Census of Norway 1900 - IPUMS Subset
Norway, 1901
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Reference ID
NOR_1900_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of the Interior, Central Statistical Bureau, IPUMS
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- NOR1900_PHC-H-H
- NOR1900_PHC-P-H
Trade, main occupation, Norway (NO1900A_OC1TRDNO)
Data file: NOR1900_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
255
End:
256
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NO00A430 NO00A431 NO00A432 NO00A433 NO00A434 NO00A435"><span class="em">Occupation and (social) position:</span><br /><div class="i1">Including Housewife's or children's specific occupation. Enter clearly and specifically which trade and business or branch which the person performs or works at, and also the position in this trade. If someone has several occupations enter these, the main occupation first.<br /><br />____ Trade and business<br />____ Position<br />____ Comment</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 99 | Unknown and NIU |
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 1900: Persons age 15+ and persons below age 15 who had salaried work
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Concept