National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2018
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2018
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MEX_2018_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
6872
- Data files
- MEX2018_LFS-Q4-H-H.dat
- MEX2018_LFS-Q4-P-H.dat
Industry of company, business, or institution of primary job (MX2018K_P4A)
Data file: MEX2018_LFS-Q4-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
518
End:
521
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Basic)</div></p>
<p><span class="h1">IV. Employer characteristics</span></p>
<p>4a. What does this company, business, or institution do?</p>
<div class="i1">(Describe the type and material of the products produced or the services provided there)<br />________</div>
<p><span class="h1">IV. Employer characteristics</span></p>
<p>4a. What does this company, business, or institution do?</p>
<div class="i1">(Describe the type and material of the products produced or the services provided there)<br />________</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1110 | Crop production |
| 1121 | Animal production |
| 1122 | Animal aquaculture |
| 1130 | Forestry and logging |
| 1141 | Fishing |
| 1142 | Hunting and trapping |
| 1150 | Support activities for agriculture and forestry |
| 2110 | Oil and gas extraction |
| 2121 | Coal mining |
| 2122 | Metal ore mining |
| 2123 | Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying |
| 2129 | Mining (except oil and gas), not specified |
| 2131 | Support activities for mining |
| 2132 | Oil and gas extraction |
| 2199 | Mining, not specified |
| 2210 | Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution |
| 2221 | Collection, treatment and supply of water |
| 2222 | Gas supply through pipelines to the final consumer |
| 2361 | Residential building construction |
| 2363 | Nonresidential building construction |
| 2370 | Heavy and civil engineering construction |
| 2381 | Specialty trade contractors |
| 2382 | Building equipment contractors |
| 2399 | Construction, not specified |
| 3110 | Food manufacturing |
| 3120 | Beverage and tobacco manufacturing |
| 3130 | Textile mills |
| 3140 | Textile product mills |
| 3150 | Apparel manufactung |
| 3160 | Leather and allied product manufacturing |
| 3210 | Wood product manufacturing |
| 3220 | Paper manufacturing |
| 3230 | Printing and related support activities |
| 3240 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing |
| 3250 | Chemical manufactuing |
| 3260 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing |
| 3270 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing |
| 3310 | Primary metal manufacturing |
| 3320 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing |
| 3330 | Machinery manufacturing |
| 3340 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing |
| 3350 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing |
| 3360 | Transportation equipment manufacturing |
| 3370 | Furniture and related product manufacturing |
| 3380 | Other manufacturing industries |
| 3399 | Manufacturing, not specified |
| 4310 | Food, beverage, and tobacco merchant wholesale |
| 4320 | Textile and footwear merchant wholesale |
| 4330 | Pharmaceuticals, perfume, clothing, home entertainment equipment and household appliance merchant wholesale |
| 4340 | Farm product raw material, for industry and waste materials merchant wholesale |
| 4350 | Machinery, furniture, and equipment for agricultural, industrial and service activities merchant wholesale |
| 4360 | Trucks merchant wholesale |
| 4370 | Brokerage and wholesale trade by mass media and other media |
| 4399 | Wholesale trade, not specified |
| 4611 | Food, beverages and tobacco stores |
| 4612 | Food, beverages and tobacco street vendors |
| 4620 | Self-service and department stores |
| 4631 | Textile, clothing accessories, and footwear stores |
| 4632 | Textile, clothing accessories, and footwear street vendors |
| 4641 | Health care articles stores |
| 4642 | Health care articles street vendors |
| 4651 | Stationery, entertainment, and other articles for personal use stores |
| 4652 | Stationery, entertainment, and other articles for personal use street vendors |
| 4661 | Retail trade of household goods, computers, and items for interior decoration |
| 4662 | Street vendors of furniture, household goods, and used merchandise |
| 4671 | Retail trade of hardware and glass |
| 4672 | Street vendors of hardware |
| 4681 | Retail trade of motor vehicles, spare parts, fuels, and lubricants |
| 4682 | Street vendors of vehicle spare parts and fuels |
| 4690 | Retail trade exclusively through the internet, and printed catalogs, television and the like |
| 4699 | Retail trade, not specified |
| 4810 | Air transportation |
| 4820 | Rail transportation |
| 4830 | Water transportation |
| 4840 | Truck transportation |
| 4850 | Transit and ground passenger transportation |
| 4860 | Pipeline transportation |
| 4870 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation |
| 4881 | Support activities for transportation |
| 4882 | Repair and cleaning services for planes, ships, and trains |
| 4910 | Postal service |
| 4920 | Couriers and messengers |
| 4930 | Warehousing and storage |
| 5110 | Publishing industries (except internet) |
| 5120 | Motion picture and sound recording industries |
| 5150 | Broadcasting (except internet) |
| 5170 | Telecommunications |
| 5180 | Data processing, hosting, and related services |
| 5190 | Other information services |
| 5199 | Information, not specified |
| 5221 | Depository credit intermediation, private sector fund and trust management |
| 5222 | Other private credit intermediation and related activities |
| 5223 | Financial institutions for economic development, public sector fund and trust management |
| 5230 | Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities |
| 5240 | Insurance carriers and related activities |
| 5299 | Finance and insurance, not specified |
| 5310 | Real estate |
| 5321 | Automotive equipment rental and leasing |
| 5322 | Consumer goods rental, except automotive equipment |
| 5330 | Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) |
| 5411 | Professional, scientific, and technical services |
| 5412 | Scientific research and development services |
| 5413 | Veterinary services |
| 5414 | Photography services |
| 5510 | Management of companies and enterprises |
| 5611 | Administrative and support services |
| 5612 | Interior cleaning of planes, ships, and trains |
| 5613 | Cleaning, installation, and maintenance of green areas |
| 5614 | Investigation and security services |
| 5615 | Travel arrangement and reservation services |
| 5616 | Facilities support services |
| 5620 | Waste management and remediation services |
| 6111 | Elementary, secondary, and special needs private schools |
| 6112 | Elementary, secondary, and special needs public schools |
| 6121 | Junior private colleges |
| 6122 | Junior public colleges |
| 6131 | Colleges, universities, and professional private schools |
| 6132 | Colleges, universities, and professional public schools |
| 6141 | Other private schools and instruction |
| 6142 | Other public schools and instruction |
| 6150 | Educational support services |
| 6199 | Educational services, not specified |
| 6211 | Ambulatory health care private services |
| 6212 | Ambulatory health care public services |
| 6221 | Private hospitals |
| 6222 | Public hospitals |
| 6231 | Nursing and residential care private facilities |
| 6232 | Nursing and residential care public facilities |
| 6241 | Private social assistance |
| 6242 | Public social assistance |
| 6251 | Private child day care services |
| 6252 | Public child day care services |
| 6259 | Child day care services, unspecified private or public |
| 7111 | Performing arts companies |
| 7112 | Spectator sports |
| 7113 | Promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events |
| 7114 | Independent artists, writers, and performers |
| 7115 | Street performers |
| 7120 | Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions |
| 7131 | Amusement parks and arcades |
| 7132 | Gambling industries |
| 7133 | Street vendors for gambling industries |
| 7210 | Accommodation |
| 7221 | Food services and drinking places |
| 7222 | Food services and drinking street vendors |
| 7223 | Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) |
| 8111 | Automotive repair and maintenance |
| 8112 | Equipment, machinery, personal and household goods repair and maintenance |
| 8119 | Repair and maintenance, not specified |
| 8121 | Personal and laundry services |
| 8122 | Parking lots and garages |
| 8123 | Street vendors for car care and cleaning |
| 8124 | Photofinishing and other personal services |
| 8125 | Death care services |
| 8130 | Associations and organizations |
| 8140 | Households with domestic employees |
| 9311 | Legislative bodies |
| 9312 | Federal public administration |
| 9313 | State public administration |
| 9314 | Municipal public administration |
| 9320 | International and extraterritorial bodies |
| 9700 | Works for a domestic unit or for another worker |
| 9999 | Unknown |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">7.6 Battery IV. Characteristics of the economic unit</span>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify some important characteristics of the economic units, taking as a starting point the establishment in which the people who are employed perform their main job. Some of these characteristics are: name, proprietary sector, type of activity to which it is dedicated, the way in which it operates (whether or not it is registered under the Law of Corporations, in the case of private companies and businesses, or the way in which the public administration of this country operates), availability of premises and accounting records, as well as the geographic level in which it performs, in the case of private companies and businesses.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons, in order to find out if the economic unit for which they work has a name.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="ital">Name of the economic unit</span>. The trade name, business name or name with which a company, institution or business advertises itself.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4a</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to know the economic activities performed in the economic units for which they work in their main job, in order to classify them by economic activity sector.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Conceptual clarifications:
<br /><span class="ital">Economic activity. </span>The set of actions performed by an economic unit for the fundamental purpose of producing marketable good and services in the market to generate monetary or in-kind income.
<br /><span class="ital">Economic activity sector.</span> Classification of the economic activities, according to the type of good or service the economic units generate.</p>
<p>Instructions:
<br />In describing the main activities to which the economic unit is dedicated, do not record unnecessary information, therefore keep in mind the following general guidelines:</p>
<div class="i1">- If an economic unit is dedicated, as a main activity, to something other than commerce: agricultural or industrial production, extraction, provision of personal services, health services, etc., when describing the activities do not indicate that one of these consists of selling their goods and services.<br /><br />[Omitted table]</div><div class="i1">- If an economic unit is dedicated to the sale of food, indicate whether it prepares and serves, or only prepares, and the type of foods involved: sweet potato, meats, churros, corn-on-the-cob, natural juices, tacos. It is unnecessary that you specify the type of ingredients used in their preparation and the place where they are cooked or served (the latter information is the subject of another question).<br />- Once the main activity to which the economic unit is dedicated is identified, describe it in detail. Below are the essential elements you should include in the information you record in this question to guaranty its correct classification:<br /><br />[Omitted table]</div><p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<div class="i1">- Identification of the activity to which the economic unit is dedicated. In order to obtain the information, cite the name of the company or business recorded in the preceding question. You may ask the question in the following way:<br />- What type of work does <span class="lang">"Textilera San Marcos"</span>, for which you worked last week, do?<br />- What type of work did Mr. Emilio do last week?</div><p>To further clarify the information, describe in detail the type of activity. To do this, ask additional questions, such as the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- Does the construction company build complete houses (from foundation to finishing) or just the structural work?<br />- In addition to demolishing buildings, does it also build them?<br />- What types of installations does it complete in the buildings: air conditioning, screens for bathrooms, anti-theft devices, electricity, gas piping, plumbing, floors, agricultural irrigation systems?<br />- If an informant reports that the economic unit for which they work performs more than one activity, ask what is the main one and underline it. Respect their response. For example, selling groceries, preparing and selling food, or collecting medicinal herbs and providing medical care; ask which is the most important activity. Record both, but underline the one reported as main.<br />- When an economic unit's activities vary throughout the year, for example: in one season it is dedicated to agricultural activities and in another, building homes; to selling ice cream in spring and summer and selling flags in September and toys in December. Record the activities performed during the reference period.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the information recorded, continue with question 4b.</div>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify some important characteristics of the economic units, taking as a starting point the establishment in which the people who are employed perform their main job. Some of these characteristics are: name, proprietary sector, type of activity to which it is dedicated, the way in which it operates (whether or not it is registered under the Law of Corporations, in the case of private companies and businesses, or the way in which the public administration of this country operates), availability of premises and accounting records, as well as the geographic level in which it performs, in the case of private companies and businesses.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons, in order to find out if the economic unit for which they work has a name.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="ital">Name of the economic unit</span>. The trade name, business name or name with which a company, institution or business advertises itself.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4a</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to know the economic activities performed in the economic units for which they work in their main job, in order to classify them by economic activity sector.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Conceptual clarifications:
<br /><span class="ital">Economic activity. </span>The set of actions performed by an economic unit for the fundamental purpose of producing marketable good and services in the market to generate monetary or in-kind income.
<br /><span class="ital">Economic activity sector.</span> Classification of the economic activities, according to the type of good or service the economic units generate.</p>
<p>Instructions:
<br />In describing the main activities to which the economic unit is dedicated, do not record unnecessary information, therefore keep in mind the following general guidelines:</p>
<div class="i1">- If an economic unit is dedicated, as a main activity, to something other than commerce: agricultural or industrial production, extraction, provision of personal services, health services, etc., when describing the activities do not indicate that one of these consists of selling their goods and services.<br /><br />[Omitted table]</div><div class="i1">- If an economic unit is dedicated to the sale of food, indicate whether it prepares and serves, or only prepares, and the type of foods involved: sweet potato, meats, churros, corn-on-the-cob, natural juices, tacos. It is unnecessary that you specify the type of ingredients used in their preparation and the place where they are cooked or served (the latter information is the subject of another question).<br />- Once the main activity to which the economic unit is dedicated is identified, describe it in detail. Below are the essential elements you should include in the information you record in this question to guaranty its correct classification:<br /><br />[Omitted table]</div><p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<p>[Omitted table]</p>
<div class="i1">- Identification of the activity to which the economic unit is dedicated. In order to obtain the information, cite the name of the company or business recorded in the preceding question. You may ask the question in the following way:<br />- What type of work does <span class="lang">"Textilera San Marcos"</span>, for which you worked last week, do?<br />- What type of work did Mr. Emilio do last week?</div><p>To further clarify the information, describe in detail the type of activity. To do this, ask additional questions, such as the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- Does the construction company build complete houses (from foundation to finishing) or just the structural work?<br />- In addition to demolishing buildings, does it also build them?<br />- What types of installations does it complete in the buildings: air conditioning, screens for bathrooms, anti-theft devices, electricity, gas piping, plumbing, floors, agricultural irrigation systems?<br />- If an informant reports that the economic unit for which they work performs more than one activity, ask what is the main one and underline it. Respect their response. For example, selling groceries, preparing and selling food, or collecting medicinal herbs and providing medical care; ask which is the most important activity. Record both, but underline the one reported as main.<br />- When an economic unit's activities vary throughout the year, for example: in one season it is dedicated to agricultural activities and in another, building homes; to selling ice cream in spring and summer and selling flags in September and toys in December. Record the activities performed during the reference period.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the information recorded, continue with question 4b.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industry of company, business, or institution.
Universe
Mexico 2018 Q4 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed for an economic unit in Mexico
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |