XI Censo de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, 1981

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Reference ID

VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Apr 26, 2011

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Class of worker (VE1981A_OCCSTAT)

Data file: VEN1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 224

End: 224

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="VE81A421 VE81A422 VE81A423 VE81A424 VE81A425 VE81A426 VE81A428 VE81A429 VE81A430 VE81A431 VE81A432">(Only for people 12 years of age and older.) </svar>

<svar a="all" v="VE81A426">27. In this job, are (or were) you a? <div class="i1">[] Public sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28 [] Private sector professional employee -- Go on to question 28 [] Public sector manual laborer (obrero) -- Go on to question 28 [] Private sector manual laborer (obrero) -- Go on to question 28 [] Domestic servant -- Go on to question 29 [] Owner -- Go on to question 29 [] Own-account worker -- Go on to question 29 [] Member of a cooperative -- Go on to question 29 [] Unpaid family worker -- Go on to question 30 Did you look for work? [Unpaid family worker]</div> <div class="i2">[] Yes [] No</div> </svar>

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Public sector professional
2	Private sector professional
3	Public sector manual laborer
4	Private sector manual laborer
5	Unpaid family worker
6	Domestic service
7	Owner with employees
8	Own-account worker
9	Unknown

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the occupational status.

Universe

Venezuela 1981: Persons age 12+ who had a job at the time of the census, or during the year prior, or worked the previous week [discrepancies: type I 1.5%; type II none]

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