Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1983

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Reference ID

ISR_1983_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Occupation 5 years ago (IL1983A_0459)

Data file: ISR1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 238

End: 239

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]

[Work]
[Questions 14-23]

[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]

Work five years ago
[Questions 24-26]

26. What was your main occupation at your place of work 5 years ago? ____

[Question 26 was asked of persons age 15+ who worked 5 years ago anywhere except being in obligatory army service or in professional army, per question 24]

Do not give a general description, such as: doctor, worker, clerk, driver.

Examples: Eye doctor, worker in cheese production, bus driver

Categories

Value	Category
1	Scientific and Academic professionals
2	Other free professionals, technicians ets
3	Managers
4	Clerks
5	Sales workers, agents, etc
6	Services workers
7	Farm workers
8	Skilled workers in industry, transportation, construction
9	Unskilled workers industry, transportation, construction
98	Unknown
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

31. Question 26: Main occupation of worker 5 years ago

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 26.]
Answer this question according to instructions for question 20.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's occupation 5 years ago.

Universe

Persons age 15+ who worked 5 years ago

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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