XI Censo de Población y Vivienda 1981 - IPUMS Subset
Venezuela, RB, 1981
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Reference ID
VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, Minnesota Population Center
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- VEN1981-H-H
- VEN1981-P-H
Occupation, 2 digits (VE1981A_0432)
Data file: VEN1981-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
194
End:
196
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
(Only for people 12 years of age and older.)
26. What is the occupation, position or class of work you perform in the organization, company, establishment or business for which you work (or worked)?
____
26. What is the occupation, position or class of work you perform in the organization, company, establishment or business for which you work (or worked)?
____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Undocumented |
| 1 | Specialists in Physics-Chemistry sciences and similar experts |
| 2 | Architects, Engineers, and similar experts |
| 3 | Architects, Engineers, and similar experts |
| 4 | Pilots and Co-Pilots and Official Machinists (Aviation and Naval) |
| 5 | Biologists, Agronomists (not Engineers) and Similar experts |
| 6 | Doctors, Dentists, Veterinarians and similar workers |
| 7 | Doctors, Dentists, Veterinarians and similar workers |
| 8 | Statisticians, Mathematicians, System analysts, and similar experts |
| 9 | Economists, Administrators, and similar experts |
| 10 | Undocumented |
| 11 | Accountants |
| 12 | Jurist |
| 13 | Professors |
| 14 | Members of the clergy and similar |
| 15 | Authors, Journalists, Writers and similar |
| 16 | Sculptors, Painters, Photographers and similar |
| 17 | Musicians, Artists, and Show Entrepreneurs and Producers |
| 18 | Athletes, Sportsmen and similar workers |
| 19 | Professionals, Experts and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 20 | Legislative Body members and Public Administration Directors |
| 21 | Directors, Managers, Owners and Administrators of the Manufacturing Industry |
| 22 | Undocumented |
| 23 | " |
| 24 | " |
| 25 | " |
| 26 | " |
| 29 | " |
| 30 | Office Employee Managers |
| 31 | Administrative Agents (Public Administration) |
| 32 | Stenographer, Typist, and Operators of Card or Tape Perforation Machines |
| 33 | Bookkeeping employees, Cashiers and similar workers |
| 34 | Operators of Machines for accounting and statistics calculations |
| 35 | Supervisors for Transportation and Communication Services |
| 36 | Train Supervisors, Bed-Coach Overseers and Collectors |
| 37 | Mailmen and Delivery persons |
| 38 | Telephone and Telegraph operators |
| 39 | Administrative Personal and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 40 | Sales Directors and Managers |
| 41 | Merchants and/or Owners (Wholesale and Retail Commerce) |
| 42 | Buying and Selling Supervisors |
| 43 | Agents and Inspectors, Sales Professionals, Commerce Travelers, and Factory Representatives |
| 44 | Insurance agents, Real Estate agents, Exchange and Broker agents, Business Services Sales agents, and Auctioneer |
| 45 | Salespeople, Store Employees, Commerce employees and similar workers |
| 49 | Merchants and Salespeople not classified under other headings |
| 50 | Undocumented |
| 51 | Owner-Managers (Hotel Services, Bars and similar) |
| 52 | Service Personnel Supervisors |
| 53 | Cooks, Waiters, Bartenders and similar workers |
| 54 | Service Personnel not classified under other headings |
| 55 | Building maintenance and cleaning personnel and similar workers |
| 56 | Clothes washers, Dry cleaners and Ironers |
| 57 | Barbers, Beauty treatment specialists and similar workers |
| 58 | Protection and Security services personnel |
| 59 | Workers in Services not classified under other headings |
| 60 | Directors and Supervisors of Agriculture and/or Livestock business |
| 61 | Agriculture and Livestock owner-operators |
| 62 | Agriculture and Livestock workers |
| 63 | Forestry workers |
| 64 | Fishermen, hunters and similar workers |
| 66 | Undocumented |
| 67 | " |
| 70 | Foreman and Supervisors |
| 71 | Miners, Quarry workers, Sounders, and similar workers |
| 72 | Metal Workers |
| 73 | Wood treatment and paper manufacturing workers |
| 74 | Chemical treatment workers and similar workers |
| 75 | Spinners, Weavers, Dyers and similar workers |
| 76 | Leather preparation, tanning, and treatment workers |
| 77 | Food and Drink preparation workers |
| 78 | Tobacco workers |
| 79 | Tailors, Fashion Designers, Furriers, Upholsterers and similar workers |
| 80 | Shoe maker and leather worker |
| 81 | Carpenter, Wood working machine operator and similar workers |
| 82 | Wood carver and adorners |
| 83 | Metalwork workers |
| 84 | Adjusters/mounter and Installer of precision instruments and machines, Watchmakers and Mechanics (except for electricians) |
| 85 | Electricians, Electronics workers and similar workers |
| 86 | Operators of Radio and Television broadcast stations, sound production equipment, and cinematographic projection equipment. |
| 87 | Plumbers, Welders, Auto body workers, Boilermaker, Preparers and installers of metal structures |
| 88 | Jewelers and Silversmiths |
| 89 | Glass workers, Ceramic workers, and similar workers |
| 90 | Rubber and plastic manufacture workers |
| 91 | Paper and Carton product makers |
| 92 | Graphic arts workers |
| 93 | Painters |
| 94 | Manufacturing workers and similar workers not classified under other headings |
| 95 | Construction workers |
| 96 | Operators of fixed machinery and installers of similar devices |
| 97 | Workers in the manipulation of merchandise and materials and the movement of earth |
| 98 | Transport vehicle drivers |
| 99 | Workers not classified under other headings |
| 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
Question 26
-- What is the occupation, trade, or type of work carried out in the organization, company, establishment, or business in which the person works (or worked)?
In this question, the principal labor or professional activity performed by the enumerated person should be written down in concrete terms.
The trade or profession should not be recorded generically, e.g. engineer, agent, professor, worker, rather the specific activity should be indicated in the following way: Chemical Engineer, Insurance Agent, Math Professor, Janitor, etc.
If the person claims to perform more than one occupation or profession, the one that produces the most income is recorded. If the incomes are the same, the occupation where the person spends the most time is recorded.
The following are possible answers:
If the person answers: technician, ask: "what kind?" If the response is "radio", write down: radio technician.
If the person affirms to be a lawyer, ask him/her what he/she does. If the answer is Sales Manager of a company, write down: sales manager.
If the person claims to be a mechanic, ask the specialty. If the answer is cars, write down: automotive mechanic.
If the person is in a workshop learning operate a lathe, write down: lathe apprentice.
If the person claims to work in agriculture, ask the area. If the answer is cultivating vegetables, write down: vegetable cultivator.
If the person claims to be the boss of a farm and to take care of the payments and expenditures of the farm, write down: farm administrator.
If the person claims to manage the workers on a farm, write down: farm supervisor.
If the person is a farm worker, write down: farm worker.
If the person cuts cane [sugar cane], indicate: sugarcane cutter.
If the person harvests coffee, indicate: coffee harvester.
-- What is the occupation, trade, or type of work carried out in the organization, company, establishment, or business in which the person works (or worked)?
In this question, the principal labor or professional activity performed by the enumerated person should be written down in concrete terms.
The trade or profession should not be recorded generically, e.g. engineer, agent, professor, worker, rather the specific activity should be indicated in the following way: Chemical Engineer, Insurance Agent, Math Professor, Janitor, etc.
If the person claims to perform more than one occupation or profession, the one that produces the most income is recorded. If the incomes are the same, the occupation where the person spends the most time is recorded.
The following are possible answers:
If the person answers: technician, ask: "what kind?" If the response is "radio", write down: radio technician.
If the person affirms to be a lawyer, ask him/her what he/she does. If the answer is Sales Manager of a company, write down: sales manager.
If the person claims to be a mechanic, ask the specialty. If the answer is cars, write down: automotive mechanic.
If the person is in a workshop learning operate a lathe, write down: lathe apprentice.
If the person claims to work in agriculture, ask the area. If the answer is cultivating vegetables, write down: vegetable cultivator.
If the person claims to be the boss of a farm and to take care of the payments and expenditures of the farm, write down: farm administrator.
If the person claims to manage the workers on a farm, write down: farm supervisor.
If the person is a farm worker, write down: farm worker.
If the person cuts cane [sugar cane], indicate: sugarcane cutter.
If the person harvests coffee, indicate: coffee harvester.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the (2-digit) occupation, position or class of work the person was doing at work.
Universe
Persons age 12+ who had a job at the time of the census, or during the year prior, or worked the previous week
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |