General Population Census of 1962 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1962

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FRA_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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SAPHIR occupation (FR1962A_SOCCUP)

Data file: FRA1962_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="FR62A410 FR62A411 FR62A413 FR62A415 FR62A421 FR62A427 FR62A429 FR62A430"><span class="h1">Education and professional training</span><br /><br /><span class="em">(For all persons born before January 1, 1952)</span><br />[Applies to questions 8 - 10]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="FR62A415 FR62A421 FR62A427 FR62A429"><span class="h3">8. Are you currently a student?</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes. Answer questions 9a, b, and c.<br />[] No. Go directly to question number 10.</div><br />Do not answer "yes" unless you are taking courses from a general educational establishment, either professional or technical, or from a university, for the duration of the school year.<br /><br /><span class="h3">9a. Name and address of the school or university:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="h3">9b. Nature of the classes you are taking:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br />Examples: primary, modern or classical secondary [<span class="lang">secondaire moderne ou classique</span>], technical, higher, 2nd degree agricultural [<span class="lang">agricole du 2eme degre</span>], etc.<br /><br /><span class="h3">9c. Designation of your class, section or specialty:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br />Examples: 3rd modern, 4th technical, <span class="lang">M.P.C.</span>, etc.<br /></svar></p>

<p><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="FR62A427 FR62A429" v="FR62A415 FR62A427 FR62A429"><span class="h3">11. Principal Profession. Indicate your current occupation or job.</span><br />(even if you are still just an apprentice or if you work helping a family member in his/her occupation.) A woman taking care of only her own household should answer "without profession."<br /><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Be specific</span>; examples: Cashier <span class="em">accountant, automobile repair</span> mechanic, <span class="em">hot</span> roller [<span class="lang">lamineur chaud</span>], worker in <span class="em">metal</span> carpentry, truck drivers carrying <span class="em">heavy loads</span>, female machinist <span class="em">in production work</span> [<span class="lang">mecanicienne en confection</span>], <span class="em">mechanical</span> designer, <span class="em">grain</span> broker, wine grower, horticulturalist, shepherd, etc.<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="FR62A415 FR62A427 FR62A429"><span class="h3">17. For persons who no longer work.</span><br /><br />Retired from public service, retired executives/managers, workers who have reached the age of retirement, persons no longer working in business, etc.<br /><br /><div class="i1">What was your principal occupation? ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
14	Agricultural farming, fishermen
21	Artisans
22	Businessmen and employees
23	Business owners with 10 paid workers or more
31	Other professions
33	Executives of public functions
34	Teachers, professional scientists
35	Professional news, arts and shows
37	Administrative executives of commerical enterprises
38	Executives of administrative and commercial businesses
42	Teachers and other employees
43	Professional social health workers
44	Clergy, religious
45	Professional administration in public function
46	Professional administrative and commercial institutions
47	Technicians
48	Supervisors
52	Civil employees, service agents of public function
53	Police and military
54	Administrative employees
55	Business employees
56	Service personnel to individuals
61	Skilled industrial workers
66	Skilled driver
69	Agricultural workers
79	Formerly active people
83	Soldiers of the contingent
84	Students
87	Other inactive people

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 SAPHIR occupation.

SAPHIR variables were constructed by the French statistical office to use consistent codes across censuses.

Universe

France 1962: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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