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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Main industry (MW2008A_0508)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 246
End: 248
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P25-P27 were asked only of residents who are currently working or have ever worked]




P27. What is the main product, service or activity of [the respondent's] place of work? ______
Categories
Value Category
1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
2 Forestry and logging
3 Fishing and aquaculture
5 Mining of coal and lignite
7 Mining of metal ores
8 Other mining and quarrying
10 Manufacture of food products
11 Manufacture of beverages
12 Manufacture of tobacco products
13 Manufacture of textiles
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
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
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
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
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
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
99 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
990 Other industry, response suppressed
998 Unknown
999 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
Questions for usual residents age 6 years or older (economic activity)
[Questions P20-P27 were asked of persons age 6 years or over]




Household members who are currently working/ever worked
[Questions P25-P27 were asked of persons currently working or ever worked]




P27. Industry/main product/services
Ask and write, in the spaces provided, the respondent's main products, service or activity produced or provided by the individual (and work mates, if applicable) at the place (industry) where he/she works. The same principle applies if the individual is self-employed or an employer.

Example: A person may be an accounts clerk and employed by a dairy farmer - his occupation is "Accounting clerk" and his industry is "Dairy farming". Below are some specific examples of how to probe for better industry information:

Response: (suggested probing questions)

Factory: What kind of goods does the factory manufacture or make? (e.g. shoes, fruit juices, clothes, etc.) Thus if a respondent says he/she is working in a factory which manufactures sweets, record, "Sweets manufacturing". Alternatively, if you cannot determine what the factory produces, ask the respondent to give you the name of the factory and record it.

Construction: What does the company build? (e.g. roads, dams, electrical plant, etc.) If the company builds houses, for example, then record "Building construction".

Mining: What type of mine is it? (e.g. coal, gold, diamond, etc.) If gold is mined, for example, record "Gold mining".

Shop: What does the shop sell? (e.g. shoes, clothes, groceries, etc.) If it sells groceries, record "Sale of groceries".

Farming: What type of produce is farmed? Is it crop or livestock farming or both? Record "Crop farming" if crops are grown, "Livestock farming" if animals are reared.

Self-employed: What kind of goods does the individual make or sell? (e.g. sells fruits and vegetables, weaves mats and baskets, sells clothes (hawker), etc.) Some examples of services an individual may provide are cutting, styling, treating illness (e.g. traditional healers, etc.)

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the industry in which the person works.

This is the edited version of the original variable that attempts to correct a major data error. For significant parts of the file all individuals within households received duplicate responses, even children. In such households, only the first person who reported that they worked last week retains a response. All other persons are coded out of the universe or to "unknown." There is an alternative version of this variable that retains the original responses for all persons.
Universe
Non-visitors age 6+ who worked last week, do subsistence work, or sought work

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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