X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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- BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Industrial sector (BR1991A_INDSECT)
Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
356
End:
357
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A452"><span class="h3">47. Sector or area activity of establishment, business, institution, etc., where exercised occupation in question 46.</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 01 | Activities in farming, vegetable extraction and fishing |
| 02 | Transformation industry |
| 03 | Civil construction industry |
| 04 | Other industrial activities (mineral extraction and public utility industrial services) |
| 05 | Commerce in merchandise |
| 06 | Transportation and communication |
| 07 | Ancillary services of economic activity (technical-professional and ancillary to economic activities) |
| 08 | Rendering of services (in lodging and meals, repairs, conservation, as well as personal, dwelling and leisure services) |
| 09 | Social (community, medical, dental and educational) |
| 10 | Public administration (public administration, national defense and public safety) |
| 11 | Other activities (institutions of credit, insurance and capitalization, commerce and administration of real estate, international organizations and foreign representations, activities not included in other areas and undefined or undeclared activities) |
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
<svar a="all" v="BR91A452"><span class="h3">Question 47 - Sector or field area of activity, business, organization, institution, etc. in which the respondent exercised the occupation declared in question 46</span><br />This question is aimed at determining the objective or field of business of the organization, company or firm to which the enumerated person is related, or the nature of the activity exercised by self-employed persons.<br />In most cases, the class of activity is not directly related to the occupation. Therefore, a driver may exercise his or her <span class="pg">[p. 79]</span> occupation in Highway freight transportation (driver for a transportation company), or at a Textile company (driver for a cloth factory); a doorman may exercise his occupation in Hotel services (hotel doorman) or in the Entertainment industry (doorman at a movie theater); a medical doctor may exercise her occupation for the Federal Health Department (doctor at INAMPS) or at a Private medical service, (doctor at a private hospital or a private office), or at a Steel company (doctor at the Volta Redonda Steel Plant), etc.<br />In farming establishments (crops or animals), record the main crop or animal at the establishment.<br />Generic answers should be avoided which do not facilitate correct characterization of the activity of the establishment or business of the workers being enumerated, such as Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Public service, etc.<br />For orientation, a list of the most common activities is presented below, containing countless occupations that are exercised. It should be made clear that the entry does not have to be one of the expressions on the list; it should characterize the activity of the organization where the occupation is exercised.<br />[Activity list on pages 79-82 was not translated into English]<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industrial sector in which the person exercised the occupation regularly during the last 12 months or part of that time.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Persons age 10+ who worked any time between September 1, 1989 and August 31, 1990 [Discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |