XI General Population and Housing Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset
Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center
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Industry, 3 digits (MX1990A_0433)
Data file: MEX1990-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
223
End:
225
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more
17. Economic Activity
What is the main activity of the business, land, company, institution or place where the person worked?
_____Write the activity
Where did the person work?
For example: One the land, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
_____ Write where the person worked.
17. Economic Activity
What is the main activity of the business, land, company, institution or place where the person worked?
_____Write the activity
Where did the person work?
For example: One the land, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
_____ Write where the person worked.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 100 | Agriculture, cattle ranching, and hunting |
| 101 | Forestry |
| 102 | Fishing |
| 103 | Services related to agriculture, cattle ranching, forestry and fishing |
| 109 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 200 | Extraction of metal minerals |
| 201 | Extraction and processing of mineral coal |
| 202 | Extraction of petroleum and natural gas |
| 203 | Extraction of other non-metal minerals |
| 209 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 310 | Food, beverage, and tobacco products |
| 311 | Textiles and clothing. Include mattresses |
| 312 | Leather and footwear industry |
| 313 | Sawmills and wood treatment, furniture and other products |
| 320 | Cellulose, paper and paper products, printing presses and editing |
| 321 | Chemical substances, products derived from petroleum and coal |
| 322 | Non-metal mineral products, excluded petroleum derivatives |
| 323 | Basic metal industries |
| 324 | Metal products, machinery and equipment |
| 325 | Other manufacturing industries |
| 329 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 410 | Electricity |
| 411 | Water collection, treatment, and distribution |
| 419 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 420 | Construction |
| 421 | Activities and services related to construction |
| 429 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 500 | Wholesale commerce |
| 501 | Retail commerce |
| 502 | Intermediate commercial services |
| 600 | Transportation |
| 601 | Services related to transportation |
| 602 | Communication services |
| 609 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 700 | Financial services of insurance and finance |
| 701 | Services related to financial institutions, and insurance and finance institutions |
| 702 | Rental services, resale and administration of real estate |
| 703 | Services of rental real estate |
| 709 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 810 | Public administration services |
| 811 | Defense services |
| 812 | Administration services of social security |
| 819 | Not sufficiently specified |
| 820 | Educational services and scientific and technical investigation services |
| 821 | Cultural services |
| 822 | Health services: doctors, dentists, and veterinarians |
| 823 | Services of international and national organisms and representations |
| 830 | Specialized, professional, and technical services |
| 831 | Services of civil and religious associations |
| 840 | Restaurants, bars, and other services of food and beverage preparation and sales |
| 841 | Hotels and other services of temporary housing |
| 850 | Entertainment, recreational, and sports services |
| 851 | Repair and maintenance services |
| 852 | Domestic services |
| 853 | Diverse personal services, exclude domestic services |
| 859 | Other services, Not sufficiently specified |
| 999 | Unknown |
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
Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.
Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.
17. Economic activity
With this question, we want to know what the person does in the business, farm, establishment, lot, institution, shop, factory, store or place where the person worked in the week before the census.
In the first question, you should write what the primary activity is of the business, store, company, farm, office, or place where the person worked in the week before the census. If the person did not work in any of these places, you should write what he/she made, repaired, cleaned, transported, sold, cultivated, or did.
In this situation you will find some artisans, the traveling salesmen, street vendors with permanent sidewalk sales, and the persons who carry out an economic activity in his/her house: for example: sew shoes, make dresses, prepare tamales to sell, or paint signs.
In the second question, you should write the name of the place where the person worked: salt mine, shrimp boat, fruit and vegetable market, secondary school, hospital, bank, children's clothing store, municipal offices, lawyers' office, knit fabric factory.
If the person worked in the street, such as a policeman, a traveling salesman, a taxi driver, or a street artist, you should write: in the street.
Do not write the address of the place where the person worked; write the name of the place.
[Illustration]
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Manufacture paper
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In a factory
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Sell balloons
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Do the accounting for several companies
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In an accountants' office
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Provide educational services
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In an elementary school
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Plant corn
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the fields
Write the place where he/she worked
[End of illustration]
Do not forget that you must always ask both questions and write the answers clearly for each of them.
[p.43]
[Illustration]
I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Flower vendor
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sell flowers
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[70]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To sell flowers
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [__] 1
Biweekly [200,000] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress of dresses and blouses
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew and cut blouses and dresses
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[30]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To cut and sew blouses and dresses
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
At home
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [80,000] 1
Biweekly [__] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
[End of illustration]
Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.
17. Economic activity
With this question, we want to know what the person does in the business, farm, establishment, lot, institution, shop, factory, store or place where the person worked in the week before the census.
In the first question, you should write what the primary activity is of the business, store, company, farm, office, or place where the person worked in the week before the census. If the person did not work in any of these places, you should write what he/she made, repaired, cleaned, transported, sold, cultivated, or did.
In this situation you will find some artisans, the traveling salesmen, street vendors with permanent sidewalk sales, and the persons who carry out an economic activity in his/her house: for example: sew shoes, make dresses, prepare tamales to sell, or paint signs.
In the second question, you should write the name of the place where the person worked: salt mine, shrimp boat, fruit and vegetable market, secondary school, hospital, bank, children's clothing store, municipal offices, lawyers' office, knit fabric factory.
If the person worked in the street, such as a policeman, a traveling salesman, a taxi driver, or a street artist, you should write: in the street.
Do not write the address of the place where the person worked; write the name of the place.
[Illustration]
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Manufacture paper
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In a factory
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Sell balloons
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Do the accounting for several companies
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In an accountants' office
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Provide educational services
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In an elementary school
Write the place where he/she worked
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
Plant corn
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the fields
Write the place where he/she worked
[End of illustration]
Do not forget that you must always ask both questions and write the answers clearly for each of them.
[p.43]
[Illustration]
I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Flower vendor
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sell flowers
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[70]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To sell flowers
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
In the street
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [__] 1
Biweekly [200,000] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.
14. Principal occupation
What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?
Seamstress of dresses and blouses
Write the name.
What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?
Sew and cut blouses and dresses
Write the tasks.
15. Work situation
The person in his/her work is?
Mark only one circle
Employee or worker? [ ] 1
Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2
Self-employed? [x] 3
Employer or businessman [ ] 4
Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5
16. Hours
How many hours total did you work last week?
[30]
Write the number
17. Economic activity
What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?
To cut and sew blouses and dresses
Write the primary activity
Where did you work?
For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop
At home
Write the place where he/she worked
18. Income
How does this person earn for his/her work?
Write only one answer in numbers
Weekly [80,000] 1
Biweekly [__] 2
Monthly [__] 3
Yearly [__] 4
Mark with an x
Does not receive income [ ] 0
[End of illustration]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industry of the person's workplace, 3 digits.
Universe
Persons age 12+ who worked or had a job last week
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |