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Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1983
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ISR_1983_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation 5 years ago (IL1983A_0459)

Data file: ISR1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 239
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]



[Work]
[Questions 14-23]



[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]



Work five years ago
[Questions 24-26]



26. What was your main occupation at your place of work 5 years ago? ____

[Question 26 was asked of persons age 15+ who worked 5 years ago anywhere except being in obligatory army service or in professional army, per question 24]

Do not give a general description, such as: doctor, worker, clerk, driver.

Examples: Eye doctor, worker in cheese production, bus driver
Categories
Value Category
1 Scientific and Academic professionals
2 Other free professionals, technicians ets
3 Managers
4 Clerks
5 Sales workers, agents, etc
6 Services workers
7 Farm workers
8 Skilled workers in industry, transportation, construction
9 Unskilled workers industry, transportation, construction
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
31. Question 26: Main occupation of worker 5 years ago

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 26.]
Answer this question according to instructions for question 20.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation 5 years ago.
Universe
Persons age 15+ who worked 5 years ago

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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