2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Industry (GH2000A_IND)
Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
228
End:
229
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="GH00A420 GH00A421 GH00A422 GH00A423 GH00A424 GH00A425 GH00A426 GH00A427">P13 Type of activity: For P13 to P17; <span class="em">answer only for ages 7 years or older</span>. The answer should refer to the 7 days before census night:<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="GH00A424 GH00A425 GH00A426 GH00A427">[P14-P17 were asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit or family gain and P13b=1 or 2.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A425">P15 Industry: In what kind of industry was (name) mainly working? (for unemployed, last kind of work) Describe and refer to appendix 6 for code list<br /><br />Description ________<br /><div class="i1">Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="GH00A424 GH00A425 GH00A426 GH00A427">[P14-P17 were asked of persons who did not work for pay or profit or family gain and P13b=1 or 2.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A425">P15 Industry: In what kind of industry was (name) mainly working? (for unemployed, last kind of work) Describe and refer to appendix 6 for code list<br /><br />Description ________<br /><div class="i1">Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture and related service activities |
| 02 | Hunting and related service activities |
| 03 | Forestry, logging and related service activities |
| 05 | Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms; service activities incidental to fishing |
| 08 | Mining of gold |
| 09 | Mining of bauxite |
| 10 | Mining of manganese |
| 11 | Mining of diamond |
| 12 | Prospecting of crude petroleum, natural gas and related service activities |
| 13 | Mining of salt |
| 14 | Quarrying of stone, sand gravel and clay, pebbles, etc. winning of sand |
| 15 | Manufacture of food products and beverages |
| 16 | Manufacture of tobacco products |
| 17 | Manufacture of textiles |
| 18 | Manufacture of wearing apparel (clothing) |
| 19 | Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags and footwear |
| 20 | Manufacture of wood, wood products cork and straw except furniture |
| 21 | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
| 22 | Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media (e.g. audio and video cassettes, computer tapes and film duplication) |
| 23 | Manufacture of refined petroleum products |
| 24 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (e.g. wood, chemicals, industrial gas, paints, vanishes, pharmaceutical preparations) |
| 25 | Manufacture of rubber and plastics products |
| 26 | Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (e.g. class and glass products, ceramic, cement and cement products, clay and clay products) |
| 27 | Manufacture of basic metals (e.g. iron rods, iron bars, smelting of metals e.g. Bauxite) |
| 28 | Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (e.g. water tanks, reservoirs, metal doors, metal cans, nails, cutlasses, sauce pans) |
| 29 | Manufacture/assembly of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (e.g. grain milling machines, ovens, confectionery machines) |
| 30 | Manufacture of electrical apparatus (e.g. insulated wires and cables, electric lamps) |
| 31 | Manufacture/assembly of radio, television and communication equipment |
| 32 | Manufacture/assembly of transport equipment (e.g. vehicle bodies, wheelchairs, trucks and trolleys) |
| 33 | Manufacture of furniture |
| 34 | Manufacturing not else classified (e.g. jewelry, sports goods, combs, brooms, mops, etc) |
| 35 | Recycling |
| 40 | Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply |
| 41 | Collection, purification and distribution of water |
| 45 | Construction |
| 50 | Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 51 | Retail sale of automotive fuel (petrol, diesel, kerosene, etc.) |
| 52 | Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 53 | Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods (e.g. supermarkets, pharmacy/drug stores, textiles, hardware, household appliances, second-hand goods, street sellers and selling from homes, lotto sellers, etc.) |
| 55 | Hotels and restaurants |
| 60 | Land transport; (e.g. railways, road transport) |
| 61 | Water transport |
| 62 | Air transport |
| 63 | Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies (e.g. cargo handling, warehousing, operation of transport terminals and lorry parks) |
| 64 | Post and telecommunications |
| 65 | Financial intermediation (e.g. Banks, lending outside banking system consumer credit, etc) |
| 66 | Insurance and pension funding (SSNIT, SIC, other insurance organizations) |
| 67 | Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation (e.g. stock exchange) |
| 70 | Real estate activities (e.g. selling and renting of houses, housing developers, etc) |
| 71 | Renting of machinery and equipment and household goods (e.g. car or tractor renting, chairs, canopies, plates, etc) |
| 72 | Computer and related activities |
| 73 | Research and development |
| 74 | Other business activities (e.g. accounting, auditing and advertising activities, communication centers, architectural, photographic and packaging activities) |
| 75 | Public administration and defense; compulsory social security (all government administrative and regulating activities - executive, legislature, ministries and departments and others like IRS, CEPS, etc.) |
| 80 | Education (formal and informal) |
| 85 | Health and social work (human health, veterinary activities, social work including orphanages and children home, etc.) |
| 90 | Sewerage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities |
| 91 | Activities of membership organization N.E.C. (e.g. employers and professional bodies, trade unions, other religious, political, cultural, etc.) |
| 92 | Recreational, cultural and sporting activities |
| 93 | Other service activities (e.g. laundry, hairdressing, funeral and other related activities) |
| 94 | Private households with employed persons |
| 96 | Extra-territorial organizations and bodies (UN and others) |
| 97 | New workers seeking employment |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">P13 Type of activity: questions are to be asked of only persons aged 7 years or older; and refer to the seven days before census night</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A425"><span class="em">P15: Industry -- In what kind of industry was (name) mainly working? (For unemployed, last kind of work) describe and refer to appendix 6 for code list. </span><br /><br />Industry refers to the main economic activity of the establishment where the person/ respondent works; or if unemployed his/her last work or job. Establishment applies not only to big enterprises such as Pioneer Biscuit Factory, Ghana Commercial Bank, etc. but also to the small ones as well, e.g. Kwesi Nimo's farm, place of petty trading in market or Fati's Kiosk "under the tree." Note that it is the economic activity Fati carries on under the tree that is to be specified.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 45]</span><br /><br />The following examples may help you understand what industry is about and what you must write or describe in the spaces which have been provided. Code according to appendix 6.<br /><br /><div class="i1">a. A carpenter who makes window frames is employed by a firm which build houses, the major economic activity you must write down is construction of houses, not window frames, since houses are produced by the establishment where he/she work.<br /><br />b. A carpenter gives Novotel as the name of the establishment where he/she worked. You must write catering or hotel services as the major economic activity of the establishment.<br /><br />c. The major economic activity of all educational institutions e.g. University of Ghana, Ghana Secondary, Government Technical School, is education even though the persons employed in these institutions may be doing different types of jobs.<br /><br />d. For a craftsman who is employed by a construction company which is undertaking a contract with an educational institution, you must write down building construction but not education.<br /><br />e. A self-employed who lays blocks is classified under construction.</div><br /><br />Note that the answer you put down must be the same for all persons employed by the same establishment or in the case of a multi-purpose establishment a department of it.<br /><br />Examples of such multi-purpose establishments are City and Municipal Assemblies, SSNIT, UNILEVER, etc. A Metropolitan Assembly, for instance, may have the following functions: local administration, education services, health services, etc. Similarly, UNILEVER, may have departments with the following as the main economic activity - wholesale or retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, transports services, textile printing, etc.<br /><br />Thus for a respondent employed by such big establishments, you must record the main economic activity of the particular branch/department in that establishment where the respondent worked.<br /><br />Another example is the market place. Different economic activities are carried on at such places, for example cloth selling, food selling, dressmaking/tailoring/embroidering, corn milling, chop bar activities, hairdressing/barbering, etc. You must specify the economic activity of the respondents at the market.<br /><br />Below are examples of some economic activities that fall under agriculture, forestry, trade, and hotels and restaurants.<br /><span class="em">Agriculture and Animal Husbandry</span> -- Growing of crops -- food crops and cash crops; cereals and grains; vegetables and horticultural products; fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and others; harvesting, weeding and other activities.<br />Rearing of animals -- sheep, cattle, poultry, pigs, hunting and trapping of game.<br /><br /><span class="em">Forestry</span> -- Planting and growing of trees; conserving of forest and forestry management; logging and felling of trees, charcoal burning, etc..<br /><br />Gathering wild forest materials -- snails, mushrooms, firewood and charcoal burning.<br /><br /><span class="em">Trade</span><br /><div class="i1">a. Sale of fuel, maintenance and repair of motor<br />Vehicles and motorcyles - Sale of new and used vehicles; repairs and maintenance; sale of parts and accessories; car washing and polishing.<br />Retail of fuels and lubricants -- sale of kerosene, petrol, diesel, engine oils from fuel filling stations.<br /><br />b. Wholesale Trade<br />Bulk sale of all goods -- food and agricultural materials, textiles, household goods, etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 46]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">c. Retail Trade<br />Re-sale (sale without transforming) of new and used goods to the general public for personal or household use by shops, markets, hawkers, peddlers and auctioneers. Sale by department stores, supermarkets, food and beverage shops, pharmacies and drug stores, hardware and paint shops; textile trading; selling in markets, along pavements and on veranda.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Hotels and Restaurants</span><br /><div class="i1">a. Hotels and provision of short stay accommodation -- hotels, guest houses, inns, etc.<br /><br />b. Restaurants, bars and canteens -- sale of prepared food and drinks for immediate consumption on the premises or as take-aways -- restaurants, chop bars, fast foods, catering activities, drinking bars, canteens.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A425"><span class="em">P15: Industry -- In what kind of industry was (name) mainly working? (For unemployed, last kind of work) describe and refer to appendix 6 for code list. </span><br /><br />Industry refers to the main economic activity of the establishment where the person/ respondent works; or if unemployed his/her last work or job. Establishment applies not only to big enterprises such as Pioneer Biscuit Factory, Ghana Commercial Bank, etc. but also to the small ones as well, e.g. Kwesi Nimo's farm, place of petty trading in market or Fati's Kiosk "under the tree." Note that it is the economic activity Fati carries on under the tree that is to be specified.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 45]</span><br /><br />The following examples may help you understand what industry is about and what you must write or describe in the spaces which have been provided. Code according to appendix 6.<br /><br /><div class="i1">a. A carpenter who makes window frames is employed by a firm which build houses, the major economic activity you must write down is construction of houses, not window frames, since houses are produced by the establishment where he/she work.<br /><br />b. A carpenter gives Novotel as the name of the establishment where he/she worked. You must write catering or hotel services as the major economic activity of the establishment.<br /><br />c. The major economic activity of all educational institutions e.g. University of Ghana, Ghana Secondary, Government Technical School, is education even though the persons employed in these institutions may be doing different types of jobs.<br /><br />d. For a craftsman who is employed by a construction company which is undertaking a contract with an educational institution, you must write down building construction but not education.<br /><br />e. A self-employed who lays blocks is classified under construction.</div><br /><br />Note that the answer you put down must be the same for all persons employed by the same establishment or in the case of a multi-purpose establishment a department of it.<br /><br />Examples of such multi-purpose establishments are City and Municipal Assemblies, SSNIT, UNILEVER, etc. A Metropolitan Assembly, for instance, may have the following functions: local administration, education services, health services, etc. Similarly, UNILEVER, may have departments with the following as the main economic activity - wholesale or retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, transports services, textile printing, etc.<br /><br />Thus for a respondent employed by such big establishments, you must record the main economic activity of the particular branch/department in that establishment where the respondent worked.<br /><br />Another example is the market place. Different economic activities are carried on at such places, for example cloth selling, food selling, dressmaking/tailoring/embroidering, corn milling, chop bar activities, hairdressing/barbering, etc. You must specify the economic activity of the respondents at the market.<br /><br />Below are examples of some economic activities that fall under agriculture, forestry, trade, and hotels and restaurants.<br /><span class="em">Agriculture and Animal Husbandry</span> -- Growing of crops -- food crops and cash crops; cereals and grains; vegetables and horticultural products; fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and others; harvesting, weeding and other activities.<br />Rearing of animals -- sheep, cattle, poultry, pigs, hunting and trapping of game.<br /><br /><span class="em">Forestry</span> -- Planting and growing of trees; conserving of forest and forestry management; logging and felling of trees, charcoal burning, etc..<br /><br />Gathering wild forest materials -- snails, mushrooms, firewood and charcoal burning.<br /><br /><span class="em">Trade</span><br /><div class="i1">a. Sale of fuel, maintenance and repair of motor<br />Vehicles and motorcyles - Sale of new and used vehicles; repairs and maintenance; sale of parts and accessories; car washing and polishing.<br />Retail of fuels and lubricants -- sale of kerosene, petrol, diesel, engine oils from fuel filling stations.<br /><br />b. Wholesale Trade<br />Bulk sale of all goods -- food and agricultural materials, textiles, household goods, etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 46]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">c. Retail Trade<br />Re-sale (sale without transforming) of new and used goods to the general public for personal or household use by shops, markets, hawkers, peddlers and auctioneers. Sale by department stores, supermarkets, food and beverage shops, pharmacies and drug stores, hardware and paint shops; textile trading; selling in markets, along pavements and on veranda.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Hotels and Restaurants</span><br /><div class="i1">a. Hotels and provision of short stay accommodation -- hotels, guest houses, inns, etc.<br /><br />b. Restaurants, bars and canteens -- sale of prepared food and drinks for immediate consumption on the premises or as take-aways -- restaurants, chop bars, fast foods, catering activities, drinking bars, canteens.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the main economic activity of the establishment where the person worked or the establishment of his or her last work or job if unemployed.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Persons employed, unemployed, or had a job but did not work [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |