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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Industry of main occupation (NG2010A_IND)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 338
End: 339
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section3: Labour</span>
<br /><span class="em">Ask these questions from individuals 5 years and above</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Main/primary employment</span></p>

<p>14. In what sector is this main activity? </p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Agriculture<br />[ ] 2 Mining<br />[ ] 3 Manufacturing<br />[ ] 4 Professional/scientific/technical activities<br />[ ] 5 Electricity<br />[ ] 6 Construction<br />[ ] 7 Transportation<br />[ ] 8 Buying and selling<br />[ ] 9 Financial/insurance/real est. Services<br />[ ] 10 Personal services<br />[ ] 11 Education<br />[ ] 12 Health<br />[ ] 13 Public administration<br />[ ] 14 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Agriculture
02 Mining
03 Manufacturing
04 Professional, scientific, or technical activities
05 Electricity
06 Construction
07 Transportation
08 Buying and selling
09 Financial or insurance or real estate services
10 Personal services
11 Education
12 Health
13 Public administration
14 Other
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 of main occupation.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ who worked in the last seven days [discrepancies: type I 1.2%; type II .8%]

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