General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987

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Reference ID

MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Principal branch of employment last month (ML1987A_IND)

Data file: MLI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 198

End: 199

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="ML87A416 ML87A417 ML87A418 ML87A419 ML87A420 ML87A422 ML87A425 ML87A426">For individuals 6 years of age and older.<br />[Questions 14-22]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ML87A425">21. Principal branch of employment<br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Agriculture, husbandry, fishing, forestry
02	Handicraft, blacksmith
03	Extracting industry
04	Manufacturing industry
05	Trade
06	Bank, insurance
07	Construction
08	Electricity, gas, water
09	Transport, communication
10	Private services
11	Public service
12	Other services
13	International organizations
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 identifies the principal branch of employment for each person.

Universe

Mali 1987: Economically active persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.4%]

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