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VCF0151 Respondent Occupation Group [2 of 2]

QUESTION:
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1952-1964:  
What is your occupation.  I mean, what kind of work do you do? (IF NOT 
CLEAR OR OBVIOUS [1958,1960,1964 only]:) What exactly do you do on your 
job? (IF NOT ASCERTAINED:) What kind of business is that?  (IF R IS 
UNEMPLOYED:) What kind of work do you usually do?  (IF R IS RETIRED:) 
What kind of work did you do before you retired?
1968-1970:  
(IF EMPLOYED OR ON STRIKE:)  What kind of work do you do? [What exactly 
do you do on your job?]  (IF UNEMPLOYED OR RETIRED:) What kind of work 
did you do when you were employed? [What exactly did you do on your job?]
1972-1982:  
(IF R IS WORKING NOW OR IS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF:)  What is your main 
occupation [What sort of work do you do? Tell me a little more about 
what you do.]  (IF R IS UNEMPLOYED:) What kind of work did you do on 
your last regular job [What was your occupation?]   (IF R IS RETIRED OR 
DISABLED:) What kind of work did you do when you worked [What was your 
main occupation?]
1984 AND LATER:  
(IF R IS WORKING NOW OR IS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF:) What is your main 
occupation [What sort of work do you do?]  What are your most important 
activities or duties?  (IF R IS RETIRED/UNEMPLOYED /DISABLED:) What kind 
of work did you do on your last regular job [What was your occupation?]  
What were your most important activities or duties?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Professional and managerial
2.  Clerical and sales workers
3.  Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers
4.  Laborers, except farm
5.  Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen;
      forestry and fishermen
6.  Homemakers (1980-later: no other occupation (any
      number of hours) and have not worked in past 6/12
      mos.; 1972-1978: not working at least 20 hrs/wk.;  
      1956-1970: no other occupation, full or part time;
      1952: no other full-time occupation)

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  NA; member of armed forces; no occupation and not a 
    homemaker; no Pre IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See notes VCF0115.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520132,520134 
1956:  560120,560123  
1958:  580181,580184 
1960:  600129,600132  
1964:  640202,640205 
1968:  680161,680176
1970:  700275,700276,700288(type 0)  
1972:  720306,720309,720321 
1974:  742443,742446,742458 
1976:  763409,763412,763424 
1978:  780531,780534,780546  
1980:  800454,800455,800471,880486,800503
1982:  820556,820557,820572,820585,820599 
1984:  840456,840504,840516,840585 
1986:  860614,860655,860664
1988:  880428,880458,880466  
1990:  900565,900595,900603
1992:  923914,923922,923955
1994:  941215,941223,941256 
1996:  960676,960615,960653,960665  
1998:  980619,980628,980639
2000:  000919,000980
2004:  043260a,043262p,043268f


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03