2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malaysia, 2000
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Reference ID
MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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- MYS2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Main industry - 2 digits (MY2000A_IND2)
Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
236
End:
237
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above</span></p>
<p>[Questions 25-27 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days or had a job to return to.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A429 MY00A430">C26. Industry<br /><br />(a) What are the activities/ services/ products of your place of work? (Describe in a few words) ________<br /><br />(b) What is the name and address of your company/ employer? (If relevant only)<br /><div class="i1">(i) Name of company/ employer: ________<br /><br />(ii) Address of company/ employer: ________</div><br /></svar>
<p>[Questions 25-27 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days or had a job to return to.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A429 MY00A430">C26. Industry<br /><br />(a) What are the activities/ services/ products of your place of work? (Describe in a few words) ________<br /><br />(b) What is the name and address of your company/ employer? (If relevant only)<br /><div class="i1">(i) Name of company/ employer: ________<br /><br />(ii) Address of company/ employer: ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture, hunting and related service activities |
| 02 | Forestry, logging and related service activities |
| 05 | Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms; service activities incidental to fishing |
| 10 | Mining of coal and lignite; extraction of peat |
| 11 | Extraction of crude oil and natural gas; natural gas extraction excluding surveying service activities incidental to crude oil and natural gas extraction excluding surveying |
| 12 | Mining of uranium and thorium ores |
| 13 | Mining of metal ores |
| 14 | Other mining and quarrying |
| 15 | Manufacture of food products and beverages |
| 16 | Manufacture of tobacco products |
| 17 | Manufacture of textiles |
| 18 | Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur |
| 19 | Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear |
| 20 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials |
| 21 | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
| 22 | Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media |
| 23 | Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel |
| 24 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
| 25 | Manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
| 26 | Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products |
| 27 | Manufacture of basic metals |
| 28 | Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment |
| 29 | Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified |
| 30 | Manufacture of office, accounting and computing machinery |
| 31 | Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus not elsewhere classified |
| 32 | Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus |
| 33 | Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks |
| 34 | Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers |
| 35 | Manufacture of other transport equipment |
| 36 | Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing not elsewhere classified |
| 37 | Recycling |
| 40 | Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply |
| 41 | Collection, purification and distribution of water |
| 45 | Construction |
| 50 | Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel |
| 51 | Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and otorcycles |
| 52 | Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, repair of personal and household goods |
| 55 | Hotels and restaurants |
| 60 | Land transport; transport via pipelines |
| 61 | Water transport |
| 62 | Air transport |
| 63 | Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies |
| 64 | Post and telecommunications |
| 65 | Finance except insurance and pension funding |
| 66 | Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security |
| 67 | Activities auxiliary to finance |
| 70 | Real estate activities |
| 71 | Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods |
| 72 | Computer and related activities |
| 73 | Research and development |
| 74 | Other business activities |
| 75 | Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
| 80 | Education |
| 85 | Health and social work |
| 90 | Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities |
| 91 | Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified |
| 92 | Recreational, cultural and sporting activities |
| 93 | Other service activities |
| 95 | Private households with employed persons |
| 97 | Extra-territorial organisations and bodies |
| 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 2-digit industry of the person's workplace.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days, and those not working but had a job to return to [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |