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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Class of worker (VE1990A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: VEN1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v=" VE90A400 VE90A403 VE90A406 VE90A447 VE90A448 VE90A449 VE90A435 VE90A444 VE90A411 VE90A414 VE90A415 VE90A416 VE90A425 VE90A427 VE90A436 VE90A431"><span class="em"> Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 years of age and older </span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A411">24. In this job, are (or were) you a:<br /><div class="i1">[] Public sector professional employee or laborer<br />[] Private sector professional employee<br />[] Domestic servant<br />[] Member of a cooperative<br />[] Employer or owner<br />[] Own-account worker (who doesn't have employees or workers)<br />[] Unpaid family worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Public employee
2 Private employee
3 Domestic service
4 Member of a cooperative
5 Employer or owner
6 Own-account worker
7 Family worker
8 No answer
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="VE90A400 VE90A447 VE90A435 VE90A444 VE90A411 VE90A425 VE90A436 VE90A431 VE90A403 VE90A415 VE90A416 VE90A427"><span class="em">Questions 18-26 are only for people 12 yrs of age and older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="VE90A406 VE90A411 VE90A425 VE90A435 VE90A444"><span class="em">For questions 20 -- 25, take the information for the previous job when a person is "looking for work having been previously employed".</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A411"><span class="em">Question No.24</span><br /><br />[Employment Status]<br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 24 on the census form.]<br /><br />-- Read the question and the possible answers and fill in the corresponding cell.<br /><br />Employee (white-collar) or laborer for the public sector:<br /><div class="i1">Works in:</div><br /><div class="i2">-- Ministries or organizations of the national, regional, state, or municipal public administration.<br />-- State universities or institutions of higher learning<br />-- Companies with mostly state-owned capital (oil companies, iron and steel companies, etc.).</div><br /><br />Employee (white-collar) or laborer for the private sector:<br /><div class="i1">Works in:</div><br /><div class="i2">-- Incorporated enterprises, limited liability corporations (<span class="lang">sociedades de responsabilidad limitada</span>), family owned companies, cooperatives, non-profit organizations (scouts, churches, etc.).</div><br /><br />Domestic employee:<br /><div class="i1">Works in a house performing household duties and receives a salary.</div><br /><br />Member of a cooperative:<br /><div class="i1">Works as an active member of one or more cooperatives (transportation, agricultural, etc.)</div><br /><br />Employer:<br /><div class="i1">Directs own company. Should have at least one employee (white-collar) or laborer in their employment.</div><br /><br />Worker on own account:<br /><div class="i1">Does not depend on an employer and does not have employees (white-collar) or laborers in their employment. Offers individual and private services (plumber, electrician, taxi driver, street peddler, etc.).</div><br /><br />Unpaid family helper:<br /><div class="i1">Works in the company of a family member and does not receive compensation in the form of money.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's status in employment.
Universe
Venezuela 1990: Employed and experienced unemployed persons, age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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