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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Field of economic activity (1-digit) (GT1964A_IND1)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 217
End: 218
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Educational and occupational characteristics</span>
<br />Persons 7 years old and more
<br />[Questions 15 to 26 are asked of persons age 7+ years old]</p>

<p><span class="em">Occupational situation in the month before the census</span></p>

<p>22. Branch of economic activity: In what establishment, shop, office, etcetera, did the person work during the last four weeks before the census? ____</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate the article that is produced or the services that are provided: farm of cane, grocery store, municipality, General Direction of Roads, manufactures of shirts, sheet metal fabric, etc.</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing
01 Mine and quarry exploitation
02 Manufacturing industries
03 Manufacturing industries
04 Construction
05 Electricity, gas, water, and sanitary services
06 Wholesale and retail commerce
07 Transportation, storage, and communications
08 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 activity or product of the establishment or sector in which the person worked (at 1-digit) during the last four weeks or in his last job.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: Persons age 7+ who worked or looked for work in the last 4 weeks [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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