1971 National Census of Dwellings and Population - IPUMS Subset
Nicaragua, 1971
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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Industry (ISIC2), 4 digits (NI1971A_IND)
Data file: NIC1971_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
216
End:
219
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="NI71A416 NI71A417 NI71A418 NI71A419 NI71A420"><span class="em">For those 10 years of age or older</span><br />[Applies to section D]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI71A418 NI71A419"><span class="em">16. Industry</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">Only for those who declared an occupation in question 15.<br /><br />What kind of activity does the enterprise, establishment, factory, workshop, service, etc., where you work - or worked for the last time - do?<br /><br />____ Industry</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI71A418 NI71A419"><span class="em">16. Industry</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">Only for those who declared an occupation in question 15.<br /><br />What kind of activity does the enterprise, establishment, factory, workshop, service, etc., where you work - or worked for the last time - do?<br /><br />____ Industry</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | Activities not adequately defined |
| 1110 | Agriculture and livestock production |
| 1120 | Agricultural services |
| 1130 | Hunting, trapping and game propagation |
| 1200 | Forestry and logging |
| 1210 | Forestry |
| 1220 | Logging |
| 1301 | Ocean and coastal fishing |
| 1302 | Fishing nec |
| 2000 | Mining and quarrying, nec |
| 2100 | Coal mining |
| 2200 | Crude petroleum and natural gas production |
| 2301 | Iron ore mining |
| 2302 | Non-ferrous ore mining |
| 2901 | Stone quarrying, clay and sand pits |
| 2902 | Chemical and fertilizer mineral mining |
| 2903 | Salt mining |
| 2909 | Mining and quarrying, nec |
| 3111 | Slaughtering, preparing and preserving meat |
| 3112 | Manufacture of dairy products |
| 3113 | Canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables |
| 3114 | Canning, preserving and processing of fish, crustaces and similar foods |
| 3115 | Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats |
| 3116 | Grain mill products |
| 3117 | Manufacture of bakery products |
| 3118 | Sugar factories and refineries |
| 3119 | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery |
| 3121 | Manufacture of food products nec |
| 3122 | Manufacture of prepared animal feeds |
| 3131 | Distilling, rectifying and blending spirits |
| 3132 | Wine industries |
| 3133 | Malt liquors and malt |
| 3134 | Soft drinks and carbonated waters industries |
| 3140 | Tobacco manufactures |
| 3200 | Textile, wearing apparel and leather industries, nec |
| 3211 | Spinning, weaving and finishing textiles |
| 3212 | Manufacture of made-up textile goods except wearing apparel |
| 3213 | Knitting mills |
| 3214 | Manufacture of carpets and rugs |
| 3215 | Cordage, rope and twine industries |
| 3219 | Manufacture of textiles, nec |
| 3220 | Manufacture of wearing apparel, except footwear |
| 3231 | Tanneries and leather finishing |
| 3232 | Fur dressing and dyeing industries |
| 3233 | Manufacture of products of leather and leather substitutes, except footwear and wearing apparel |
| 3240 | Manufacture of footwear, except vulcanized or moulded rubber or plastic footwear |
| 3311 | Sawmills, planing and other wood mills |
| 3312 | Manufacture of wooden and cane containers and small cane ware |
| 3319 | Manufacture of wood and cork products, nec |
| 3320 | Manufacture of furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal |
| 3411 | Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard |
| 3412 | Manufacture of containers and boxes of paper and paperboard |
| 3419 | Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard articles, nec |
| 3420 | Printing, publishing and allied industries |
| 3511 | Manufacture of basic industrial chemicals except fertilizers |
| 3512 | Manufacture of fertilizers and pesticides |
| 3513 | Manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and man-made fibres except glass |
| 3521 | Manufacture of paints, varnishes and lacquers |
| 3522 | Manufacture of drugs and medicines |
| 3523 | Manufacture of soap and cleaning preparations, perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations |
| 3529 | Manufacture of chemical products nec |
| 3530 | Petroleum refineries |
| 3551 | Tyre and tube industries |
| 3559 | Manufacture of rubber products, nec |
| 3560 | Manufacture of plastic products, nec |
| 3610 | Manufacture of pottery, china and earthenware |
| 3620 | Manufacture of glass and glass products |
| 3691 | Manufacture of structural clay products |
| 3692 | Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster |
| 3699 | Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, nec |
| 3710 | Iron and steel basic industries |
| 3720 | Non-ferrous metal basic industries |
| 3811 | Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware |
| 3812 | Manufacture of furniture and fixtures primarily of metal |
| 3813 | Manufacture of structural metal products |
| 3819 | Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, nec |
| 3824 | Manufacture of special industrial machinery and equipment except metal and wood working machinery |
| 3831 | Manufacture of electrical industrial machinery and apparatus |
| 3832 | Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus |
| 3833 | Manufacture of electrical appliances and housewares |
| 3839 | Manufacture of electrical apparatus and supplies nec |
| 3841 | Ship building and repairing |
| 3843 | Manufacture of motor vehicles |
| 3845 | Manufacture of aircraft |
| 3851 | Manufacture of professional and scientific, and measuring and controlling equipment nec |
| 3852 | Manufacture of photographic and optical goods |
| 3900 | Other manufacturing Industries, nec |
| 3901 | Manufacture of jewellery and related articles |
| 4100 | Electricity, gas, and steam, nec |
| 4101 | Electric light and power |
| 4102 | Gas manufacture and distribution |
| 4103 | Steam and hot water supply |
| 4200 | Water works and supply, nec |
| 5000 | Construction |
| 6100 | Wholesale trade |
| 6200 | Retail trade |
| 6310 | Restaurants, cafés and other eating and drinking places |
| 6320 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging places |
| 7110 | Land transport, nec |
| 7111 | Railway transport |
| 7112 | Urban, suburban and inter-urban highway passenger transport |
| 7113 | Other passenger land transport |
| 7114 | Freight transport by road |
| 7120 | Water transport, nec |
| 7121 | Ocean and coastal water transport |
| 7122 | Inland water transport |
| 7123 | Supporting services to water transport |
| 7131 | Air transport carriers |
| 7132 | Supporting services to air transport |
| 7191 | Services incidental to transport |
| 7192 | Storage and warehousing |
| 7200 | Communication |
| 8101 | Monetary institutions |
| 8102 | Other financial institutions |
| 8103 | Financial services |
| 8200 | Insurance |
| 8310 | Real estate |
| 8321 | Legal services |
| 8322 | Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services |
| 8323 | Data processing and tabulating services |
| 8324 | Engineering, architectural and technical services |
| 8325 | Advertising services |
| 8329 | Business services, except machinery and equipment rental and leasing, nec |
| 9100 | Public administration and defence |
| 9200 | Sanitary and similar services |
| 9310 | Education services |
| 9320 | Research and scientific institutes |
| 9330 | Medical, dental, other health and veterinary services, nec |
| 9331 | Medical, dental and other health services |
| 9332 | Veterinary services |
| 9340 | Welfare institutions |
| 9350 | Business, professional, and labor associations |
| 9391 | Religious organizations |
| 9399 | Social and related community services, nec |
| 9411 | Motion picture production |
| 9412 | Motion picture distribution and projection |
| 9413 | Radio and television broadcasting |
| 9414 | Theatrical producers and entertainment services |
| 9415 | Authors, music composers and other independent artists, nec |
| 9420 | Libraries, museums, botanical and zoological gardens, and other cultural services, nec |
| 9490 | Amusement and recreational services nec |
| 9510 | Repair services, nec |
| 9511 | Repair of footwear and other leather goods |
| 9512 | Electrical repair shops |
| 9513 | Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 9514 | Watch, clock and jewellery repair |
| 9519 | Other repair shops, nec |
| 9520 | Laundries, laundry services, and cleaning and dyeing plants |
| 9530 | Domestic services |
| 9590 | Miscellaneous personal services, nec |
| 9591 | Barber and beauty shops |
| 9592 | Photographic studios, including commercial photography |
| 9599 | Personal services, nec |
| 9600 | International and other extra-territorial bodies |
| 9998 | UNKNOWN |
| 9999 | NIU (not in universe) |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="NI71A416 NI71A417 NI71A418 NI71A419 NI71A420"><span class="em">Economic characteristics</span><br />The questions included in this section (type of activity, principal occupation, industry, and employment status) are designed to investigate the population that participates in the production of goods and economic services, the occupational structure, the economic sector where the occupations are carried out, employment status, and the related demographic and social characteristics. The structure of the population that does not participate in the production of goods and economic services and demographic and social characteristics of this population are also investigated.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 57]</span><br /><br />Because of these objectives, questions 14, 15, 16, and 17 are only presented to those persons age 10 or older.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI71A418 NI71A419"><span class="em">Question #16: Industry</span><br />This question is only presented to those who declared an occupation in question 15.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to ask the question:</span><br />What is the activity of the operation, establishment, factory, workshop, service, etc., where the person works or last worked?<br /><br /><span class="em">b. How to record the information:</span><br />The activity of the operation or establishment where the person carried out the occupation declared in question 15 is recorded in the space provided. If the establishment, operation, factory, etc., dedicates itself to more than one activity, the principal activity is recorded.<br /><br />Generic terms such as factory, ranch, workshop, etc., should be avoided when recording the industry. The name of the establishment should not be used (e.g., "Fábrica Santa Inés", "El Artesano", etc.), except in cases of government agencies.<br /><br />To further illustrate, some examples related to the establishment's name and the (supposed) principal activity are provided below:</div><br /><br />[examples were translated into English]<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">c. Examples:</span></div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 16 on the census form]<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="NI71A418 NI71A419"><span class="em">Question #16: Industry</span><br />This question is only presented to those who declared an occupation in question 15.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to ask the question:</span><br />What is the activity of the operation, establishment, factory, workshop, service, etc., where the person works or last worked?<br /><br /><span class="em">b. How to record the information:</span><br />The activity of the operation or establishment where the person carried out the occupation declared in question 15 is recorded in the space provided. If the establishment, operation, factory, etc., dedicates itself to more than one activity, the principal activity is recorded.<br /><br />Generic terms such as factory, ranch, workshop, etc., should be avoided when recording the industry. The name of the establishment should not be used (e.g., "Fábrica Santa Inés", "El Artesano", etc.), except in cases of government agencies.<br /><br />To further illustrate, some examples related to the establishment's name and the (supposed) principal activity are provided below:</div><br /><br />[examples were translated into English]<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">c. Examples:</span></div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 16 on the census form]<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's industry (ISIC 2, 4 digits).
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: Persons age 10+ currently employed or seeking work with experience [discrepancies: type I 0.4%, type II 0.1%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |