Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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Reference ID

BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Industry (BW1981A_IND)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 178

End: 179

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">(Questions 13 through 14 were asked of all present residents, persons aged 12 years and over)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">15. What was the main product, service/activity of (the person)'s place of work?</span><div class="i1">_________</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Botswana Defence Forces
02	Central government
03	Local government
04	Tribal administration
05	Education (primary and secondary)
10	Agriculture
11	Mining and quarrying
12	Manufacturing
13	Water and electricity supply
14	Construction
15	Wholesale and retail trade, hotels, restaurants, and related activities
16	Transport, storage and communication
17	Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
18	Community, social, household and personal services (profit making)
19	Hospitals, religious organisations, club societies and associations (non-profit making)
20	Tourism
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 industry where the person works.

Universe

Botswana 1981: Present residents age 12+ who worked regularly for cash [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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Concept

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