Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset
Canada, 2001
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Reference ID
CAN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center
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- CAN2001-H-H
- CAN2001-P-H
Occupation (2001 national occupational classification for statistics) (CA2001A_0501)
Data file: CAN2001-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
302
End:
303
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
23. Answer questions 24 to 51 for each person aged 15 and over.
Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 and over.
Note: Questions 40 to 48 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2000. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.
[Questions 40-50 were asked of persons who have worked for pay after 2000, per question 39.]
40. For whom did this person work?
For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name.
Name of firm, government agency, etc. ________
Section, plant, department, etc. (if applicable) ________
41. What kind of business, industry or service was this?
Please be specific. For example: road maintenance, secondary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, temporary help agency, full-service garage, trapping.
Kind of business, industry or service ________
_ _ _ _
42. What was this person's work or occupation?
Please be specific. For example: legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, restaurant manager, secondary school teacher. (If in the Armed Forces, give rank.)
Occupation ________
43. In this work, what were this person's main activities?
Please give details. For example: prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, managed operations of a restaurant, taught mathematics.
Main activities ________
_ _ _ _
Remember, these questions are only for persons aged 15 and over.
Note: Questions 40 to 48 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 2000. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.
[Questions 40-50 were asked of persons who have worked for pay after 2000, per question 39.]
40. For whom did this person work?
For self-employed persons, enter the name of their business. If the business does not have a name, enter the person's name.
Name of firm, government agency, etc. ________
Section, plant, department, etc. (if applicable) ________
41. What kind of business, industry or service was this?
Please be specific. For example: road maintenance, secondary school, municipal police, wheat farm, retail shoe store, temporary help agency, full-service garage, trapping.
Kind of business, industry or service ________
_ _ _ _
42. What was this person's work or occupation?
Please be specific. For example: legal secretary, plumber, fishing guide, wood furniture assembler, restaurant manager, secondary school teacher. (If in the Armed Forces, give rank.)
Occupation ________
43. In this work, what were this person's main activities?
Please give details. For example: prepared legal documents, installed residential plumbing, guided fishing parties, made wood furniture products, managed operations of a restaurant, taught mathematics.
Main activities ________
_ _ _ _
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Senior management occupations |
| 2 | Other management occupations |
| 3 | Professional occupations in business and finance |
| 4 | Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations |
| 5 | Clerical occupations and clerical supervisors |
| 6 | Occupations in natural and applied sciences |
| 7 | Professional occupations in health, registered nurses and supervisors |
| 8 | Technical, assisting and related occupations in health |
| 9 | Occupations in social science, government services and religion |
| 10 | Teachers and professors |
| 11 | Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
| 12 | Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
| 13 | Retail trade supervisors, salespersons, sales clerks and cashiers |
| 14 | Chefs and cooks, supervisors, and other occupations in food and beverage service |
| 15 | Occupations in protective services |
| 16 | Childcare and home support workers |
| 17 | Service supervisors, occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport and sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
| 18 | Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation |
| 19 | Construction trades |
| 20 | Other trades occupations |
| 21 | Transport and equipment operators |
| 22 | Trades helpers, construction, and transportation laborers and related occupations |
| 23 | Occupations unique to primary industries |
| 24 | Supervisors, machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing |
| 25 | Laborers in processing, manufacturing and utilities |
| 99 | 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
[Questions 34 to 50 collect information on paid work done by people aged 15 and older.]
Question 42 -- Occupation
Give specific descriptions of the work done. For example - rather than: maintenance; repair work; office work; engineering; engineering; inspecting; supervising; consulting.
A more complete response would be: electrical equipment maintainer; electrical motor repairman; typist, general office work; industrial engineer; industrial engineering technician; electronic equipment inspector; aircraft assembly supervisor; health-care planning consultant.
[p. 19]
Question 43 -- Main activities
Report the main activities this person does in his or her job. Be sure to indicate supervisory or management responsibilities if they apply. For persons who are members of a religious order engaged in teaching or nursing, report these activities rather than the religious activities.
Question 42 -- Occupation
Give specific descriptions of the work done. For example - rather than: maintenance; repair work; office work; engineering; engineering; inspecting; supervising; consulting.
A more complete response would be: electrical equipment maintainer; electrical motor repairman; typist, general office work; industrial engineer; industrial engineering technician; electronic equipment inspector; aircraft assembly supervisor; health-care planning consultant.
[p. 19]
Question 43 -- Main activities
Report the main activities this person does in his or her job. Be sure to indicate supervisory or management responsibilities if they apply. For persons who are members of a religious order engaged in teaching or nursing, report these activities rather than the religious activities.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the kind of work persons were doing during the reference week, as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job, as classified by 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics.
Universe
Persons age 15+ last worked in 2000 or 2001
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |