Uganda Population and Housing Census (with agricultural module) 2002 - IPUMS Subset
Uganda, 2002
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation, 3 digits (UG2002A_0426)
Data file: UGA2002-P-H
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257
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Questions and instructions
Literal question
For all persons aged five years and above
P20 Occupation What kind of work did name mainly do in the last 7 days? (Describe in not less than 2 words) ___
P20 Occupation What kind of work did name mainly do in the last 7 days? (Describe in not less than 2 words) ___
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs |
| 114 | Administrators, special interest groups |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Specialized managers |
| 123 | Managing supervisors |
| 131 | General managers |
| 141 | Diplomatic mission heads |
| 151 | Political mobilizers |
| 152 | Community mobilizers |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists, etc. |
| 217 | Computer programmers |
| 219 | Engineers |
| 220 | Cartographers, surveyors, etc. |
| 221 | Biologists, zoologists, botanists, etc. |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery |
| 224 | Other health professionals |
| 225 | Medical doctors |
| 227 | Veterinary doctors |
| 229 | Agriculturists |
| 231 | Teachers college, university, and higher education |
| 232 | Teachers secondary level |
| 235 | Teachers training institutes |
| 236 | Teachers woodworking vocational training |
| 238 | Teaching professionals, inspectors, etc. |
| 239 | Primary teachers only |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Information professionals, librarians |
| 245 | Writers and creative artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 247 | Other officials and administrators (town clerks) |
| 248 | Professionals n.e.c. |
| 249 | Accountants |
| 250 | Economists |
| 251 | Sociologists |
| 252 | Social workers |
| 253 | Auditors |
| 255 | Business administrators |
| 256 | Journalists |
| 257 | Civil engineers |
| 258 | Electrical engineers |
| 259 | Mechanical engineers |
| 311 | Physical science and engineering technicians |
| 312 | Image, sound, and computer equipment operators |
| 313 | Optical, electronic, and medical equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft technicians |
| 315 | Inspectors bldg, safety, and health |
| 316 | Sub county chiefs |
| 321 | Forestry, farming technicians and advisors |
| 322 | Agronomy, forestry and farming technicians and advisors |
| 323 | Nurses and midwives |
| 324 | Medical assistants |
| 325 | Dental assistants |
| 326 | Veterinary and fishery assistants |
| 327 | Pharmaceutical assistants |
| 328 | Other life science professionals |
| 329 | Traditional medical practitioners |
| 330 | Agricultural assistants |
| 331 | Post-primary teaching associates |
| 332 | Primary teaching associates |
| 333 | Pre-primary teaching associates |
| 334 | Special ed. teaching associates |
| 335 | Teaching associates n.e.c. |
| 341 | Finance and real estate professionals |
| 342 | Business service agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Public and private administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Government customs and tax related associate professionals |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment, and broadcasting professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 349 | Associate professionals, civil servants n.e.c. (lawyer?) |
| 350 | Landlords |
| 351 | Life science experienced non-professionals |
| 352 | Teaching experienced non-professionals |
| 353 | Sports and cultural entertainment ,experienced non-professionals |
| 354 | Self-employed, unspecified business |
| 355 | Other non-professionals n.e.c. |
| 356 | Magistrates |
| 411 | Secretaries, keyboard operator clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks, book keeping |
| 413 | Material recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail, filing clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashier, teller clerks (green boat) |
| 422 | Client information clerks (receptionist, travel agency clerks) |
| 423 | Money changers |
| 433 | Clerks n.e.c. |
| 511 | Taxi brokers, conductors, guides |
| 512 | Restaurant service workers and cooks |
| 513 | Personal care workers, childcare |
| 514 | Other personal care workers, housekeepers and hairdressers |
| 515 | Fortune tellers and related workers |
| 516 | Protective service workers, prison wardens, LDUs, game wardens |
| 517 | Policemen |
| 521 | Fashion and other models (Zipper) |
| 522 | Shop salespersons, attendants (employed shop keeper) |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 532 | Wholesale importers only |
| 533 | Wholesale exporters only |
| 535 | Wholesale produce buyers |
| 536 | Wholesale agricultural product dealers (coffee and milk sellers) |
| 539 | Wholesale traders n.e.c. |
| 540 | Wholesale spare parts/hardware |
| 541 | Food and beverage retailer |
| 542 | General merchandise retailer |
| 543 | Textiles, footwear and personal effects retailer |
| 545 | Human drug retailer, pharmacies |
| 549 | Retailers n.e.c. |
| 550 | Retailer spare parts/hardware |
| 611 | Market gardeners and growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters, beekeepers |
| 616 | Foremen in commercial farming and fishery |
| 621 | Subsistence crop farmers |
| 622 | Subsistence livestock farmers |
| 623 | Subsistence fishery workers |
| 711 | Mine blasters, stone cutters, carvers |
| 712 | Builders, brick layers, masons |
| 713 | Roofers, plasterers, plumbers, electricians |
| 714 | Painters, bldg decorators and related workers |
| 721 | Welders, sheet metal workers, metal molders |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers, related workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters, motor vehicles |
| 724 | Electrical instrument mechanics, radio, etc. |
| 725 | Bicycle repairers |
| 731 | Precision metal workers, repairers of lamps, watches, etc. |
| 732 | Potters, glass formers, related workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textiles, etc. |
| 734 | Printing and related trade workers |
| 741 | Foods and related product processing |
| 743 | Textile and garment workers, inc. tailors |
| 744 | Leather and hides trade workers, inc. shoe makers |
| 745 | Other craftsmen n.e.c. |
| 746 | Distilling and selling local brew |
| 751 | Wood and fiber trade workers |
| 811 | Mining and mineral processing plant operators |
| 814 | Wood processing plant operators |
| 816 | Power generating plant operators (battery charging) |
| 821 | Metal and mineral processing machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical product machine operators (Oxygen Uganda) |
| 823 | Rubber and plastics machine operators (Nile Plastics, Mukwano) |
| 824 | Wood product machine operators (Nile Ply) |
| 825 | Printing, binding, and related plant operators (Monitor New vision) |
| 826 | Fiber preparing, weaving and sewing textile and leather products |
| 827 | Food and related product processing machine operators (grain milling) |
| 829 | Other stationary machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Railway engineer drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural, earthmoving, lifting, and mobile material handling equipment |
| 834 | Ship's deck crews and related workers |
| 835 | Boda drivers |
| 841 | Foremen/supervisors of plant, machine operators and assemblers |
| 888 | Soldiers |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 912 | Shoe cleaning and other street elementary occupation services |
| 913 | Domestic helpers (house girls, shamba boys) |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window cleaners, vehicle washers |
| 915 | Messengers, watchers, security workers, meter readers, porters, etc. |
| 916 | Garbage collectors, sweepers, and related laborers |
| 918 | Other elementary service workers n.e.c. (Mortuary workers) |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related laborers |
| 931 | Laborers in mining |
| 932 | Construction laborers |
| 933 | Manufacturing laborers |
| 934 | Transport laborers |
| 935 | General laborers |
| 936 | Brick makers |
| 941 | Foremen/supervisors of elementary occupation services (market master) |
| 980 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 997 | Response suppressed |
| 999 | 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
School Attendance and Educational Attainment
130. The questions on education apply to All Persons Aged 5 (Five) Years and Above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" (Not Applicable) for Question P16 and leave the rest of the column blank.
131. For purposes of the census, education does not include any form of pre-primary education such as Nursery Education, even if the person is of eligible age.
Activity Status
138. Personal activity status is defined in relation to the person's position at his/her place of work and his/her mode of remuneration i.e. self employed, Paid employee, Unpaid family worker, Student, pensioner, etc.
139. Main activity Refers to the most important economic activity the respondent was engaged in terms of time spent during the last seven (7) days preceding the Census night. 140. Self-Employed: It comprises of employers and own account workers.
1. Employer: This is a person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in an economic activity, and hires one or more employees. For example, a person who owns a shop and hires a person whom he/she pays a salary is considered an employer.
2. Own account worker: is a person who operates his/her own economic enterprise without employing other people as helpers. For example, a person who makes bricks and does not employ any helper is considered an own account worker, not an employer.
141. Unpaid Family workers: Refers to those members of the Household who work in an enterprise operated by the Household without pay or profit.
142. Paid Employee: This is a person who performs work for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wage or salary, commission and piece rates in cash or in kind.
143. Some examples of paid employees are a primary teacher who works in a school for a wage/salary is a paid employee; a person who makes bricks from materials owned by others, and who is paid a salary or wage for work is a paid employee; a person who works in a shop belonging to a Household for a salary is a paid employee.
144. All persons who will be temporary absent from work because they are on holiday, sick leave, maternity leave, annual leave and for some other reasons but continue to receive wage or salary, will be recorded as paid employees code '10'. For example: A teacher on holiday, he/she may not have taught during the last 7 days before the census night but continued to receive his/her salary. Such person is considered as a paid employee.
145. Also all persons who were engaged in temporary activity while on holiday, leave or some other reason but have a permanent job to return to, his/her usual activity will be recorded not the temporary activity. For example, a secondary school teacher who is on holiday and is currently employed as a census enumerator or Supervisor, his /her usual activity status (Paid employee) and occupation (Secondary teacher) is the one to be recorded.
146. Looking for Work: These include persons without work i.e. were not in paid employment or self employed and had taken specific steps in a specified recent period to seek paid employment or self-employment. The specific steps include registration at a public or private employment exchange, application to employers, checking at work sites, farms, factory gates, market or other assembly places, placing or answering newspaper advertisements, seeking assistance from friends or relatives, looking for land, building, machinery or equipment to establish own enterprise, arranging for financial resources, applying for permits and licenses, etc.
147. Full time Student: A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private, and does so on a full time basis is called a full time student. Part-time students in formal institutions but also working elsewhere should be regarded as Working.
148. Household Worker: A person of either sex involved in housework and is not paid for the chores he/she performs is called a Household worker.
Industry
149. Refers to the type of economic activity carried out by the enterprise where a person is working. For example, a school nurse is considered to be in the education sector, while an accountant in a soap factory is in the manufacturing sector. Subsistence farmers are considered to be in the agricultural sector.
150. Manufacturing is defined here as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products, whether the work is performed by power-driven machines or by hand, whether it is done in a factory or in the worker's home, and whether the products is sold at wholesale or retail.
151. Some common manufacturing activities include making pancakes, making chapatti, grinding groundnuts, slaughtering animals, coffee processing, maize milling, making curry powder, brewing local beer, distilling local waragi, making furniture, etc.
Occupation
152. Occupation refers to the actual work that an individual does at the place of work. This is irrespective of what the organization actually produces. The information on occupation will be coded in the office. You are thus required to give brief but precise descriptions of the actual occupations, in order for the head office to be able to assign appropriate codes.
153. A description such as "farmer" or "Crop Farmer" is not sufficient. To get the appropriate code we need a description such "Subsistence crop farmer". Additional examples
i. Do not report "Teacher" only but include the level "Primary School Teacher", "Secondary School Teacher", "University Lecturer"
ii. Do not report "farmer" but the type of farmer, such as "Subsistence Crop Farmer ", "Subsistence Animal Farmer", "Commercial Crop Farmer", "Commercial Animal Farmer", "Commercial Fish Monger"
iii. Do not report Trader but the type of trader, such as "Retail Trader Of Food Items", "Wholesalers, Importers".
iv. One of the common occupations is a retailer who sells a wide variety of products such as foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, stationery items, soap, cigarettes, and other products. Report the occupation description for these as "Retail trader in General Merchandise"
How to fill in Questions 18 - 20
154. Questions P18, P19 and P20 are meant for all persons aged 5 years or above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" for question P18, leave the rest of the columns blank and continue to the next person.
155. Ask the questions as they are set out on the questionnaire and talk to each member of the Household and code after understanding what he/she did during the last 7 days prior to the Census Night.
Question P20: Occupation
"What kind of work did (name) do in the last 7 days?"
164. Please describe the occupation in as much detail as possible (in not less than two words). Record the respondent's answer, keeping in mind what is required for proper coding. If the answer is not sufficiently detailed, probe further.
130. The questions on education apply to All Persons Aged 5 (Five) Years and Above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" (Not Applicable) for Question P16 and leave the rest of the column blank.
131. For purposes of the census, education does not include any form of pre-primary education such as Nursery Education, even if the person is of eligible age.
Activity Status
138. Personal activity status is defined in relation to the person's position at his/her place of work and his/her mode of remuneration i.e. self employed, Paid employee, Unpaid family worker, Student, pensioner, etc.
139. Main activity Refers to the most important economic activity the respondent was engaged in terms of time spent during the last seven (7) days preceding the Census night. 140. Self-Employed: It comprises of employers and own account workers.
1. Employer: This is a person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in an economic activity, and hires one or more employees. For example, a person who owns a shop and hires a person whom he/she pays a salary is considered an employer.
2. Own account worker: is a person who operates his/her own economic enterprise without employing other people as helpers. For example, a person who makes bricks and does not employ any helper is considered an own account worker, not an employer.
141. Unpaid Family workers: Refers to those members of the Household who work in an enterprise operated by the Household without pay or profit.
142. Paid Employee: This is a person who performs work for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wage or salary, commission and piece rates in cash or in kind.
143. Some examples of paid employees are a primary teacher who works in a school for a wage/salary is a paid employee; a person who makes bricks from materials owned by others, and who is paid a salary or wage for work is a paid employee; a person who works in a shop belonging to a Household for a salary is a paid employee.
144. All persons who will be temporary absent from work because they are on holiday, sick leave, maternity leave, annual leave and for some other reasons but continue to receive wage or salary, will be recorded as paid employees code '10'. For example: A teacher on holiday, he/she may not have taught during the last 7 days before the census night but continued to receive his/her salary. Such person is considered as a paid employee.
145. Also all persons who were engaged in temporary activity while on holiday, leave or some other reason but have a permanent job to return to, his/her usual activity will be recorded not the temporary activity. For example, a secondary school teacher who is on holiday and is currently employed as a census enumerator or Supervisor, his /her usual activity status (Paid employee) and occupation (Secondary teacher) is the one to be recorded.
146. Looking for Work: These include persons without work i.e. were not in paid employment or self employed and had taken specific steps in a specified recent period to seek paid employment or self-employment. The specific steps include registration at a public or private employment exchange, application to employers, checking at work sites, farms, factory gates, market or other assembly places, placing or answering newspaper advertisements, seeking assistance from friends or relatives, looking for land, building, machinery or equipment to establish own enterprise, arranging for financial resources, applying for permits and licenses, etc.
147. Full time Student: A person who attends a regular formal educational institution, public or private, and does so on a full time basis is called a full time student. Part-time students in formal institutions but also working elsewhere should be regarded as Working.
148. Household Worker: A person of either sex involved in housework and is not paid for the chores he/she performs is called a Household worker.
Industry
149. Refers to the type of economic activity carried out by the enterprise where a person is working. For example, a school nurse is considered to be in the education sector, while an accountant in a soap factory is in the manufacturing sector. Subsistence farmers are considered to be in the agricultural sector.
150. Manufacturing is defined here as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products, whether the work is performed by power-driven machines or by hand, whether it is done in a factory or in the worker's home, and whether the products is sold at wholesale or retail.
151. Some common manufacturing activities include making pancakes, making chapatti, grinding groundnuts, slaughtering animals, coffee processing, maize milling, making curry powder, brewing local beer, distilling local waragi, making furniture, etc.
Occupation
152. Occupation refers to the actual work that an individual does at the place of work. This is irrespective of what the organization actually produces. The information on occupation will be coded in the office. You are thus required to give brief but precise descriptions of the actual occupations, in order for the head office to be able to assign appropriate codes.
153. A description such as "farmer" or "Crop Farmer" is not sufficient. To get the appropriate code we need a description such "Subsistence crop farmer". Additional examples
i. Do not report "Teacher" only but include the level "Primary School Teacher", "Secondary School Teacher", "University Lecturer"
ii. Do not report "farmer" but the type of farmer, such as "Subsistence Crop Farmer ", "Subsistence Animal Farmer", "Commercial Crop Farmer", "Commercial Animal Farmer", "Commercial Fish Monger"
iii. Do not report Trader but the type of trader, such as "Retail Trader Of Food Items", "Wholesalers, Importers".
iv. One of the common occupations is a retailer who sells a wide variety of products such as foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, stationery items, soap, cigarettes, and other products. Report the occupation description for these as "Retail trader in General Merchandise"
How to fill in Questions 18 - 20
154. Questions P18, P19 and P20 are meant for all persons aged 5 years or above. Look back at the age you have entered for each person. For those aged 0 to 4 years write "N/A" for question P18, leave the rest of the columns blank and continue to the next person.
155. Ask the questions as they are set out on the questionnaire and talk to each member of the Household and code after understanding what he/she did during the last 7 days prior to the Census Night.
Question P20: Occupation
"What kind of work did (name) do in the last 7 days?"
164. Please describe the occupation in as much detail as possible (in not less than two words). Record the respondent's answer, keeping in mind what is required for proper coding. If the answer is not sufficiently detailed, probe further.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the 3-digit occupation of the main economic activity in the last seven days if this individual is in labor force.
Universe
Persons age 5+ who are in labor force
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |