XIV National Population and III Housing Census 1973 - IPUMS Subset
Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center
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Occupation last week (CO1973A_0420)
Data file: COL1973-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
195
End:
197
Width:
3
Range:
8 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
C. Economic characteristics (For persons 10 years old or more)
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
15. What was your occupation, profession, or work during this week? ____
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
15. What was your occupation, profession, or work during this week? ____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 8 | Professionals and technicians (general) |
| 10 | Professionals, technicians, and similar workers |
| 11 | Chemists |
| 14 | Technicians in physical sciences and chemistry |
| 20 | Architects and engineers |
| 21 | Architects and urban designers |
| 22 | Civil engineers |
| 23 | Electrical and electronic engineers |
| 25 | Chemical engineers |
| 28 | Industrial organization engineers |
| 29 | Engineers not classified in another category |
| 30 | Technicians in architecture and engineering |
| 31 | Topographers |
| 32 | Drafters |
| 33 | Civil engineering technicians |
| 34 | Electrical and electronic engineers |
| 35 | Mechanical technicians |
| 39 | Industrial technicians not classified in another category |
| 40 | Pilots and deck officials, and machinist officials (aviation and marine) |
| 41 | Pilots, navigators and flight engineers (aviation) |
| 50 | Biologists, agronomists, and similar technicians |
| 52 | Bacteriologists, pharmacists, and similar specialists |
| 53 | Agronomists and similar specialists |
| 54 | Technicians in biological and agricultural sciences |
| 60 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 61 | Doctors and surgeons |
| 63 | Dentists |
| 65 | Veterinarians |
| 67 | Pharmacists |
| 70 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers (technicians) |
| 71 | Degreed nurses |
| 72 | Nursing personnel not classified in another category |
| 79 | Doctors, dentists, veterinarians and similar workers |
| 80 | Statisticians, mathematician system analysts, and similar technicians |
| 81 | Statisticians |
| 83 | Systems analysts |
| 90 | Economists |
| 110 | Accountants |
| 120 | Jurists |
| 121 | Lawyers |
| 122 | Judges, magistrates, prosecutors, and notaries |
| 129 | Lawyers not classified in another category |
| 130 | Teachers and professors |
| 131 | University professors and professors of other higher education establishments |
| 132 | Middle school professors |
| 133 | Elementary school professors |
| 140 | Members of the clergy and similar |
| 141 | Priests and member of similar religious orders |
| 150 | Authors, newspaper reporters and similar writers |
| 151 | Writers and critics |
| 159 | Authors, newspaper writers and similar writers not classified in another category |
| 160 | Sculptors, painters, photographers, and similar artists |
| 161 | Sculptors, painters and similar artists |
| 162 | Decorators, drafters, and commercial designers |
| 163 | Photographers and operators of movie and television cameras |
| 170 | Musicians, artists, entertainment businessmen and producers |
| 171 | Composers, musicians, and singers |
| 179 | Entertainment artists not classified in another category |
| 180 | Athletes, sportsmen, and similar workers |
| 190 | Professionals, technicians, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 191 | Librarians, archivists, and museum directors |
| 192 | Sociologists, anthropologists and similar specialists |
| 193 | Social assistance workers |
| 195 | Philologists, translators, and interpreters |
| 199 | Other related professionals, technicians, and workers |
| 200 | Managers and directors (general) |
| 201 | Members of the legislative bodies and directive personnel of the public administration |
| 210 | Directors and directive personnel |
| 211 | Directive personnel in public administration |
| 212 | General directors or managers |
| 213 | Production directors (except agricultural enterprises) |
| 219 | Directors and directive personnel not classified in another category |
| 300 | Clerks (general) |
| 301 | Heads of office employees |
| 302 | Heads of office employees in general |
| 310 | Administrative agents (public administration) |
| 320 | Secretaries, typists, short-hand takers, and operators of tape and card punch machines |
| 321 | Secretaries, typists, short-hand takers, teletypists |
| 322 | Operators of perforating machines: tapes and cards |
| 330 | Accounting employees, cashiers, employees of banking services, and similar workers |
| 331 | Accounting assistants, bookkeepers, and cashiers |
| 332 | Bank services employees |
| 339 | Accounting employees, cashiers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 340 | Operators of machines for accounting and statistical calculations |
| 342 | Operators of automatic data processing machines |
| 350 | Bosses of transportation systems and communications |
| 359 | Heads of transportation services and communications not classified in another category |
| 360 | Train masters, controllers of sleeping coaches, ticket collectors for transportation services |
| 370 | Mailmen and messengers |
| 380 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 390 | Administrative personnel and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 391 | Supply and distribution employees |
| 393 | Employees in administrative services |
| 394 | Receptionists and employees of travel agencies |
| 395 | Library and archival service employees |
| 399 | Office employees not classified in another group |
| 400 | Merchants, salespersons and agents (general) |
| 401 | Directors (Wholesale and retail) |
| 410 | Owner-merchants (wholesale and retail) |
| 420 | Heads of sales and buyers |
| 421 | Sales managers |
| 422 | Buyers |
| 430 | Technical sales agents, business travelers, and factory representatives |
| 432 | Traveling agents and factory representatives |
| 440 | Insurance agents, real estate agents, currency exchange and investment agents, sales agents for services provided to businesses, and auctioneers |
| 441 | Bosses of intangible sales, insurance agents, real estate agents, and exchange and investment agents |
| 442 | Sales agents of services to businesses |
| 443 | Auctioneers |
| 450 | Salesmen, commerce employees and similar workers |
| 451 | Salesmen, commerce employees and exhibitors |
| 452 | Traveling salesmen, door-to-door salesmen, newspaper and lottery vendors |
| 490 | Merchants and salesmen nec |
| 500 | Service industry workers (general) |
| 501 | Directors (hotel, bar and similar, and other personal services) |
| 510 | Owner-managers (hotel, bar, and other personal services) |
| 520 | Heads of service personnel |
| 530 | Cooks, room keepers, barmen, and similar workers |
| 531 | Cooks |
| 532 | Room keepers, barmen, and similar workers |
| 540 | Service workers not classified in another category |
| 550 | Building guards, cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 551 | Building guards |
| 552 | Cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 560 | Launderers, dry cleaners, and pressers |
| 570 | Hairdressers, beauty treatment specialists, and similar workers |
| 580 | Personnel in the protection and security services |
| 581 | Firemen |
| 582 | Policemen |
| 589 | Personnel of protection and security services not classified in another category |
| 590 | Service workers not classified in another category |
| 592 | Businessmen of funeral services and embalmers |
| 599 | Other service workers |
| 600 | Agricultural occupations (general) |
| 601 | Administrators and bosses of agricultural enterprises |
| 610 | Farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 611 | Farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 612 | Specialized farmers and ranchers (owners) |
| 620 | Agricultural workers |
| 621 | Agricultural workers in general |
| 622 | Agricultural workers, extensive agriculture |
| 623 | Agricultural workers, trees and bushes |
| 624 | Cattle ranching workers and feed-cattle ranching |
| 625 | Cattle ranching workers, dairy cattle |
| 626 | Workers in poultry production |
| 627 | Agricultural workers, vegetable crops, greenhouses, and gardens |
| 628 | Operators and drivers of agricultural machinery |
| 629 | Agricultural workers not classified in another category |
| 630 | Forestry workers |
| 631 | Tree fallers and cutters |
| 632 | Forestry workers (except tree fallers and cutters) |
| 640 | Fishermen, hunters, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 641 | Fishermen |
| 649 | Fishermen, hunters, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 700 | Miners, operatives, craftsmen and supervisors (general) |
| 701 | Foremen, supervisors, and overseers |
| 710 | Miners, quarry workers, sonar and similar workers |
| 711 | Miners and quarry workers |
| 712 | Workers in the treatment of minerals and stones |
| 713 | Sonar and similar workers |
| 720 | Metallurgic workers |
| 721 | Operators of metallurgic ovens |
| 722 | Operators of laminating lines |
| 725 | Mold operators and machete cutters |
| 728 | Metal galvanizers and coaters |
| 730 | Workers in wood treatment and paper and cardboard manufacture |
| 732 | Saw mill workers, operators of plywood machinery and similar workers |
| 734 | Workers in the manufacture of paper |
| 740 | Operators in chemical treatments and similar workers |
| 741 | Operators of breaking, crushing, and mixing machines |
| 742 | Operators of thermal installations for chemical treatments |
| 744 | Operators of distilling and reaction appliances |
| 749 | Operators in chemical treatments and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 750 | Thread winders, weavers, dyers, and similar workers |
| 751 | Fiber preparers |
| 752 | Thread preparers and bobbin winders |
| 753 | Loom adjusters and card preparers for knits |
| 754 | Weavers and similar workers |
| 755 | Knitters |
| 756 | Whiteners, dyers, stampers, sanforizers and workers in textile product finishing |
| 759 | Thread winders, weavers, dyers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 760 | Workers in hide preparation, tanning and treatment |
| 761 | Tanners and skinners |
| 762 | Workers in the preparation of tanning skins |
| 770 | Workers in food and beverage preparation |
| 771 | Millers and classifiers, washers, driers, selectors, threshers, and similar workers in grain processing |
| 772 | Operators in sugar manufacture and refining |
| 773 | Slaughterers and butchers |
| 774 | Workers in food conservation |
| 775 | Workers in milk treatment and preparation of dairy products |
| 776 | Bakers, pastry bakers, candy makers, preparers of jams, juices, concentrates and beverages |
| 778 | Beer brewers and workers in the preparation of wines and other beverages |
| 779 | Food and beverage workers not classified in another category |
| 780 | Workers in tobacco processing |
| 782 | Cigarette makers |
| 790 | Tailors, seamstresses leather workers, upholsterers and similar workers |
| 791 | Tailors and clothing designers |
| 793 | Hat makers |
| 794 | Pattern makers and cutters |
| 795 | Sewers and embroiderers |
| 796 | Upholsterers and similar workers |
| 799 | Tailors, clothing designers, leather workers, upholsterers, and similar workers not classified in another category |
| 800 | Operatives and craftsmen (general) |
| 801 | Shoemakers and harness makers |
| 802 | Workers in the manufacture of footwear |
| 803 | Artisans and other similar workers |
| 810 | Cabinetmakers, operators of wood-working machinery and similar workers |
| 811 | Cabinetmakers |
| 812 | Operators of woodworking machinery |
| 819 | Cabinetmakers, woodworking machine operators and similar workers not listed in another category |
| 820 | Carvers and detailers |
| 830 | Metal forming workers |
| 831 | Blacksmiths and forge workers |
| 832 | Mechanics-adjuster tool and die specialists; metal adjusters-mold makers and designers |
| 833 | Adjusters-operators of machines and tools |
| 834 | Operators of tool machines |
| 835 | Metal polishers and tool sharpeners |
| 839 | Metal workers not classified in another category |
| 840 | Adjustors-assemblers and installers of machinery and precision instruments, watchmakers and mechanics (except electricians) |
| 841 | Machinery adjusters-assemblers and installers |
| 842 | Watchmakers and precision instrument mechanics |
| 843 | Motor vehicle mechanics |
| 844 | Airplane engine mechanics |
| 845 | Textile machinery mechanics |
| 849 | Machinery and precision instrument adjusters-assemblers and installers, watchmakers and mechanics (except electrical) not listed in another category |
| 850 | Electricians, electronics specialists, and similar workers |
| 851 | Electrician adjusters |
| 852 | Electronics adjusters |
| 853 | Assemblers of electrical and electronic appliances |
| 854 | Electronics repairmen of radio and television receptors |
| 855 | Electricians (electrical installations) |
| 856 | Telephone and telegraph installers |
| 857 | Electrical and telecommunication line installers |
| 860 | Operators of radio and television transmitting stations and cinematographic sound and projection equipment |
| 862 | Operators of cinematographic sound and projection equipment |
| 870 | Pipe fitters, welders, laminators, boilermakers, preparers and assemblers of metal structures |
| 871 | Pipe fitters and pipe installers |
| 872 | Welders and oxyfuel cutters |
| 873 | Metal laminators and boilermakers |
| 880 | Jewelers and silversmiths |
| 890 | Glass workers, ceramics workers and similar workers |
| 891 | Glass blowers, molders, laminators, cutters, and polishers |
| 892 | Ceramics workers and similar workers |
| 893 | Firers (glass and ceramic) |
| 895 | Glass and ceramic painters and decorators |
| 900 | Operatives, craftsmen and laborers (general) |
| 901 | Workers in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
| 902 | Workers in the manufacture and vulcanization of tires |
| 903 | Workers in the manufacture of plastic products |
| 910 | Manufacturers of paper and cardboard products |
| 920 | Workers in the graphic arts |
| 921 | Typesetters, typographers, and similar workers |
| 922 | Operators of printing presses |
| 924 | Printing recorders (except photo recorders) |
| 925 | Photo recorders |
| 926 | Binders and similar workers |
| 930 | Painters |
| 931 | Building and construction painters |
| 939 | Painters not classified in another category |
| 940 | Workers, manufacturers, and similar workers not listed in another category |
| 942 | Basket makers, brush makers, and similar workers |
| 943 | Workers in the manufacture of non-metal mineral products |
| 949 | Other manufacturing workers and similar workers |
| 950 | Construction workers |
| 951 | Construction laborers |
| 952 | Workers in reinforced concrete, concrete masons, and patio pavement installers |
| 953 | Roofers |
| 954 | Carpenters and parquet installers |
| 957 | Window installers |
| 959 | Construction operators not classified in another group |
| 960 | Operators of non-mobile machinery and similar installations |
| 961 | Operators of electric energy production installations |
| 969 | Operators of non-mobile machinery and similar installations not listed in another category |
| 970 | Workers in the movement of merchandize and materials and land not classified in another group |
| 971 | Stackers, loaders, and packers |
| 973 | Crane drivers and operators of elevation installations |
| 974 | Drivers of machines for land movement and similar equipment |
| 979 | Workers in the movement of merchandize and materials and land not classified in another group |
| 980 | Drivers of transportation vehicles |
| 981 | Ship overseers, deck sailors, small ship captains |
| 983 | Locomotive machinists and firemen |
| 984 | Conductors of merchandize trains, switchmen, and train agents |
| 985 | Motor vehicle drivers |
| 986 | Animal drivers and drivers of animal traction vehicles |
| 990 | Day laborers not classified in another group |
| 996 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 997 | Undocumented |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Section C. Economic characteristics
This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
Question No. 15. Occupation
[Below the text is a form.]
[p. 52]
This question refers to the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week of October 14 to 20 by persons who worked in that week.
For persons who did not work but had a job and for those who worked before and looked for work during the week before the Census, the occupation or trade refers to the last job worked.
If a person had more than one job write down only the principal occupation. Principal occupation is understood to be one that provides the largest quantity of income.
Do not accept responses like "employee", "office worker", "laborer", "operator", "farmer", "commercial worker", etc. Always write down the responses that completely specify the occupation that the person had.
Write down the responses clearly and without writing the in the shaded square.
This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
Question No. 15. Occupation
[Below the text is a form.]
[p. 52]
This question refers to the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week of October 14 to 20 by persons who worked in that week.
For persons who did not work but had a job and for those who worked before and looked for work during the week before the Census, the occupation or trade refers to the last job worked.
If a person had more than one job write down only the principal occupation. Principal occupation is understood to be one that provides the largest quantity of income.
Do not accept responses like "employee", "office worker", "laborer", "operator", "farmer", "commercial worker", etc. Always write down the responses that completely specify the occupation that the person had.
Write down the responses clearly and without writing the in the shaded square.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupation, craft, profession or type of work that was done during the week prior to the day of the census.
Universe
Persons with a job
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |