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General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Primary industry [1-digit] (UY1963A_IND1)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 201
End: 202
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY63A417 UY63A418 UY63A419 UY63A420 UY63A421 UY63A422 UY63A423 UY63A424 UY63A425 UY63A426 UY63A427 UY63A428 UY63A429"><span class="em">Occupational characteristics</span><br /><span class="ital">For persons age 8 or older</span><br />[Questions 13-18 were asked of persons age 8 or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY63A421 UY63A422 UY63A423 UY63A424">15. Industry of principal activity: ________<br /><br /><span class="ital">Only for those who are employed and unemployed.</span><br /><br />Specify the class of establishment where the employed does the principal occupation, or if unemployed, the class of the last establishment worked. Examples: textile factory, food storage, public school, judge's chambers, farm, country house, etc.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing
01 Mining and quarrying
02 Manufacturing industries
04 Construction
05 Electricity, gas, water, and sewerage services
06 Trade
07 Transport, storage, and communication
08 Services
09 Industry not well specified
98 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's primary industry [1-digit].
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Persons 8+ employed or unemployed

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