2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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- SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
- SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat
Main industry in the past 12 months (SL2015A_IND)
Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
291
End:
292
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>
<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>
<p>Economic activity [Questions P28-P31]</p>
<p>P31. Industry</p>
<div class="i1">Answered only by respondents who indicated that they were employed, in an apprenticeship or looking for work in question P28.<br /><br />What industry did [the respondent] work in during the past 12 months?<br /><br />[] 01 Crops production: (the production of rice, maize, cassava, potato, orange, coffee, rubber, cocoa, groundnut etc.)<br />[] 02 Animal production: (rearing of cow, goat, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, etc.)<br />[] 03 Forestry, logging and hunting: (timber, fire wood, charcoal, honey, wild life animals, etc.)<br />[] 04 Fishing and aquaculture: (fish pond, streams, rivers sea/ocean etc.)<br />[] 05 Mining and quarrying: (diamond mining, gold mining, sand mining, salt mining, stone breaking, etc.)<br />[] 06 Manufacturing: (soap making, bakery, carpentering, manufacturing of food product, sugar, beverages, tobacco, textile, printing, rubber and plastic production, yoghurt, butter scotch making, weaving, rice milling, repairs of machineries and equipment except motor vehicles and computers, welding, etc.)<br />[] 07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply: (electricity power supply from hydro, sun, and wind, thermal plant e.g. EDSA / BKPS / Solar, gas supply e.g. Afrigas etc.)<br />[] 08 Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities: (water treatment and supply e.g. Guma Valley/SALWACO, Massada, Clean Salone, Toilet disposal, etc.)<br />[] 09 Construction: (construction of roads, bridges, rail ways, schools, air fields, etc.)<br />[] 10 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: (selling in large quantity, selling in bits, mechanics, etc.)<br />[] 11 Transport and storage: (land, air, sea, E.g. taxi, podapoda, okada, boat/ferry, airplane, warehouse, etc.)<br />[] 12 Accommodation and food service activities: (Hotels, guest house cookery shops, bars, restaurant, hostels, and ice cream truck vendor's etc.)<br />[] 13 Information and communication: (mobile communication, print media, electronic media, social media, internet providers, etc.)<br />[] 14 Financial and Insurance activities: (bank, micro-finance, insurance, etc.)<br />[] 15 Real estate activities: (buying, renting and selling of houses and other properties etc.)<br />[] 16 Professional, scientific and technical activities: (legal services, examiners, bailiffs, accountants, researchers, consultancies, engineering, advertising, marketing, experimental work, auditing, etc.)<br />[] 17 Administration and support service activities: (security agencies, traveling agencies e.g. IPC travel, rental and leasing of household goods and services and motor vehicles, surveyors, and office support staffs, etc.)<br />[] 18 Public administration and defense; compulsory social security: (purely government e.g. local government, MDAs, armed forces, police.)<br />[] 19 Education: (kindergarten, primary, junior secondary, senior secondary, tertiary, university, etc.)<br />[] 20 Human health and social work activities: (primary health care, medical and dental activities, nursing care activities, mental care and substance abuse, care for elderly and disabled people, traditional healers.)<br />[] 21 Arts, entertainment and recreation: (designers, musicians, actors, actresses, concerts, gambling and betting, sport activities, etc.)<br />[] 22 Other service activities: (hairdressing, barbering, funeral and related activities, repairs of shoes, religious organizations, political organizations, personal service activities.)<br />[] 23 Activities of households as employers; production activities of households for own use: (gardeners, domestic workers, etc.)<br />[] 24 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies: (International organizations like, UN, ECOWAS, Embassies, AU, IMF, World Bank, ADB, High Commissions, etc.)</div>
<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>
<p>Economic activity [Questions P28-P31]</p>
<p>P31. Industry</p>
<div class="i1">Answered only by respondents who indicated that they were employed, in an apprenticeship or looking for work in question P28.<br /><br />What industry did [the respondent] work in during the past 12 months?<br /><br />[] 01 Crops production: (the production of rice, maize, cassava, potato, orange, coffee, rubber, cocoa, groundnut etc.)<br />[] 02 Animal production: (rearing of cow, goat, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, etc.)<br />[] 03 Forestry, logging and hunting: (timber, fire wood, charcoal, honey, wild life animals, etc.)<br />[] 04 Fishing and aquaculture: (fish pond, streams, rivers sea/ocean etc.)<br />[] 05 Mining and quarrying: (diamond mining, gold mining, sand mining, salt mining, stone breaking, etc.)<br />[] 06 Manufacturing: (soap making, bakery, carpentering, manufacturing of food product, sugar, beverages, tobacco, textile, printing, rubber and plastic production, yoghurt, butter scotch making, weaving, rice milling, repairs of machineries and equipment except motor vehicles and computers, welding, etc.)<br />[] 07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply: (electricity power supply from hydro, sun, and wind, thermal plant e.g. EDSA / BKPS / Solar, gas supply e.g. Afrigas etc.)<br />[] 08 Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities: (water treatment and supply e.g. Guma Valley/SALWACO, Massada, Clean Salone, Toilet disposal, etc.)<br />[] 09 Construction: (construction of roads, bridges, rail ways, schools, air fields, etc.)<br />[] 10 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: (selling in large quantity, selling in bits, mechanics, etc.)<br />[] 11 Transport and storage: (land, air, sea, E.g. taxi, podapoda, okada, boat/ferry, airplane, warehouse, etc.)<br />[] 12 Accommodation and food service activities: (Hotels, guest house cookery shops, bars, restaurant, hostels, and ice cream truck vendor's etc.)<br />[] 13 Information and communication: (mobile communication, print media, electronic media, social media, internet providers, etc.)<br />[] 14 Financial and Insurance activities: (bank, micro-finance, insurance, etc.)<br />[] 15 Real estate activities: (buying, renting and selling of houses and other properties etc.)<br />[] 16 Professional, scientific and technical activities: (legal services, examiners, bailiffs, accountants, researchers, consultancies, engineering, advertising, marketing, experimental work, auditing, etc.)<br />[] 17 Administration and support service activities: (security agencies, traveling agencies e.g. IPC travel, rental and leasing of household goods and services and motor vehicles, surveyors, and office support staffs, etc.)<br />[] 18 Public administration and defense; compulsory social security: (purely government e.g. local government, MDAs, armed forces, police.)<br />[] 19 Education: (kindergarten, primary, junior secondary, senior secondary, tertiary, university, etc.)<br />[] 20 Human health and social work activities: (primary health care, medical and dental activities, nursing care activities, mental care and substance abuse, care for elderly and disabled people, traditional healers.)<br />[] 21 Arts, entertainment and recreation: (designers, musicians, actors, actresses, concerts, gambling and betting, sport activities, etc.)<br />[] 22 Other service activities: (hairdressing, barbering, funeral and related activities, repairs of shoes, religious organizations, political organizations, personal service activities.)<br />[] 23 Activities of households as employers; production activities of households for own use: (gardeners, domestic workers, etc.)<br />[] 24 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies: (International organizations like, UN, ECOWAS, Embassies, AU, IMF, World Bank, ADB, High Commissions, etc.)</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Crop farming |
| 02 | Animal production |
| 03 | Forestry, logging and hunting |
| 04 | Fishing and aquaculture |
| 05 | Mining and quarrying |
| 06 | Manufacturing |
| 07 | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
| 08 | Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
| 09 | Construction |
| 10 | Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 11 | Transport and storage |
| 12 | Accommodation and food service activities |
| 13 | Information and communication |
| 14 | Financial and insurance activities |
| 15 | Real estate activities |
| 16 | Professional, scientific and technical activities |
| 17 | Administration and support service activities |
| 18 | Public administration and defence, compulsory social security |
| 19 | Education |
| 20 | Human health and social work activities |
| 21 | Arts, entertainment and recreation |
| 22 | Other service activities |
| 23 | Household as employers |
| 24 | Extraterritorial organizations and bodies |
| 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="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>
<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns P28 to P31 -- Economic activity (for persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />149. Questions on economic activity relate to respondents who are aged 10 years and above. Note that the reference period is 12 months prior to the census; you must therefore concern yourself with the person's economic activities within that period and not beyond.</p>
<p><span class="em">P31- Industry</span>
<br />155. Industry (branch of economic activity) refers to the kind of production or activity of the establishment or similar unit in which the job(s) of the economically active person (whether employed or unemployed) was located during the last 12 months.</p>
<p>156. Ask, "Where does (name) work?"</p>
<div class="i1">What happens there?"<br />What is made or produced?"<br />or<br />"What services are provided?"<br />or<br />"What is sold?"</div><p>157. Ask this question for each economically active person. The main products and services produced or the main functions carried out at the establishment or enterprise in which their job(s) was located.
<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns P28 to P31 -- Economic activity (for persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />149. Questions on economic activity relate to respondents who are aged 10 years and above. Note that the reference period is 12 months prior to the census; you must therefore concern yourself with the person's economic activities within that period and not beyond.</p>
<p><span class="em">P31- Industry</span>
<br />155. Industry (branch of economic activity) refers to the kind of production or activity of the establishment or similar unit in which the job(s) of the economically active person (whether employed or unemployed) was located during the last 12 months.</p>
<p>156. Ask, "Where does (name) work?"</p>
<div class="i1">What happens there?"<br />What is made or produced?"<br />or<br />"What services are provided?"<br />or<br />"What is sold?"</div><p>157. Ask this question for each economically active person. The main products and services produced or the main functions carried out at the establishment or enterprise in which their job(s) was located.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's main industry in the past 12 months.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons age 10+ who ever worked in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |