Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992

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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS

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Industriy (1-digit) (BJ1992A_IND)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 244

End: 245

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em"><br />Persons of 10 years or more of age </span>
<br />[Questions in columns 17 - 21 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]</p>

<p>(21) Branch of activity ____</p>
<div class="i1">Mark down the type of the activity of the establishment in which the interviewee works or the work that the interviewee does interpedently. This column is not applicable for persons younger than 10. For these persons, write in 8 8 8 in the grid.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Agriculture, cattle, fishing, forestry
02	Mining and quarrying
03	Manufacturing
04	Electricity, gas, and water
05	Construction
06	Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels
07	Transport, storage, and communication
08	Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
09	Other 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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the industrial activity (1-digit code) of the person.

Universe

Benin 1992: Persons age 10+ from a private household who are employed or unemployed [discrepancies: type I 0.7%; type II 0.9%]

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