Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset
Ireland, 2016
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Reference ID
IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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- Data files
- IRL2016_PHC-H-H
- IRL2016_PHC-P-H
Industry (IE2016A_IND)
Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
197
End:
198
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
32. What is (was) the business of your employer at the place where you work(ed) in your main job? ____</p>
<div class="i1">If you are (were) self-employed answer in respect of your own business <br />Describe the main product or service provided by your employer. For example, making computers, repairing cars, secondary education, food wholesale, making pharmaceuticals, contract cleaning, software development and support.</div>
<div class="i1">If you are (were) self-employed answer in respect of your own business <br />Describe the main product or service provided by your employer. For example, making computers, repairing cars, secondary education, food wholesale, making pharmaceuticals, contract cleaning, software development and support.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
| 02 | Mining and quarrying |
| 03 | Manufacturing |
| 04 | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
| 05 | Water supply including sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
| 06 | Construction |
| 07 | Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 08 | Transportation and storage |
| 09 | Accommodation and food services activities |
| 10 | Information and communication activities |
| 11 | Financial and insurance activities |
| 12 | Real estate activities |
| 13 | Professional, scientific and technical activities |
| 14 | Administrative and support services activities |
| 15 | Public administration and defence, compulsory social security |
| 16 | Education |
| 17 | Human health and social work activities |
| 18 | Arts, entertainment and recreation |
| 19 | Other service activities |
| 20 | Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use |
| 21 | Activities of 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 person's industry.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons aged 15+ who are working or experienced unemployed [discrepancies: type I none; type II 5.3%]
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