2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Liberia, 2008
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Reference ID
LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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- LBR2008_PHC-H-H
- LBR2008_PHC-P-H
Industry (LR2008A_IND)
Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
226
End:
227
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">Persons 6 years and over</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P23. Industry </span><div class="i1">What kind of business or industry did [the respondent's] work in?</div>
<p><span class="em">P23. Industry </span><div class="i1">What kind of business or industry did [the respondent's] work in?</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
| 02 | Mining and quarrying |
| 03 | Manufacturing |
| 04 | Electricity, gas and water supply |
| 05 | Water supply, sewerage, waste management |
| 06 | Construction |
| 07 | Wholesale and retail trade |
| 08 | Accomodation and food service activities |
| 09 | Transport and storage |
| 10 | Information and communication |
| 11 | Financial and insurance activities |
| 12 | Administrative, support service activities |
| 13 | Real estate activities |
| 14 | Professional, scientific and technical activities |
| 15 | Public administration, defense and compulsory security social security |
| 16 | Education |
| 17 | Health, social work and personal service activities |
| 18 | Arts, entaintainment and recreation |
| 19 | Private households with employed persons |
| 20 | Extra-territorial organizations and bodies |
| 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 person's industry.
Universe
Liberia 2008: Persons age 6+ who were working [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept