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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Position in principal employment (CH1990A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH90A418 CH90A415 CH90A416 CH90A417"><span class="h3">II. Profession: Questions to employed, unemployed and persons no longer employed</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH90A418"><span class="em">12. Professional status</span><br /><div class="i1">For employed persons: please indicate your professional status.<br /><br />For unemployed persons and those no longer employed: please indicate your professional status in your last job:<br /><br />[] 1 Self-employed (own business, free-lance)<br />[] 2 Relative employed in family business<br />[] 3 Employed as apprentice (indentured or not)<br />[] 4 Employed as manager, executive employee, senior civil servant<br />[] 5 Employed at middle and lower levels, e.g. as office manager, section head, branch manager/ess, workshop foreman, foreman<br />[] 6 Employed in another function, e.g. as white-collared worker, blue-collared worker, trainee<br />[] 7 Other position, namely: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Self employed
3 Co-working family member
4 Apprentice
5 Employed in company management
6 Employed not in company management
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 position in principal employment of the person.
Universe
Switzerland 1990: Persons age 15+ and employed [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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