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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Industry (1-digit) (EG1986A_IND1)

Data file: EGY1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 193
End: 194
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Individual data</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Persons six years and over</span>
<br />[Questions 8-11 asked of persons six years and over.]</p>

<p><span class="em">11. Industry</span> ____
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
02 Mining and quarrying
03 Manufacturing
04 Electricity, gas and water
05 Construction
06 Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels
07 Transport, storage and communication
08 Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
09 Community, social and personal services
11 Activities not adequately defined
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the industry (ISIC summary) the person works in.
Universe
Egypt 1986: Persons age 6+ who were employers, employees, self-employed, unpaid workers, or were seeking work having previously worked [discrepancies type 1 0.1%; type II none]

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