National Family Health Survey 2005-2006
India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M
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Respondent's occupation (mv716)
Data file: MREC71
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
15
End:
17
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Men who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months (MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Physical scientists |
| 1 | Physical science |
| 2 | Architects, engineers, technologists and surveyors |
| 3 | Engineering technicians |
| 4 | Aircraft and ships officers |
| 5 | Life scientists |
| 6 | Life science technicians |
| 7 | Physicians and surgeons |
| 8 | Nursing and other medical and health technicians |
| 9 | Scientific, medical and technical persons, other |
| 10 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related workers |
| 11 | Economists, and related workers |
| 12 | Accountants, auditors and related workers |
| 13 | Social scientists and related workers |
| 14 | Jurists |
| 15 | Teachers |
| 16 | Poets, authors, journalists and related workers |
| 17 | Sculptors, painters, photographers, and related creative artists |
| 18 | Composers and performing artists |
| 19 | Professional workers, n.e.c. |
| 20 | Elected and legislative officials |
| 21 | Administrative and executive officials government and local bodies |
| 22 | Working proprietors, directors and managers, wholesale and retail trade |
| 23 | Directors and managers, financial institutions |
| 24 | Working proprietors, directors and managers mining construction, manufacturing and related concerns |
| 25 | Working proprietors, directors managers and related executives, transport, storage and communication |
| 26 | Working proprietors, directors and managers, other services |
| 29 | Administrative, executive and managerial workers, n.e.c. |
| 30 | Clerical and other supervisors |
| 31 | Village officials |
| 32 | Stenographers, typist and card and tape punching operators |
| 33 | Book keepers, cashiers and related workers |
| 34 | Computing machine operators |
| 35 | Clerical and related workers |
| 36 | Transport and communication supervisors |
| 37 | Transport conductors and guards |
| 38 | Mail distributors and related workers |
| 39 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 40 | Merchants and shopkeepers, wholesale and retail trade |
| 41 | Manufacturers, agents |
| 42 | Technical salesmen and commercial travelers |
| 43 | Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers |
| 44 | Insurance, real estate, securities and business service, salesmen and auctioneers |
| 45 | Money lenders and pawn brokers |
| 49 | Sales workers, n.e.c. |
| 50 | Hotel and restaurant keepers |
| 51 | House keepers, matron and stewards (domestic & institutional) |
| 52 | Cooks, waiters, bartenders and related workers (domestic & institutional) |
| 53 | Maids and related house keeping service workers, n.e.c. |
| 54 | Building caretakers, sweepers, cleaners and related workers |
| 55 | Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers, n.e.c. |
| 56 | Hair dresser, barbers, beauticians and related workers |
| 57 | Protective service workers |
| 59 | Service workers |
| 60 | Farm plantation, dairy and other managers and supervisors |
| 61 | Cultivators |
| 62 | Farmers, other than cultivators |
| 63 | Agricultural labourer |
| 64 | Plantation labourers & related workers |
| 65 | Other farm workers |
| 66 | Forestry workers |
| 67 | Hunters and related workers |
| 68 | Fishermen and related workers |
| 71 | Miners, quarrymen, well drillers & related workers |
| 72 | Metal processors |
| 73 | Wood preparation workers and paper makers |
| 74 | Chemical processors and related workers |
| 75 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers |
| 76 | Tanners, fellmongers and pelt dressers |
| 77 | Food and beverage processors |
| 78 | Tobacco preparers & tobacco product makers |
| 79 | Tailors, dress makers, sewers, upholsterers & related workers |
| 80 | Shoemakers & leather goods makers |
| 81 | Carpenters, cabinet & related wood workers |
| 82 | Stone cutters & carvers |
| 83 | Blacksmiths, tool makers and machine tools operators |
| 84 | Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precession instrument makers (except electrical) |
| 85 | Electrical fitters & related electrical & electronic workers |
| 86 | Broadcasting station and sound equipment operators and cinema projectionists |
| 87 | Plumbers, welders, sheet metal & structural metal preparers and erectors |
| 88 | Jewellery & precious metal workers and metal engravers |
| 89 | Glass formers, potters & related workers |
| 90 | Rubber and plastic product makers workers |
| 91 | Paper & paper board products makers/printing and related workers |
| 92 | Painters/production & related workers, n.e.c/bricklayers and other constructions workers |
| 93 | Stationery engines and related equipment operators, oilers and greasers/material handling & related equipment operators (loaders & unloaders) |
| 94 | Transport equipment operators |
| 95 | Labourers (labourers, n.e.c.) |
| 96 | Other (new workers seeking employment, workers reporting occupations unidentifiable or inadequately described) |
| 97 | None (workers not reporting any occupation, including housewives, students, unemployed and retired) |
| 98 | Don't know |
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.
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Notes
Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific.