Census of Population and Housing 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1972

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ISR_1972_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center

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Occupation (IL1972A_0427)

Data file: ISR1972-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 188

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 1-24 asked only of those 14 years of age or older.]

In questions 13-21, full or part-time work for payment, profit, or other remuneration, and also work of a family member without pay in a family business will be considered as "work". Not considered as "work": work of woman in her own household.

[Questions 17-21 were asked of persons age 14+ who worked and did not serve in regular or professional military service last week, per questions 13, 16]

20. What is the principal work at your place of work?

A. Describe your work ____

Examples: owner of grocery; filing; directing a team of carpenters; recording goods; aircraft maintenance technician; surgeon

B. Description of position (if existing) ____

Samples: Director of Finance Division; Secretary (female) of board of directors; Chief Sanitary Inspector; Head of team of Technicians

Categories

Value	Category
0	Professional, scientific and technical workers
1	Administrative, executive, managerial and clerical workers
2	Sales workers
3	Farmers, fisherman and related workers
4	Workers in transport and communication occupations
5	Construction workers, mines, quarrymen and related workers
6	Craftsmen, production process workers and laborers
7	Service, sport and recreation workers
8	Unknown
9	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's occupation.

Universe

Persons age 14+ who were in the annual labor force

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Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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