General Survey of the Population and Housing 1998 - IPUMS Subset
Côte d'Ivoire, 2012
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CIV_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- CIV1998_PHC-H-H
- CIV1998_PHC-P-H
Current occupation (detailed) (CI1998A_OCC3)
Data file: CIV1998_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
256
End:
258
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">Residents of age six years and over</span>
<br />[Question 26 through 33 asked of resident persons aged 6 and older.]</p>
<p>30. Current occupation </p>
<div class="i1">Ask the question: What kind of work are you doing now? Record the answer on the dotted lines. E.g.: mason, taxi driver. For unemployed persons, record the last occupation. ____</div>
<br />[Question 26 through 33 asked of resident persons aged 6 and older.]</p>
<p>30. Current occupation </p>
<div class="i1">Ask the question: What kind of work are you doing now? Record the answer on the dotted lines. E.g.: mason, taxi driver. For unemployed persons, record the last occupation. ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Members of the executive and legislative bodies |
| 002 | Senior executives of public administration |
| 003 | Other public administration executives |
| 006 | Leaders and senior managers of employers' and workers' organizations and other socio-economic organizations |
| 008 | Leaders and senior managers of international development organizations |
| 009 | Company directors |
| 010 | Production and operations management executives in state companies, businesses and parastatal establishments |
| 011 | Directors of schools and universities |
| 012 | Public administration and company managers not elsewhere classified |
| 014 | Mathematicians, statisticians - mathematicians, engineers statisticians, statisticians - economists |
| 015 | Computer engineers, designers and systems analysts |
| 016 | Architect, urban planner, road traffic engineer |
| 017 | Civil engineer, building, road construction, bridge construction, aerodrome construction, hydraulic engineer |
| 018 | Electrical, electrotechnical, electromechanical equipment, electronics engineer |
| 019 | Mechanical engineer, mechanical engineer in agriculture or aircraft construction |
| 020 | Chemical engineer in oil and natural gas, or in manufacturing |
| 022 | Cartographer, surveyor, hydrographer, topographic surveyor, photogrammetry |
| 023 | Pilot, deck officer and mechanic officer of maritime and air navigation, air navigation engineer |
| 024 | Telecommunications and radio engineer, postal and telecommunications administrator, postal inspector |
| 025 | Engineer not elsewhere classified |
| 026 | Professionals in physical, mathematical and technical sciences |
| 029 | Doctor, gynecologist, pediatrician, surgeon, ophthalmologist, psychiatrist |
| 028 | Agronomist, horticultural agronomist, soil agronomist, silvicultural agronomist, agro-ecologist. |
| 030 | Dentist, dental surgeon, pediatric dentist |
| 031 | Veterinarian, epidemiologist |
| 032 | Pharmacist, chemist (lab analyst) |
| 034 | Professionals in life sciences and health, not elsewhere classified |
| 038 | Interpreter, lexicographer, linguist, translator |
| 040 | Professionals in social sciences and humanities |
| 041 | Assistant professor, lecturer, university professor |
| 042 | Assistant, lecturer, higher establishment professor |
| 043 | Secondary education teacher (general, technical, and vocational) |
| 044 | Other teaching specialists (primary education inspector, pedagogical advisor, education advisor, youth and entertainment advisor, guidance advisor, secondary education inspector, extra-curricular activities advisor.) |
| 045 | Chartered accountant, auditor, chief accountant |
| 046 | Advisor in professional orientation, career development, and occupational analyst |
| 047 | Lawyer, magistrate, judge, president of the court, prosecutor general, notary, bailiff |
| 048 | Archivist, archivist-palaeographer, museum curator, librarian, documentalist |
| 049 | Author, critic, journalist, editor, copywriter, technical editor |
| 050 | Painter, portrait artist, comic book creator, and art creator, sculptor |
| 051 | Singer, conductor, choir director, music composer, instrumental musician, orchestrator |
| 052 | Choreographers - dancers |
| 053 | Actor, film director, theater director, theater producer |
| 054 | Athletes, sportspeople, and similar |
| 055 | Bishop, priest, abbot, pastor, parish priest, other member of catholic orders |
| 056 | Imam, quranic master, other member of the muslim faith |
| 057 | Other leaders of religious worship |
| 059 | Senior civil engineering technician, assistant surveyor, construction works supervisor, hydrographic surveyor, quantity surveyor, technical assistant for public works |
| 060 | Senior electrical technician, electrotechnician, controller of electromechanical installations |
| 061 | Senior mechanic technician in aeronautical construction, mechanical construction, shipbuilding, or nuclear energy |
| 062 | Senior technician in industrial chemistry, petrochemical technician, technical assistant mine prospector |
| 064 | Cartographic designer, civil engineering designer, architectural designer, industrial designer, illustrator of technical and commercial publications |
| 065 | Senior technician in industrial organization, quantity surveyor technician, production methods technician |
| 066 | Senior industrial robot technician, printing technical assistant, senior computer equipment technician |
| 067 | Photographer and technician of image and sound recording devices, technician of broadcasting, radio, television and medical equipment, other technicians of optical and electronic devices, telecommunications |
| 068 | Senior air safety technician, air traffic controller, non-commissioned officer and similar maritime and air navigation mechanic technicians and flight crew |
| 069 | Technicians in physical and technical sciences, not elsewhere classified |
| 070 | Senior bacteriology technician, biochemistry, serology and blood bank, pharmacology, zoology, PVA assistants, veterinary assistant, senior water and forestry technician, senior pedologist technician |
| 071 | Medical assistant, sanitary inspector, hygienist, sanitation assistant, worker safety and health inspector |
| 072 | State qualified nurse, midwife, physiotherapist, optometrist, optician physiotherapist, childcare worker, major nurse |
| 073 | Pharmacist assistant, dentist assistant, dental technician, laboratory technician |
| 074 | Nurse, nursing assistant, caregiver, traveling health agent, medicine distributor, laboratory assistant |
| 075 | Naturotherapist, phytotherapist, psychotherapist, herbalist, medical - pharmacologist |
| 076 | Spiritualist: healer, witch doctor, marabout |
| 077 | Matron midwife, traditional birth attendant |
| 078 | Technicians in life and health sciences, not elsewhere classified |
| 079 | Teacher, specialized educator, master of continuing education, boarding school educator, master of physical and sports education |
| 080 | Assistant teacher, primary education instructor, kindergarten teacher, preschool education instructor |
| 081 | Driving school instructor, coach, other categories of teaching staff not elsewhere classified |
| 082 | Insurance agent, insurers, insurance broker, insurance advisor |
| 083 | Real estate agent, real estate broker, goods dealer |
| 084 | Travel agent, travel agency advisor, travel organizer |
| 085 | Sales agent, sales technician, after-sales service advisor, customer advisor, salesman, commercial usher, buyers of goods, buyer of agricultural products (coffee, cocoa, cotton, or similar) |
| 086 | Inspector of litigation services, auctioneer, appraiser, appraiser of real estate and merchandise or miscellaneous items, appraiser of damages covered by insurance policies |
| 087 | Freight broker, trader, concession agent, customs declarant, freight forwarder, shipping consignment agent, ship broker |
| 088 | Secretary of registries and public prosecutor's offices, notary's clerk, bailiff's clerk, registrar, legal services clerk |
| 089 | Actuary assistant, technical assistant for statistics, accountant, senior it technician, accounting assistant, programmer analyst |
| 090 | Administrative secretary, executive assistant, executive secretary, group leader of office employees |
| 091 | Maritime and port affairs controller, postal and telecommunications controller, labor controller, construction site or operations controller |
| 092 | Comptroller of customs, comptroller of the treasury, comptroller of taxes, secretary of finance |
| 093 | Assistant archivist, assistant documentalist, assistant librarian, museum technician, cultural facilitator |
| 094 | Radio, television, or shows host |
| 095 | Manager of prison establishments, intendant, bursar |
| 096 | Work safety inspector, social security inspector, prices, wages, weights and measures inspector |
| 098 | Technicians in administrative management, not elsewhere classified |
| 099 | Secretary typist, secretary stenotypist, word processing secretary, data entry operator |
| 100 | Accounting and financial services employees |
| 101 | Procurement and scheduling employee, warehouse worker and inventory manager |
| 102 | Transport service employees, including bus, boat, train, truck dispatcher; road transport controller; rail transport controller; air transport controller |
| 103 | Technical statistics officer, technical it officer, operator, customs verification agent, PTT officer |
| 104 | Cashier, teller, ticket agent |
| 105 | Administrative assistant, clerical clerk, civil status assistant, town hall employee |
| 106 | Reception and customer information employee, including travel agency office worker telephone operator, switchboard operator, receptionist |
| 107 | Library employee, documental assistant, mail service employee, archivist-binder |
| 108 | Owner, wholesale, and retail manager |
| 141 | Self-service employee |
| 110 | Product buyer, trader, direct seller |
| 111 | Airline commercial services agent, PMU delegate |
| 109 | Sales manager, sales advisor, sales engineer, sales inspector |
| 112 | Travel agency representative and agent, seller of brochures |
| 114 | Sales clerk, sales employee and demonstrator, gas station attendant |
| 115 | Shopkeeper |
| 116 | Fabric and second-hand goods seller |
| 117 | Fruit seller |
| 118 | Seller of vegetables, peanuts, and condiments |
| 119 | Seller of donuts, alloko, attiéké |
| 120 | Loincloth seller |
| 121 | Drink seller, drugstore seller |
| 122 | Water seller |
| 123 | Fish, meat, poultry and livestock seller |
| 124 | Seller of other foodstuffs |
| 113 | Broker and auctioneer, business services sales agent |
| 126 | Bookstore agent, newspaper and tobacco seller |
| 127 | Stationery seller, street bookseller |
| 128 | Seller of spare parts for vehicles and motorcycles |
| 129 | Seller of household appliances and general hardware |
| 130 | Merchant of boards, rafters, plywood and sheets |
| 125 | Miller |
| 132 | Seller of clothing and shoes |
| 131 | Seller of home furnishings and decor |
| 134 | Seller of fragrances and beauty items |
| 133 | Seller of leather goods, travel items |
| 135 | Seller of sporting goods |
| 137 | Luxury goods seller |
| 136 | Commercial rental attendant without driver |
| 138 | Model |
| 139 | Department store salesperson, in-store demonstrator |
| 140 | Self-service employee |
| 142 | Owner and manager of hotels, cafes, restaurants, or kiosks |
| 143 | Maid, laundress, housekeeper, maid, child carer, cleaning technician |
| 144 | Dishwasher, kitchen waiter, chef, bartender, cafe owner, counter waiter, community restaurant server |
| 145 | Hotel controller, catering controller, head bartender, or similar |
| 146 | Kitchen assistant, bar assistant, butler, or similar |
| 147 | Support agent, receptionist |
| 148 | Public transport controller and collector, guide |
| 149 | Group leader of domestic workers or similar workers not elsewhere classified |
| 150 | Real estate agent, building group manager |
| 152 | Guard, janitor, night watchman, or similar workers not elsewhere classified, drainer |
| 153 | Launderer, degreaser, presser, dyer, fanico, or similar workers not elsewhere classified |
| 154 | Hairdresser, nail clipper, hairdresser or beauty care specialists and similar workers not elsewhere classified, beautician |
| 155 | SODECI or CIE invoice distribution agent |
| 156 | Planner and photocopy agent |
| 157 | Washer and guard of vehicles and other machinery |
| 158 | Dry cleaning worker |
| 159 | Tile cleaner, sewer worker, garbage collector |
| 161 | Schemer (resourceful) |
| 162 | Loader of the woroworo and gbaka, apprentice of gbaka (transportation) |
| 163 | Guide to tourism, leisure, or similar |
| 165 | Funeral technical employee |
| 166 | Funeral director |
| 167 | Prostitutes, pimps, or similar |
| 168 | Waiter |
| 170 | Conveyor of goods and merchandise |
| 172 | Public crier, drummers, griot, or similar |
| 173 | Specialized workers in services, not elsewhere classified |
| 174 | Army or Navy |
| 175 | Constable |
| 176 | Police |
| 179 | Protection and security service personnel (vigilance, guard, or similar) |
| 177 | Firefighter |
| 178 | Prison service staff |
| 183 | Engraver of glazed products, decorators on glass and ceramics |
| 184 | Blacksmith |
| 186 | Textile workers, including spinner, winder, and finisher of textile products, and textile workers not elsewhere classified |
| 187 | Weaver and knitter, cotton spinner, hosiery worker |
| 189 | Rubber and plastic articles manufacturing worker, tire maker and vulcanizer |
| 191 | Crafts production, not elsewhere classified |
| 192 | Jeweler, jewelers, goldsmiths |
| 194 | Painter, decorator and designer, model creator, or similar |
| 195 | Calligrapher, screen printer and other arts craftsmen, printer |
| 197 | Crafts, not elsewhere classified |
| 198 | Typographer and related workers, printing press operators, stereotyper and cliche maker, electroplater, printing engraver |
| 199 | Tailor, seamstress, embroiderer, pattern maker, stylist, or similar |
| 200 | Electrician |
| 201 | Watch repairer, watchmaker |
| 202 | Radio, television, video repairer |
| 203 | Upholsterer-quiltmaker, saddler (automobile), bodywork painter |
| 204 | Locksmith |
| 205 | Other machine repairer or maintainer (mechanography, microcomputer, or similar) |
| 206 | Shoe shiner, shoemaker |
| 207 | Other service craftsman |
| 208 | SODECI, CIE meter installation worker |
| 209 | Automobile and agricultural machinery repair mechanic |
| 210 | Cycle and motorcycle mechanic, repairer of small machines |
| 211 | Auto electrician, mechanic |
| 212 | Sheet metal worker, auto body repairer, car body painter |
| 213 | Miner, quarryman, well digger, ore and stone processing worker, stone cutter and engraver, and similar |
| 214 | Metal production and processing worker, including steel furnace driver, laminator, metal colorer, sand moulder and core maker, metal heat treatment worker, similar metal coatings worker, and similar |
| 215 | Wood processing and papermaking worker, including sawyer, paper pulp preparer, and similar |
| 216 | Oven and chemical equipment operator, including crusher, grinder, filter equipment operators, oil refining workers, chemical oven, and similar |
| 217 | Food worker, including miller, grain processing worker, sugar production and refining worker, baker, pastry chef, confectioner |
| 218 | Butcher and related meat workers, cooker and related canning workers |
| 219 | Dairy product worker, tea, coffee, and cocoa preparation worker |
| 220 | Tobacco worker, including agrarian, cigarette manufacturing worker, and similar |
| 221 | Brewer and wine and beverage worker, and similar |
| 222 | Bootmaker, shoe and leather worker, shoemaker repairers, shoe shiners |
| 223 | Cabinetmaker, joiner, carpenter, luthier |
| 224 | Metal shaping and machining worker, including hammerer and driver of forging presses, toolmakers, modeler and plotter, adjuster |
| 225 | Operator of tool machines, operator of metal surfacing, polishing and sharpening equipment, turner |
| 226 | Fitter, machine installer, and precision mechanic |
| 227 | Electrician, electronics engineer and related workers, including electrician adjuster, electronics adjuster, electrical and electronic equipment fitter, installation electricians, telephone and telegraph installation fitter, electrical line fitter |
| 228 | Radio and television broadcast station operator, sound system operator, and cinema projectionist |
| 229 | Plumber, welder, boilermaker, installer of metal structures, pipefitter, oxycutter, ironworker |
| 230 | Mason, taskmaster |
| 231 | Painter and other construction workers (bricklayer and tiler, cement concrete worker) |
| 232 | Installer of insulation and soundproofing materials, plasterer, terrazzo floor installer |
| 233 | Operator of machines and fixed installations, including operator of energy production installation, operator of machines not elsewhere classified, machinist |
| 234 | Driver of handling and earthmoving equipment, dock worker and handlers, cable creator and splicer, crane driver, and similar |
| 235 | Drivers of passenger and goods transport vehicles |
| 236 | Taxi or woroworo driver |
| 237 | Gbaka driver |
| 238 | Private driver |
| 239 | Bus driver (SOTRA) |
| 240 | Administration driver (specialist t.p. agent), company driver |
| 241 | Deckhand, boatman, engine room and boiler room deckhand |
| 242 | Locomotive driver, brakeman, switchman |
| 243 | Driver of animals and animal-powered vehicles, and similar |
| 244 | Electrician worker, marine merchandise mechanic worker (greaser) |
| 245 | Non-agricultural workers and laborers not elsewhere classified |
| 246 | Planter of cocoa and coffee |
| 247 | Planter of pineapple, banana |
| 248 | Planter of oil palm, rubber tree, coconut |
| 249 | Agricultural workers of cocoa, coffee, or similar |
| 250 | Agricultural workers pineapple, banana, or similar |
| 251 | Agricultural workers of oil palm, rubber, coconut, or similar |
| 252 | Cotton farmer |
| 253 | Farmer of yam or potato |
| 254 | Farmer of plantain, cassava, taro, or similar |
| 255 | Farmer of cereal (rice, corn, millet, sorghum, or similar) |
| 256 | Farmer not specified |
| 257 | Farmer of market garden crops |
| 258 | Nursery grower and gardener, tree and shrub farmer, herbalist |
| 259 | Fish farming worker, bee breeder, or similar |
| 260 | Lumberjack, charcoal burner, or similar |
| 261 | Fisherman |
| 262 | Hunter, trapper, or similar |
| 263 | Dairy cattle breeder, shepherd |
| 264 | Poultry breeder |
| 265 | Agricultural workers not elsewhere classified |
| 997 | Occupation not elsewhere classified |
| 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 current occupation (minor category).
Universe
Côte d'Ivoire 1998: Employed persons age 6+ who are residents of the household [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.4%]
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