2011 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Iran, 2011
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IRN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Center of Iran, IPUMS
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- IRN2011_PHC-H-H
- IRN2011_PHC-P-H
Occupation (3-digit) (IR2011A_OCC)
Data file: IRN2011_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
233
End:
235
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Activity and marital status - For people aged 10 and over</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 26-28 for those who are working, doing unpaid work in the household business, or are temporarily absent from work </span></p>
<p>27. Job (It should be avoided to write general titles such as clerk, farmer, and self-employment) ____
<p><span class="em">Questions 26-28 for those who are working, doing unpaid work in the household business, or are temporarily absent from work </span></p>
<p>27. Job (It should be avoided to write general titles such as clerk, farmer, and self-employment) ____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Armed forces and police officers |
| 110 | Legislators and senior officials |
| 114 | Managers and administrators of specialized organizations |
| 141 | School supervisors and principals |
| 142 | Transport and communications service supervisors |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary vocational, lower and upper secondary education teaching |
| 233 | Primary and Pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education teaching professionals (teach physically or me |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians and related information professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 249 | Other professionals, not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 331 | Primary, pre-primary, and special education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 711 | Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural-metal preparers and realted trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 745 | Electronics mechanics, fitters and servicers |
| 750 | Supervisors of jewelry, glass blowing, ceramics and the like |
| 811 | Mining and mineral-processing-plant operators |
| 812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 813 | Glass, ceramics and related plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing and papermaking-plant operators |
| 815 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 828 | Assemblers |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ship deck crews and related workers |
| 899 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers, not elsewhere classified |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation (3-digit).
Universe
Iran 2011: Persons age 10+ who worked, were unpaid workers or temporarily absent from work in the past 7 days [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept