Population and Dwelling Count 1995 - IPUMS Subset
Mexico, 1995
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MEX_1995_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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- MEX1995-H-H
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Occupation (MX1995A_0429)
Data file: MEX1995-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
226
End:
227
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
For people 12 years old or older
[Applies to questions 7.3 to 7.11]
Occupation or office
[Applies to questions 7.3 to 7.11]
Occupation or office
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 11 | Professionals |
| 12 | Technicians |
| 13 | Education workers |
| 14 | Workers in art, show business and sports |
| 21 | Public employees and directives of public, private and social sectors |
| 41 | Workers in agricultural, livestock and forestry activities and of hunting and fishing |
| 51 | Heads, supervisors and other control workers in handcrafted and industrial manufacture and in repairing and maintaining activities |
| 52 | Artisans and textile workers in the transformation industry and workers in repairing and maintaining activities |
| 53 | Operators of fixed machinery of continuous movement and teams in the process of industrial production |
| 54 | Aids, day laborers and similar workers in handcraft and industrial manufacture and in repairing and maintaining activities |
| 55 | Drivers and helpers of drivers of mobile machinery and means of transportation |
| 61 | Heads of departments, coordinators and supervisors in administrative and service activities |
| 62 | Support workers in administrative activities |
| 71 | Collaborators, commerce employees and sales agents |
| 72 | Street salespeople and street service workers |
| 81 | Workers in personal services in establishments |
| 82 | Workers in domestic services |
| 83 | Workers in protection, guarding and armed forces services |
| 99 | Other workers with occupations not previously classified, insufficiently specified and 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
VII Economic characteristics
In this section some of the economic characteristics of the population of work age (12 years old or older) are found out; which are related to socio-demographic and cultural information about the population, that permit us to know the socioeconomic situation of people and households.
[graphic of the question from the census form]
The information obtained in this section permits us to know, in a specific reference period (the week before the interview), how the work force [p. 119] in the country is formed, that is, who worked or looked for work; about the first jobs, what is done in the occupation, how many hours are worked, what are the incomes, the relation with the employer, etc.
Also in the population of 12 years old or older it is meant to distinguish who receives income by different sources at the job and the importance of these perceptions.
7.3 and 7.4 Occupation and office
The objective to these questions is to know the occupation of employed people, that is, the type of work or office they had and the duties they carried out the week before the date of the interview.
In question 7.3, write down the office or position that the person had at the job. When the person had more than one job, write only the office that the informant considers more important.
[p. 126]
When the answer corresponds to very general offices, like teacher, assistant, operator, supervisor, owner, among others, it is indispensable that they give you more details about the occupation, since the description can refer to different occupations. For example:
[Below the text are two columns of occupations. I will translate each section, from left to right.]
A teacher can be:
Teacher of primary school
Carpenter teacher
Mechanical teacher
Bricklaying teacher
Teacher of dance, etc.
On operator can be:
Operator of motor loader
Operator of cranes
Truck operator
Mill operator
Lathe operator
A vendor can be:
Street salesperson
Vendor in a store
Food vendor
House vendor
A driver can be:
Taxi driver
Metro driver
Cargo truck driver
Rail road train driver
An assistant can be:
Bricklayer's assistant
Mechanic's assistant
Miner's assistant
Cook's assistant
A director can be:
Hospital director
Bank director
School director
Movie theater director
Newspaper director
[p. 127]
A manager can be:
Hotel manager
Bank manager
Airline manager
Commercial store manager
Automobile agency manager
A government employee can be:
Municipal president
Secretary of state
Head of transportation
Treasurer of a government office
Answers like worker and employee are common; in these cases ask the informant to clarify what the occupation is.
[Below the text are two columns listing occupations. I will translate the columns left to right.]
Example
Teller
Salesclerk in a jewelry store
Secretary
Clinical lab worker
Collector
Messenger
Automobile mechanic
Food distributor
Electrician
Oilier of machinery
Tinsmith
Bread baker
Cane cutter
When in 7.1 Condition of activity they mention the office, position, or charge of the person, when arriving at this question, confirm with the informant the selected office, like in the following example:
Interviewer: Did Juan work last week?
Informant: Yes, he's a taxi driver
Interviewer: Then Juan's occupation is taxi driver?
Informant: Yes
Question 7.4 has as its objective to know duties or activities that the person does in the occupation registered in the previous question, for example:
[p. 128]
[Question 7.3, Office, position or charge, and question 7.4 Duties or functions are listed side by side. I will translate each position, then its duty.]
Bricklayer contractor
Controls assistants and heads of the job
Supervisor of quality control
Supervises the making of clothes
Stevedore
Arranges boxes in a winery
Technicians in electronics
Repairs electric domestic appliances
Owner in a pharmacy
Administers the pharmacy
Farmer
Grows corn and beans
Rancher
Raises cows
Foreman
Organizes ranching activities
Vulcanizer
Repairs tires
[graphic of the question from the census form]
Write in the corresponding line the duties or functions that they mention, when the informant indicates that the week before the date of the interview, no work was done because of being on vacation, on strike, on leave or military leave, waiting for the beginning of an agricultural cycle or season of harvest, ask what office or position is done.
Register in 7.4 the duties or functions that the informant does in the job, making sure they are as explicit as possible.
Do not forget that when a person had more than one job, only the duties that correspond to the office or charge that the informant pointed out as principle are registered.
[p. 129]
Remember that when in the question about verification of condition of activity (7.2), mark a code 1 to 6 continue with the question about duties or functions (7.4). For these cases ask the question use the term "activity" instead of "work;" for example, What are the duties or functions that Juan has in his activity?"
If after investigating, the informant does not know the office or position (question 7.3) or the duties done in the job (question 7.4), write "Does not know," according to what it corresponds to.
In this section some of the economic characteristics of the population of work age (12 years old or older) are found out; which are related to socio-demographic and cultural information about the population, that permit us to know the socioeconomic situation of people and households.
[graphic of the question from the census form]
The information obtained in this section permits us to know, in a specific reference period (the week before the interview), how the work force [p. 119] in the country is formed, that is, who worked or looked for work; about the first jobs, what is done in the occupation, how many hours are worked, what are the incomes, the relation with the employer, etc.
Also in the population of 12 years old or older it is meant to distinguish who receives income by different sources at the job and the importance of these perceptions.
7.3 and 7.4 Occupation and office
The objective to these questions is to know the occupation of employed people, that is, the type of work or office they had and the duties they carried out the week before the date of the interview.
In question 7.3, write down the office or position that the person had at the job. When the person had more than one job, write only the office that the informant considers more important.
[p. 126]
When the answer corresponds to very general offices, like teacher, assistant, operator, supervisor, owner, among others, it is indispensable that they give you more details about the occupation, since the description can refer to different occupations. For example:
[Below the text are two columns of occupations. I will translate each section, from left to right.]
A teacher can be:
Teacher of primary school
Carpenter teacher
Mechanical teacher
Bricklaying teacher
Teacher of dance, etc.
On operator can be:
Operator of motor loader
Operator of cranes
Truck operator
Mill operator
Lathe operator
A vendor can be:
Street salesperson
Vendor in a store
Food vendor
House vendor
A driver can be:
Taxi driver
Metro driver
Cargo truck driver
Rail road train driver
An assistant can be:
Bricklayer's assistant
Mechanic's assistant
Miner's assistant
Cook's assistant
A director can be:
Hospital director
Bank director
School director
Movie theater director
Newspaper director
[p. 127]
A manager can be:
Hotel manager
Bank manager
Airline manager
Commercial store manager
Automobile agency manager
A government employee can be:
Municipal president
Secretary of state
Head of transportation
Treasurer of a government office
Answers like worker and employee are common; in these cases ask the informant to clarify what the occupation is.
[Below the text are two columns listing occupations. I will translate the columns left to right.]
Example
Teller
Salesclerk in a jewelry store
Secretary
Clinical lab worker
Collector
Messenger
Automobile mechanic
Food distributor
Electrician
Oilier of machinery
Tinsmith
Bread baker
Cane cutter
When in 7.1 Condition of activity they mention the office, position, or charge of the person, when arriving at this question, confirm with the informant the selected office, like in the following example:
Interviewer: Did Juan work last week?
Informant: Yes, he's a taxi driver
Interviewer: Then Juan's occupation is taxi driver?
Informant: Yes
Question 7.4 has as its objective to know duties or activities that the person does in the occupation registered in the previous question, for example:
[p. 128]
[Question 7.3, Office, position or charge, and question 7.4 Duties or functions are listed side by side. I will translate each position, then its duty.]
Bricklayer contractor
Controls assistants and heads of the job
Supervisor of quality control
Supervises the making of clothes
Stevedore
Arranges boxes in a winery
Technicians in electronics
Repairs electric domestic appliances
Owner in a pharmacy
Administers the pharmacy
Farmer
Grows corn and beans
Rancher
Raises cows
Foreman
Organizes ranching activities
Vulcanizer
Repairs tires
[graphic of the question from the census form]
Write in the corresponding line the duties or functions that they mention, when the informant indicates that the week before the date of the interview, no work was done because of being on vacation, on strike, on leave or military leave, waiting for the beginning of an agricultural cycle or season of harvest, ask what office or position is done.
Register in 7.4 the duties or functions that the informant does in the job, making sure they are as explicit as possible.
Do not forget that when a person had more than one job, only the duties that correspond to the office or charge that the informant pointed out as principle are registered.
[p. 129]
Remember that when in the question about verification of condition of activity (7.2), mark a code 1 to 6 continue with the question about duties or functions (7.4). For these cases ask the question use the term "activity" instead of "work;" for example, What are the duties or functions that Juan has in his activity?"
If after investigating, the informant does not know the office or position (question 7.3) or the duties done in the job (question 7.4), write "Does not know," according to what it corresponds to.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's occupation.
Universe
Persons age 12+ that worked the week before the census, or did not work but had a job
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |