XI General Population and Housing Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset
Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center
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- MEX1990-H-H
- MEX1990-P-H
Occupation, 2 digits (MX1990A_0427)
Data file: MEX1990-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
208
End:
209
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more
If the answer was worked [ ] 1 or had a job but didn't work [ ] 2, ask the following questions:
If the answer was worked [ ] 1 or had a job but didn't work [ ] 2, ask the following questions:
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Professionals |
| 12 | Technicians |
| 13 | Education workers |
| 14 | Workers in art, entertainment, and sports |
| 21 | Employees and directors in the public, private and social sectors |
| 41 | Workers in agricultural, cattle, forestry activities, and hunting and fishing |
| 51 | Supervisors, inspectors, and other in artisan or factory manufacture |
| 52 | Artisans and factory workers in industries of transformation, repair and maintenance |
| 53 | Operators of machinery: fixed, mobile, construction, and equipment for the process of industrial production |
| 54 | Helpers, laborers, and other non-qualified workers in the production process |
| 55 | Conductors and assistants to conductors of mobile machinery and transportation equipment |
| 61 | Administrative workers and mid-level office workers or lower level office workers |
| 71 | Businessmen, workers in commerce and sales agents |
| 72 | Traveling salesmen and traveling service workers |
| 81 | Workers in services, except domestic |
| 82 | Workers in domestic services |
| 83 | Workers in services of protection and guarding, and armed forces |
| 99 | Other occupations not classified above, insufficiently specified or not specified |
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 for persons who are twelve years old or more.
Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.
14. Principal occupation
With this question you will know what the person did in his/her work, which means, what tasks he/she carried out, what job he/she did, or what post he/she held in the job that he/she did the week of March 5 to 11, 1990.
-Supervisor of seamstresses
-Machinery oiler
-Singer and actor
-Chicken counter
-Veterinarian
-Clinical laboratory technician
-Tinsmith
-Municipal president
-Farmer
-General manager
-Textile laborer
-Butcher
-Drill press operator
-Automobile mechanic
-Hand-delivery person
-Candy vendor
-Store clerk
-Secondary school teacher
-Stevedore
-Secretary
-Photographer
-Buying agent
-Tractor driver
-Cowboy
If the person had more than one job, you should write the information about the principal job; the principal job is considered the one that the person declares as the most important one.
To know exactly what the occupation of a person is, you should ask the following questions:
[Illustration]
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
_____
Write the name (Here you should write the name of the job, post or position that the person held).
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
____
Write the tasks (here you should write the activities, things, or tasks that the person did in his/her work).
[End of illustration]
It is very important that you write the answer clearly for each of the questions.
[p.37]
Do not write general descriptions like: teacher, worker, driver, or assistant; write exactly the name of the job, post, or position that the person held: elementary school teacher, Operator of front loader, can packer, driver of passenger bus, plumber's assistant...
If the informant answers that the person is an employee, ask the informant to clarify what the person's occupation is, for example: cashier, salesperson, announcer, archivist, taco vendor, etc.
[Illustration]
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Sugar cane cutter
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Cut sugar cane and carry it to the sugar mill.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Pottery artisan
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Make pots out of clay.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Doctor surgeon
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Cure and operate on people who are ill.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew blouses and skirts.
[End of illustration]
[p.43]
[Illustration]
I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Flower vendor
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sell flowers
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[70]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To sell flowers
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [__] 1
Biweekly [200,000] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress of dresses and blouses
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew and cut blouses and dresses
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[30]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To cut and sew blouses and dresses
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
At home
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [80,000] 1
Biweekly [__] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
[End of illustration]
Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.
14. Principal occupation
With this question you will know what the person did in his/her work, which means, what tasks he/she carried out, what job he/she did, or what post he/she held in the job that he/she did the week of March 5 to 11, 1990.
-Supervisor of seamstresses
-Machinery oiler
-Singer and actor
-Chicken counter
-Veterinarian
-Clinical laboratory technician
-Tinsmith
-Municipal president
-Farmer
-General manager
-Textile laborer
-Butcher
-Drill press operator
-Automobile mechanic
-Hand-delivery person
-Candy vendor
-Store clerk
-Secondary school teacher
-Stevedore
-Secretary
-Photographer
-Buying agent
-Tractor driver
-Cowboy
If the person had more than one job, you should write the information about the principal job; the principal job is considered the one that the person declares as the most important one.
To know exactly what the occupation of a person is, you should ask the following questions:
[Illustration]
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
_____
Write the name (Here you should write the name of the job, post or position that the person held).
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
____
Write the tasks (here you should write the activities, things, or tasks that the person did in his/her work).
[End of illustration]
It is very important that you write the answer clearly for each of the questions.
[p.37]
Do not write general descriptions like: teacher, worker, driver, or assistant; write exactly the name of the job, post, or position that the person held: elementary school teacher, Operator of front loader, can packer, driver of passenger bus, plumber's assistant...
If the informant answers that the person is an employee, ask the informant to clarify what the person's occupation is, for example: cashier, salesperson, announcer, archivist, taco vendor, etc.
[Illustration]
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Sugar cane cutter
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Cut sugar cane and carry it to the sugar mill.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Pottery artisan
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Make pots out of clay.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Doctor surgeon
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Cure and operate on people who are ill.
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew blouses and skirts.
[End of illustration]
[p.43]
[Illustration]
I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Flower vendor
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sell flowers
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[70]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To sell flowers
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [__] 1
Biweekly [200,000] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress of dresses and blouses
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew and cut blouses and dresses
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[30]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To cut and sew blouses and dresses
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
At home
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [80,000] 1
Biweekly [__] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
[End of illustration]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's principal occupation the week before the census (2 digits).
Universe
Persons age 12+ who worked or had a job last week
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |