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General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Industry, 1 digit (SN1988A_0435)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 199
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982
[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]




[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]
Categories
Value Category
1 Agriculture, fishery, forestry
2 Extracting industries
3 Industry
4 Construction work
5 Crafts, handicrafts
6 Trade
7 Transportation
8 Banks and financial institutions
9 Public services
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.
Interviewer instructions
P21) Branch of economic activity

Ask this question only for persons currently employed. It applies therefore to persons aged 6 years and above, for whom you have already circled "1 EMPLOYED" in column P18.
Ask the following question: "What type of activity does the company or the institution in which you are working (or have worked)?"

Write legibly the answer given in the appropriate box, in the free space located above the shaded area.


Example: building contractor, teaching institution, police forces [gendarmerie], transportation, etc.



Note: For the servants who are working in private houses, write in this column: "Domestic services".


When the person does not know the branch of economic activity of his or her employer, write in full words the name of the company or of the institution.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the general category of industry, classified in a 1-digit code, in which the person worked most frequently during the previous 12 months.
Universe
Persons age 6+ employed or seeking work

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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