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Censo de Población y Viviendas, 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962
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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Occupation (1-digit) (PY1962A_OCC1)

Data file: PRY1962_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 175
End: 176
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Occupational (economic) characteristics</span></p>

<p>For persons 12 years of age and older</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY60A429">16. Occupation: ____<br /><div class="i1">Only for those who are employed, unemployed or looking for work for the first time. If an employed person has more than one occupation, write the one which produces the most income. For the unemployed, write the most recent occupation. For one looking for work for the first time, write the profession or position if there is one, or else write "none." Examples of occupation: lawyer, carpenter, bricklayer, paymaster, tractor driver, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Professionals, technicians and persons in similar occupations
01 Managers, administrators, and officials in directive positions
02 Office employees and persons in similar occupations
03 Salesmen and persons in similar occupations
04 Farmers, ranchers, fishermen, hunters, forestry workers, and persons in similar occupations
05 Miners, quarry workers, and persons in similar occupations
06 Transportation conductors and persons in similar occupations
07 Artisans and operators in occupations related to weaving and sewing clothing and footwear, carpentry, construction industry, mechanics, and graphic arts
08 Other artisans and operators
09 Workers and day laborers not listed elsewhere
10 Workers in personal services and in similar occupations
11 Other workers not listed elsewhere and workers in occupations not identified or not declared
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (general).
Universe
Paraguay 1962: Persons age 12+ economically active [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 2.9%]

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