Census of Norway 1865 - IPUMS Subset
Norway, 1865
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Reference ID
NOR_1865_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of the Interior, IPUMS
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- NOR1865_PHC-H-H
- NOR1865_PHC-P-H
Trade, main occupation, Norway (NO1865A_OC1TRDNO)
Data file: NOR1865_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
242
End:
243
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NO65A415 NO65A417 NO65A425">Family position:<br /><div class="i1">____ "House father" (main person), wife, son, daughter, parents, servants, lodgers; everyone's social position or trade.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Unspecified primary sector activities |
| 11 | Agriculture |
| 12 | Forestry |
| 13 | Fishing, hunting, trapping, etc. |
| 14 | Mining |
| 15 | Reindeer herding and associated activities |
| 19 | Other activities associated with outlying land |
| 20 | Unspecified secondary sector activities |
| 21 | Craft industry, not carried out at home |
| 22 | Home-based handicraft and craft industry |
| 23 | Stone and earth manufacturing processes, slateworking |
| 24 | Industry and manufacturing |
| 25 | Construction, not in 21 or 24 |
| 26 | Sawmills |
| 30 | Unspecified service sector activities |
| 31 | Retail activity |
| 32 | Shipping (by water) -- seaman, etc. |
| 33 | Communication and Transport -- private |
| 34 | Civil communication and Transport |
| 35 | Civil servants -- teachers, police, postal workers, telegraph, customs, courts, others |
| 36 | Religious occupations |
| 37 | Military |
| 38 | Health care |
| 39 | Professional occupations |
| 42 | Household work |
| 50 | Unproductive |
| 70 | FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) |
| 80 | Unspecified office work |
| 98 | No occupation and NIU |
| 99 | Unknown occupation |
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 classifies a person's occupation, and describes the industrial sector within which it occurs. The sectors broadly correspond to primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
Universe
Norway 1865: Persons age 15+ or persons below age 15 who had salaried work
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