10 employees or more)
13	Business directors (5 to 9 employees)
21	Physical science, chemistry, math, and engineering professionals
22	Biological science, medicine, and health professionals
23	Education professionals
24	Other scientific and intellectual professionals
31	Mid-level technicians and professionals of physical sciences, chemistry, engineering, and similar
32	Mid-level technicians and professionals of biological sciences, medicine, and health
33	Middle school teachers and intructors
34	Other technicians and professionals of middle school
41	Office workers
42	Employees with direct public contact
51	Personal service, and security and protection service workers
52	Models, salespersons, and exhibitors
61	Farmers and skilled workers on farms, forestry and fishing companies that produce for the market
62	Subsistance agricultural workers and fishermen
71	Officials and operators of mining and construction companies
72	Officials and operators of metal works, mechanical construction, and related activities
73	Precision mechanics, artesans, graphic art operators, and related activities
74	Other officials, operators, and artesans of mechanical arts and other professions
81	Operators of permanent installations and related activities
82	Operators of machinery and carriers
83	Drivers of vehicles and mobile heavy machinery
91	Unspecialized workers in sales and services
92	Agricultural and forestry workers, fishermen, and related activities
93	Workers in mining, construction, manufacturing industries, and transportation
98	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.

Interviewer instructions

<svar a="all" v="EC01A433 EC01A434">Question 20.- What was the primary occupation or job that you performed last week or the last job you had if you were unemployed? [There is a picture of question 20 from this section of the enumeration form.] This question is for all people who answered question 18 (what did you do last week?) with responses 01 or 02, answered yes (1) to question 19, and those people who looked for work having worked previously (unemployed) and answered no (2) in question 19. Record in detail the nature of the work that the person performed. If the person did more than one job during the week prior to the census, ask for and record the occupation that the person considers the principal or more important activity. Occupation: By occupation is meant the different tasks that people perform in their job, regardless of the type of economic activity of the place where they work or the position they have. [p. 51] When the occupation cannot be characterized by a definite name, describe the nature of the work. Example: puts on steering wheel covers, assembles cardboard boxes, etc. Avoid very general or ambiguous terms like driver, operator, helper, day laborer, or teacher; always stress that the information should be precise. Examples: Incomplete: Unskilled laborer Complete: Unskilled farm worker, unskilled construction worker, unskilled quarry worker, unskilled freight worker Incomplete: Laborer Complete: Construction worker, carpentry worker Incomplete: Operator Complete: Farm machine operator, construction equipment operator, optical equipment operator, broadcasting equipment operator Incomplete: Engineer Complete: Civil engineer, mechanical engineer, chemical engineer, systems engineer, electrical engineer Incomplete: Teacher Complete: Primary school teacher, high school teacher, music teacher, post-secondary teacher Incomplete: Seller Complete: Pharmaceutical sales representative, department store salesperson, ticket and fare agent, grocery store clerk Incomplete: Mechanic Complete: Airplane motor mechanic, agricultural machinery mechanic Incomplete: Manager Complete: Textile industry manager, manager of cased meat marketing Remember that what should be recorded is the occupation and not the profession. It can happen that the occupation and profession coincide, but there are also cases in which it is not like that. Examples: physicians, attorneys, architects, etc., work in their profession, however, there are cases where a physician is the administrator of a hospital, or an architect is the manager of a company. Note that in the previous examples, the occupation of the doctor is administrator and that of the architect is company manager. [p. 52] People who work in public organizations generally state public employee as their occupation. Ask them to describe their specific occupation. Remember that within an institution there is a variety of occupations, such as for example: executive secretaries, superintendents, physicians, financial analysts, departmental directors, statistical researchers, etc. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the occupation of the person (2 digit code).

Universe

Ecuador 2001: Persons that ever worked [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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