National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset
Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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- Data files
- PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat
- PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Economic activity (2-digits, in primary job last week) (PE2017A_IND2)
Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
310
End:
311
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)</span></p>
<p><span class="em">20. Last week, what activity did you perform in the business, organization, or company in which you work?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: manufacture of clothing, rice farming, cattle raising, grocery wholesale, restaurant, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
<p><span class="em">20. Last week, what activity did you perform in the business, organization, or company in which you work?</span><div class="i1">(Examples: manufacture of clothing, rice farming, cattle raising, grocery wholesale, restaurant, etc.)<br /><br />(Specify) ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities |
| 02 | Forestry and logging |
| 03 | Fishing and aquaculture |
| 05 | Mining of coal and lignite |
| 06 | Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas |
| 07 | Mining of metal ores |
| 08 | Other mining and quarrying |
| 09 | Mining support service activities |
| 10 | Manufacture of food products |
| 11 | Manufacture of beverages |
| 13 | Manufacture of textiles |
| 14 | Manufacture of wearing apparel |
| 15 | Manufacture of leather and related products |
| 16 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials |
| 17 | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
| 18 | Printing and reproduction of recorded media |
| 19 | Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products |
| 20 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
| 21 | Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products |
| 22 | Manufacture of rubber and plastics products |
| 23 | Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products |
| 24 | Manufacture of basic metals |
| 25 | Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment |
| 26 | Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products |
| 27 | Manufacture of electrical equipment |
| 28 | Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. |
| 29 | Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers |
| 30 | Manufacture of other transport equipment |
| 31 | Manufacture of furniture |
| 32 | Other manufacturing |
| 33 | Repair and installation of machinery and equipment |
| 35 | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
| 36 | Water collection, treatment and supply |
| 37 | Sewerage, remediation activities and other waste management services |
| 38 | Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery |
| 41 | Construction of buildings |
| 42 | Civil engineering |
| 43 | Specialized construction activities |
| 45 | Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 46 | Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 47 | Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 49 | Land transport and transport via pipelines |
| 50 | Water transport |
| 51 | Air transport |
| 52 | Warehousing and support activities for transportation |
| 53 | Postal and courier activities |
| 55 | Accommodation |
| 56 | Food and beverage service activities |
| 58 | Publishing activities |
| 59 | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities |
| 60 | Programming and broadcasting activities |
| 61 | Telecommunications |
| 62 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |
| 63 | Information service activities |
| 64 | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
| 65 | Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security |
| 66 | Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities |
| 68 | Real estate activities |
| 69 | Legal and accounting activities |
| 70 | Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities |
| 71 | Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis |
| 72 | Scientific research and development |
| 73 | Advertising and market research |
| 74 | Other professional, scientific and technical activities |
| 75 | Veterinary activities |
| 77 | Rental and leasing activities |
| 78 | Employment activities |
| 79 | Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities |
| 80 | Security and investigation activities |
| 81 | Services to buildings and landscape activities |
| 82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities |
| 84 | Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
| 85 | Education |
| 86 | Human health activities |
| 87 | Residential care activities |
| 88 | Social work activities without accommodation |
| 90 | Creative, arts and entertainment activities |
| 91 | Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities |
| 92 | Gambling and betting activities |
| 93 | Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities |
| 94 | Activities of membership organizations |
| 95 | Repair of computers and personal and household goods |
| 96 | Other personal service activities |
| 97 | Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For persons of 5 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 20: Last week, what activity did you perform in the business organization, or company in which you work?</span></p>
<p>Write down the specific name of the activity in which the workplace was engaged or carried out by the respondent on his/her own in his/her primary occupation.</p>
<p>As an exception, if the respondent answers that he/she works in any known public institution, entity or agency, write down the name of it. Examples: Ministry Of Education, Children's Hospital, Peruvian Army, among others.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 68]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span>: It is the activity expressed in terms of the type of goods produced or of services provided by the unit, company or business in which the person works. Examples: manufacture of fancy jewelry, cab service.
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>
<p><span class="h3">Question 20: Last week, what activity did you perform in the business organization, or company in which you work?</span></p>
<p>Write down the specific name of the activity in which the workplace was engaged or carried out by the respondent on his/her own in his/her primary occupation.</p>
<p>As an exception, if the respondent answers that he/she works in any known public institution, entity or agency, write down the name of it. Examples: Ministry Of Education, Children's Hospital, Peruvian Army, among others.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 68]</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span>: It is the activity expressed in terms of the type of goods produced or of services provided by the unit, company or business in which the person works. Examples: manufacture of fancy jewelry, cab service.
Description
Universe
Peru 2017: Persons age 5+ who worked last week or did not work last week but had a job, business, occasional work or worked on a farm or family business [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |