National Population, Family, and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset
Argentina, 1970
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ARG_1970_PHC_v01_M_v04_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institue of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation [3 digit] (AR1970A_0417)
Data file: ARG1970-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
174
End:
177
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Economic Characteristics -- for all individuals ten years of age and older
[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]
Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.
[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]
14. What is the occupation, position, or profession that provides the greatest part of your income? ____
Write, for example: tailor, sheep shearing, driller (tornero), agricultural laborer (peón de estancia), truck driver, butcher, taxi driver, construction laborer (peón de albañil), doctor, accounting assistant, cashier, director of sales, carpenter, etc.
[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]
Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.
[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]
14. What is the occupation, position, or profession that provides the greatest part of your income? ____
Write, for example: tailor, sheep shearing, driller (tornero), agricultural laborer (peón de estancia), truck driver, butcher, taxi driver, construction laborer (peón de albañil), doctor, accounting assistant, cashier, director of sales, carpenter, etc.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Chemists |
| 12 | Physicists |
| 13 | Physical science specialists |
| 21 | Architects and city planners |
| 22 | Civil engineers |
| 23 | Electrical engineers |
| 24 | General mechanical engineers |
| 25 | Chemical engineers |
| 26 | Metalworker engineers |
| 27 | Mining engineers |
| 28 | Industrial organization engineers |
| 29 | Non-classified engineers |
| 31 | Surveyors |
| 32 | Draftsmen or women |
| 33 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 34 | Electrical technicians |
| 35 | Mechanical technicians |
| 36 | Chemical industrial technicians |
| 37 | Metalworker technicians |
| 38 | Mining technicians |
| 39 | Industrial technicians not under other headings |
| 41 | Navigable pilots and mechanics (aviation) |
| 42 | Deck officials and pilots (maritime and river navigation) |
| 43 | Machine operator officials (maritime and river navigation) |
| 51 | Similar biological and zoological specialists |
| 52 | Similar bacteriology pharmacological specialists |
| 53 | Agronomic and similar specialists |
| 54 | Biological and agronomic science technicians |
| 61 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 62 | Medical assistants |
| 63 | Dental surgeons |
| 64 | Dental assistants |
| 65 | Veterinarians |
| 66 | Veterinary assistants |
| 67 | Pharmacists |
| 68 | Pharmaceutical assistants |
| 69 | Public health dieticians and nutritionists |
| 71 | Licensed nurses |
| 72 | Nursing personnel not classified under other headings |
| 73 | Licensed obstetricians (or midwives) |
| 74 | Midwives not classified under other headings |
| 75 | Ophthalmologists and opticians |
| 76 | Physical therapists and ergonic therapists |
| 77 | Medical radiology technicians |
| 79 | Veterinary dental surgeons and other workers not classified under other headings |
| 81 | Statisticians |
| 82 | Mathematicians and actuaries |
| 83 | Systems analysts |
| 84 | Statistical and mathematical technicians |
| 90 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges |
| 129 | Jurists not classified under other headings |
| 131 | University and other higher education establishment professors |
| 132 | Secondary education teachers |
| 133 | Primary education teachers |
| 134 | Preschool education teachers |
| 135 | Special education teachers |
| 139 | Teachers classified under other headings |
| 141 | Priests and members of similar religious orders |
| 149 | Secular religious workers |
| 151 | Writers and critics |
| 159 | Similar authors and newspaper writers not classified under other headings |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and similar artists |
| 162 | Decorators, commercial artists and designers |
| 163 | Photographers and camera operators of film and television |
| 171 | Composers, musicians and singers |
| 172 | Choreographers and dancers |
| 173 | Show business actors and directors |
| 174 | Show business businessmen and women and producers |
| 175 | Circus artists |
| 179 | Show business artists not classified under other headings |
| 180 | Sports athletes and similar workers |
| 185 | Undocumented |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists and museum curators |
| 192 | Sociologists, anthropologists; similar specialists |
| 193 | Social workers |
| 194 | Specialists in personal problems and professional orientation analysis |
| 195 | Philologists, translators and interpreters |
| 199 | Other professionals, technicians and similar workers |
| 201 | Legislative official |
| 202 | Personnel director of public administration |
| 210 | Undocumented |
| 211 | General directors |
| 212 | Production directors (except agricultural operations) |
| 219 | Directors and personnel managers not classified under other headings |
| 256 | Undocumented |
| 300 | Undocumented |
| 310 | Administrative agents (public administration) |
| 311 | Undocumented |
| 313 | Undocumented |
| 321 | Shorthand clerks, typists and teletypists |
| 322 | Operators of card punch machines |
| 331 | Helpers of accountants, tellers and similar workers |
| 339 | Clerk for cost computing, wages, and finance |
| 341 | Operators of counting machines and calculators |
| 342 | Operators of machines for the automatic processing of information |
| 351 | Heads of railroad stations |
| 352 | Heads of post offices |
| 360 | Heads of trains, heads of restaurant cars and collectors |
| 370 | Mailmen and mailwomen and messengers |
| 380 | Heads of office employees |
| 391 | Provisioning employees |
| 392 | Employees of material calculations and production planning |
| 393 | Employees of administrative services |
| 394 | Office receptionists |
| 395 | Library and archive services employees |
| 399 | Statistical and coding/data-processing clerks; proof-readers; office machine reproduction processes operator |
| 400 | Directors (retail or wholesale commerce) |
| 410 | Associate owners (retail or wholesale commerce) |
| 421 | Heads of sales |
| 422 | Collectors |
| 431 | Agents and technical sales inspectors |
| 432 | Commercial traveling salespeople and factory representatives |
| 441 | Insurance agents, real estate agents and stock market agents |
| 442 | Agents of sales of services to companies |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 450 | Undocumented |
| 451 | Sellers, commercial employees and showers |
| 452 | Street salespeople, door to door salespeople and newspaper salespeople |
| 490 | Storekeepers and sellers not classified under other headings |
| 500 | Directors hotels, bars and similar services) |
| 510 | Owner/managers (hotels, bars and similar services) |
| 512 | Undocumented |
| 520 | Heads of servants |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Servers, bartenders and similar workers |
| 540 | Servants not qualified under other headings |
| 551 | Buildings watchmen or women |
| 552 | Cleaning people, similar workers |
| 560 | Washer person, dry cleaners and ironers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, specialists in beauty treatments and similar workers |
| 581 | Firemen and women |
| 582 | Police |
| 589 | Protection and security service personnel not classified under other headings |
| 591 | Guides |
| 592 | Morticians and embalmers |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Directors and heads of agricultural operations |
| 611 | Heads of agricultural workers of various skills |
| 612 | Heads of agricultural workers of field crops, orchards, vineyards, livestock, dairy, poultry, horticulture |
| 621 | Agricultural workers of various skills |
| 622 | Agricultural workers: field crop, vegetable, wheat, cotton, rice, sugar-cane |
| 623 | Tree and shrub agricultural worker |
| 624 | Agricultural workers who raise cattle (but not dairy) |
| 625 | Agricultural workers who work with dairy |
| 626 | Poultry agricultural workers |
| 627 | Agricultural workers in gardens and nurseries |
| 628 | Operators of agricultural machinery |
| 629 | Agricultural workers not classified under other headings |
| 631 | Lumberjacks and tree trimmers |
| 641 | Fishermen and women |
| 649 | Fishermen and women, hunters and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 700 | Foremen (or women) |
| 711 | Miners and stonemasons |
| 712 | Workers in the treatment of minerals and rocks |
| 713 | Exploratory drillers and similar workers |
| 721 | Workers in metal ovens |
| 722 | Metal sheet machine operators |
| 723 | Operators of second fusion and reheating ovens |
| 724 | Workers who pour metal into molds (machine-operator) |
| 725 | Molders and coremakers |
| 726 | Workers of thermal treatment of metals |
| 727 | Metals reducers and stretchers |
| 728 | Galvanizers and coverers of metal |
| 729 | Metalworkers not classified under other headings |
| 731 | Workers in the treatment of lumber |
| 732 | Sawyers, operators of machines that cut and similar workers |
| 733 | Preparers of paste for paper |
| 734 | Workers in the fabrication of paper |
| 741 | Operators of breaking machines, garbage disposal units mixers and thermal units |
| 742 | Operators of thermic instillations for chemical treatment |
| 743 | Operators of filter and separation apparatuses |
| 744 | Operators of stretching apparatuses |
| 745 | Workers in the refinement of petroleum |
| 749 | Workers of chemical treatments and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 751 | Fiber preparers |
| 752 | Spinners and winders |
| 753 | Loom adjusters and fabric box preparers |
| 754 | Weavers and similar workers |
| 755 | Weavers with needles |
| 756 | Bleachers, dry cleaners and workers in the finishing of textile products |
| 759 | Braid maker, crocheter, net maker, mixer |
| 761 | Workers in the preparation of leather |
| 762 | Workers in the preparation of fur for the fur trade |
| 771 | Millers and similar workers |
| 772 | Workers in the fabrication and refining of sugar |
| 773 | Slaughter men and butchers |
| 774 | Workers in the conservation of food products |
| 775 | Workers in the treatment of milk and the elaboration of milk products |
| 776 | Bakers, pastry cooks and confectioners |
| 777 | Workers in the preparation of tea, coffee and cocoa |
| 778 | Workers in the preparation of wine, beer and other carbonated drinks |
| 779 | Workers in the preparation of food products and drinks not classified under other headings |
| 781 | Tobacco preparers |
| 782 | Cigar makers |
| 783 | Cigarette maker |
| 789 | Snuff maker |
| 791 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 792 | Tailors and preparers of fur |
| 793 | Workers in the preparation of hats |
| 794 | Patternmakers and cutters |
| 795 | Sewers and embroiders |
| 796 | Upholsters, mattress makers and similar workers |
| 799 | Tailors, couturiers, furriers and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 801 | Shoemaker |
| 802 | Footwear workers |
| 803 | Leather artisans and similar workers |
| 811 | Cabinet-maker |
| 812 | Operators of machines for lumber |
| 819 | Cabinetmakers, operators of machines for lumber and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 820 | Workers and decorators |
| 831 | Blacksmiths and forgers |
| 832 | Mechanical adjusters specializing in tools and dies and modelers and adjusters and metal tracers |
| 833 | Operators of tool machines |
| 834 | Metal polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 835 | Workers who repair tools |
| 839 | Metal workers not classified under other headings |
| 841 | Mechanics, fitters and installers of machinery |
| 842 | Watchmakers and precision instrument mechanics |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Aircraft mechanics |
| 849 | Adjusters, fitters and installers of machinery, precision instruments and watchmakers and mechanics (excluding electricians) not classified under other headings |
| 851 | Electricians, machines, motors and instruments |
| 852 | Electrician adjustors |
| 853 | Fitters of electric apparatuses and electronics |
| 854 | Television and radio electricians |
| 855 | Electric apparatus repair people |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Installers of electric lines and telecommunications |
| 859 | Electricians, electronicists and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 861 | Television and radio station operators |
| 862 | Soundtrack teams and cinematic projects operators |
| 871 | Plumbers and installers of pipes |
| 872 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 873 | Panel beaters and boilermakers |
| 874 | Fitters of metal structures |
| 880 | Jewelers and silversmiths |
| 891 | Blowers, fitters, shiners, cutters and polishers of glass |
| 892 | Ceramicists and similar workers |
| 893 | Glass and ceramic oven workers |
| 894 | Glass engraver |
| 895 | Painters and decorators of glass and ceramic |
| 899 | Glassworkers, ceramicists and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 901 | Workers in the fabrication of rubber and plastic products (excluding tires) |
| 902 | Workers in the fabrication and vulcanization of tires |
| 910 | Makers of paper and cardboard products |
| 919 | Undocumented |
| 921 | Typesetters, typographers and similar workers |
| 922 | Printing press operators |
| 923 | Printers and electric printers |
| 924 | Printing press copiers (excluding photocopiers) |
| 925 | Photocopiers |
| 926 | Bookbinders and similar workers |
| 927 | Workers in photography laboratories |
| 929 | Graphic arts workers not classified under other headings |
| 931 | Painters of buildings and constructions |
| 934 | Undocumented |
| 939 | Painters not classified under other headings |
| 941 | Builders and tuners of musical instruments |
| 942 | Basket makers, brush makers and similar workers |
| 943 | Workers in the fabrication of products derived from non metallic minerals |
| 949 | Other non similar manufacturers and workers |
| 951 | Bricklayers |
| 952 | Workers with reinforced concrete, hangers and terrazzo flooring installers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters and parquet installers |
| 955 | Lighters, stairs builders and plasterers |
| 956 | Installers of insulating and soundproofing material |
| 957 | Window installers |
| 959 | Construction workers not classified under other headings |
| 961 | Operators of installations for the production of electric energy |
| 969 | Operators of permanent machines and similar installations not classified under other headings |
| 971 | Dockers, loaders and crate workers |
| 972 | Clerks of works and cable connectors |
| 973 | Crane operators and operators with elevation installations |
| 974 | Machine workers in road and bridge construction |
| 979 | Workers in the manipulation of machinery and materials and in the movement of land not classified under other headings |
| 981 | Boatswains, sailors of large and small ships |
| 982 | Sailors in machine rooms |
| 983 | Machine workers and locomotive stokers |
| 984 | Heads of machinery, pointsmen and rigging agents |
| 985 | Motor vehicle and streetcar drivers |
| 986 | Operators of animal and vehicles powered by animals |
| 989 | Drivers of transportation vehicles not classified under other headings |
| 999 | Workers not classified under other headings |
| 1000 | Public administration and defense workers |
| 9999 | Unknown |
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
Economic Characteristics
1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).
[p.161]
2. The Census will take place on September 30.
You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.
The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."
[p.162]
3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.
The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.
[p.163]
4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.
Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].
[p.164]
5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].
[p.165]
6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.
But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.
8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.
These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.
Mr. Pereira fixes radios in his house and in addition works in a store that sells electrical goods. Mr. Pereira says that he "earns more" as a vendor.
What answer will you mark for the question number 14"
[vendor of electrical goods].
[p.168]
9. The name of the occupation, job, or profession that the person answering the census gives as an answer to the question number 14, should always be the one that provides him/her with the [greatest income].
This name should provide a precise idea of the occupation, job, or profession that the person carries out.
[p.169]
10. If a person says: "I work in a family home, where I only take care of the children."
In the question number 14, of the following occupations, which would you mark? [nanny]
[p.170]
11. The oldest of the Misses Garcia works as a supervisor in the Purchasing Office for the National Sanitation Works.
In this case, you would write:
[Supervisor of the Purchasing Office]
1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).
[p.161]
2. The Census will take place on September 30.
You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.
The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."
[p.162]
3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.
The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.
[p.163]
4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.
Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].
[p.164]
5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].
[p.165]
6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.
But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.
8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.
These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.
Mr. Pereira fixes radios in his house and in addition works in a store that sells electrical goods. Mr. Pereira says that he "earns more" as a vendor.
What answer will you mark for the question number 14"
[vendor of electrical goods].
[p.168]
9. The name of the occupation, job, or profession that the person answering the census gives as an answer to the question number 14, should always be the one that provides him/her with the [greatest income].
This name should provide a precise idea of the occupation, job, or profession that the person carries out.
[p.169]
10. If a person says: "I work in a family home, where I only take care of the children."
In the question number 14, of the following occupations, which would you mark? [nanny]
[p.170]
11. The oldest of the Misses Garcia works as a supervisor in the Purchasing Office for the National Sanitation Works.
In this case, you would write:
[Supervisor of the Purchasing Office]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation [3 digits] of the current or the previous job for a jobseeker.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who were employed or experienced unemployed seeking work
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |