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General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Industry, 1 digit (SN1988A_IND1)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SN88A416 SN88A417 SN88A418 SN88A419 SN88A420 SN88A421 SN88A422 SN88A423 SN88A433 SN88A434 SN88A435"><span class="h3">For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982</span><br />[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="SN88A423 SN88A434 SN88A435">[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Agriculture, fishery, forestry
02 Extracting industries
03 Industry
04 Construction work
05 Crafts, handicrafts
06 Trade
07 Transportation
08 Banks and financial institutions
09 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
<svar a="all" v="SN88A423 SN88A434 SN88A435">P21) Branch of economic activity<br /><br />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. <br />Ask the following question: "What type of activity does the company or the institution in which you are working (or have worked)?"<br /><br />Write legibly the answer given in the appropriate box, in the free space located above the shaded area.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Example: building contractor, teaching institution, police forces [gendarmerie], transportation, etc.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Note: For the servants who are working in private houses, write in this column: "Domestic services".</div><br /><br />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.<br /></svar>

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
Senegal 1988: Persons age 6+ employed or seeking work [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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