Population Census 1991, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991

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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS

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Industry during past week/in last job, 1 digit (JM1991A_IND1)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 259

End: 260

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="JM91A435 JM91A436 JM91A437 JM91A438 JM91A439 JM91A440 JM91A441 JM91A442 JM91A443 JM91A444 JM91A445 JM91A446 JM91A447">Section 6: Economic activity [Persons age 14 and older] [Go to Question 8.1 for persons younger than 14 years] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="JM91A440 JM91A441 JM91A442 JM91A443">6.5. What type of business is/was carried on at the work place? <div class="i1">_____ _ _ _ _</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Agriculture (including hunting, forestry and fishing)
01	Mining
02	Manufacturing excluding metal products, machinery and equipment
03	Manufacturing of metal products, machinery and equipment
04	Electricity, gas and water
05	Construction
06	Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants
07	Transport, storage and communication
08	Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
09	Community, social and personal services
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 industry (1-digit) the person worked in during the past week or in his/her last job.

Universe

Jamaica 1991: Persons age 14+ in private households and some group quarters in the labor force [discrepancies: none]

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