General Population Census of 1962 - IPUMS Subset
France, 1962
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Reference ID
FRA_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Class of worker (FR1962A_CLASSWK)
Data file: FRA1962_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
198
End:
198
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="FR62A413" v="FR62A413 FR62A414 FR62A415 FR62A416 FR62A417 FR62A424 FR62A427 FR62A428 FR62A429 FR62A433"><span class="h1">Professional Activity</span><br /><br /><span class="em">(For all persons born before January 1, 1948)</span><br />[Applies to questions 11 - 16]<br /><br />If you are currently <span class="em">without work</span> and you are looking for work, go directly to question <span class="em">16</span>.<br />If you are <span class="em">no longer working</span>, go directly to question <span class="em">17</span>.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="FR62A416 FR62A428"><span class="h3">12.</span> Do you work <span class="em">without pay</span> helping another person in his/her profession (for example, a member of your family)?<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] yes<br />[] no</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A415 FR62A416 FR62A428 FR62A429"><span class="h3">13. Do you practice your declared profession in question 11 as:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] A paid employee<br />-- answer questions 14a, b and c and question 15)<br /><br />[] Someone who works out of his/her home<br />[] An apprentice under contract<br />-- [If you checked either of the two above options,] skip to question 15<br /><br />[] Landowning farmer, farmer, tenant farmer<br />[] Professional<br />[] Employer or independent worker: craftsman, shop-keeper, etc. (working independently, including managers who are majority shareholders of S.A.R.L. [<span class="lang">gerants majoritaires de S.A.R.L</span>] and persons working strictly on commission).<br />-- [If you check any of the three above options,] skip to question 15 and answer:</div><br /><div class="i2">Do you have paid employees (do not count paid household help. In agriculture, count only permanent paid employees)<br />[] yes. How many? ____<br />[] no</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A416 FR62A427 FR62A428"><span class="h3">14b. For state or municipal civil servants, public service employees (electric company, railroad, etc.), career military personnel, indicate your category [<span class="lang">grade</span>]</span>.<br /><br />Examples: clerk, administrative secretary, administrator, chief engineer, registering agent [<span class="lang">facteur enregistrant</span>] for the French National Railroad:<br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A413 FR62A416 FR62A427 FR62A428"><span class="h3">16. For persons who are currently without work and who are looking for work.</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">a. Have you ever worked?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] yes<br />[] no</div><br /><div class="i1">b. What is your profession?</div><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /><div class="i1">c. For how long have you been seeking work?</div><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="FR62A416 FR62A428"><span class="h3">12.</span> Do you work <span class="em">without pay</span> helping another person in his/her profession (for example, a member of your family)?<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] yes<br />[] no</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A415 FR62A416 FR62A428 FR62A429"><span class="h3">13. Do you practice your declared profession in question 11 as:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] A paid employee<br />-- answer questions 14a, b and c and question 15)<br /><br />[] Someone who works out of his/her home<br />[] An apprentice under contract<br />-- [If you checked either of the two above options,] skip to question 15<br /><br />[] Landowning farmer, farmer, tenant farmer<br />[] Professional<br />[] Employer or independent worker: craftsman, shop-keeper, etc. (working independently, including managers who are majority shareholders of S.A.R.L. [<span class="lang">gerants majoritaires de S.A.R.L</span>] and persons working strictly on commission).<br />-- [If you check any of the three above options,] skip to question 15 and answer:</div><br /><div class="i2">Do you have paid employees (do not count paid household help. In agriculture, count only permanent paid employees)<br />[] yes. How many? ____<br />[] no</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A416 FR62A427 FR62A428"><span class="h3">14b. For state or municipal civil servants, public service employees (electric company, railroad, etc.), career military personnel, indicate your category [<span class="lang">grade</span>]</span>.<br /><br />Examples: clerk, administrative secretary, administrator, chief engineer, registering agent [<span class="lang">facteur enregistrant</span>] for the French National Railroad:<br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="FR62A413 FR62A416 FR62A427 FR62A428"><span class="h3">16. For persons who are currently without work and who are looking for work.</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">a. Have you ever worked?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] yes<br />[] no</div><br /><div class="i1">b. What is your profession?</div><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /><div class="i1">c. For how long have you been seeking work?</div><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Independent without workers |
| 2 | Employer |
| 3 | Family helper |
| 4 | Apprenticed under contract |
| 5 | Worker of private establishments |
| 6 | Working at home |
| 7 | Workers of public services |
| 8 | State employee or local city employee |
| 9 | Unemployed |
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="FR62A414 FR62A415 FR62A416 FR62A427 FR62A428 FR62A429"><span class="em">Questions 11 through 17</span> The questions on professional activity are especially important. You should check carefully to make sure they are filled out carefully<br /><span class="em">Question 11: This question is of capital importance. It is impossible to be too specific in this category.</span><br />Read carefully the following explanations and the examples given on the individual report [<span class="lang">bulletin individuel</span>], as well as the following list:<br />Examples of inadequate answers which should not be accepted under any circumstance and comments<br /><div class="i1">1. Answers which are inadequate because they are not specific enough:</div><br /><div class="i2">Employee<br />Worker<br />Engineer</div><br /><div class="i3">Indicate exactly the occupation of the person in question. For example: department- store salesperson, metal turner, chemical engineer.</div><br /><div class="i2">Civil Servant<br />Railroad employee<br />Gas company worker</div><br /><div class="i3">Specify the rank or job of civil servants and employees of public services. For example: accounting and order clerk, combined- use railroad agent [<span class="lang">facteur mixte S.N.C.F.</span>].</div><br /><div class="i2">Shopkeeper<br />Manufacturer<br />Craftsman<br />Administrator</div><br /><div class="i3">Answer in this way, for example: retail grocer, automobile repair mechanic, director of a noodle factory.</div><br /><div class="i1">2. Answers which are inadequate because they are incomplete:</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="lang">O.S.2.</span><br /><span class="lang">O.P.</span><br />Qualified laborer<br />Team leader<br />Foreman</div><br /><div class="i1">The above indicate the professional rank, but do not give the individual occupation.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p.25]</span><br /><span class="em">Question 12 - Unpaid workers who help another person in his/her job</span><br />It may sometime happen that certain persons - above all, women - work helping another person in his/her job without receiving any pay for their work. These persons should answer "yes" to question 12, even if they only work as such on a part- time basis.<br />This question concerns, for example, the wife of a farmer who participates in farm work, or the wife or daughter of a shopkeeper who spends a few hours a day at the shop as a salesperson or at the cash register.<br /><span class="em">Question 13 - Household employee</span>. This category is not intended for persons who are self- employed and work at home (craftsmen, seamstresses, milliners). It applies only to persons who work at home, often on a piecework basis, for an industrial or commercial establishment which pays them on this basis. Such is the case, for example, of certain designers for fashion magazines, persons who work for design houses, etc.<br />If these persons have several employers at the same time, indicate in question 15 which is their principal employer.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's working status in detail. In 1962, clergy, students, retired persons, soldiers, and persons of age less than 15 are considered as inactive persons (along with other inactive persons). However, certain clergy people in the regions of Lorraine and Alsace were employed by the local government and, thus, appear as active persons.
Universe
France 1962: Active persons excluding clergy and soldiers [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |