Censos Nacionales 1984. Octavo Censo Nacional de Población. Cuarto Censo Nacional de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 1984
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Reference ID
CRI_1984_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía y Comercio, IPUMS
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- CRI1984_PHC-H-H.dat
- CRI1984_PHC-P-H.dat
Industry, 1 digit (CR1984A_IND1)
Data file: CRI1984_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
218
End:
219
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CR84A416 CR84A417 CR84A418 CR84A419 CR84A420 CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424 CR84A425">Only for those 12 years of age and older<br />[Applies to questions 12-16]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424">15. Industry<br /><div class="i1">What does your place of work (or where you worked the last time) primarily do?<br />____ [4 blank lines]</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424">15. Industry<br /><div class="i1">What does your place of work (or where you worked the last time) primarily do?<br />____ [4 blank lines]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Non-specified activities |
| 01 | Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishery |
| 02 | Mining and quarries |
| 03 | Manufacturing industries |
| 04 | Electricity, gas and water |
| 05 | Construction |
| 06 | Wholesale and retail, restaurants and hotels |
| 07 | Transportation, storage and communications |
| 08 | Financial srvc, insur., real est and srv to firms |
| 09 | Social, personal and community services |
| 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
<svar v="CR84A416 CR84A417 CR84A418 CR84A419 CR84A420 CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424 CR84A425"><span class="h2">Fourth block of questions: only for persons 12 years old or more</span><br /><br />This block of questions is formed by questions 12 to 16 and should be asked only to persons 12 years old and older. If a person that you enumerate does not meet this requirement, you should cross out the whole block with two diagonally crossed lines and go to the next person. This part has some complexity because of this it is recommended to put much care to each one of the concepts noted here. This block has as its objective gathering information about the work characteristics of the interviewed persons to attain correct information and a good understanding of the questions it is necessary that you keep in mind the following concepts:<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. <span class="em">Working age population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older.<br />2. <span class="em">Work Force or Economically Active Population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who work, look for work.<br />3. <span class="em">Economically Inactive Population</span><br />It is the group of persons 12 years old or older who do not work and do not look for work.<br />4. <span class="em">Work</span><br />Work is understood to be a labor activity that has as its goal the production of goods and services with economic value in the market.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424"><span class="h3">Question 15: Industry</span><br /><br />The economic industry is determined by the activity of the establishment in which the person had the occupation selected as principal occupation, or worked the last time if the person is unemployed.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />You should ask: What is done in the place of work or where you worked last? You should write down in clear and specific terms the activity that the establishment does, what the person did; a school teacher would answer: Public Education Center, of primary education. You should avoid generic terms like "work shop", "factory", "club", "store", etc. [omitted phrase: "se trata"] <span class="pg">[p. 56]</span> The name of the place is of help in the description: Warehouse (<span class="lang">Estanco</span>) of the National Committee of Production, etc.<br /><br />Below you can see the "incorrect" and "correct" forms of doing the enumeration in this case.<br /><br /> [Below are two columns, one marked Incorrect and one marked Correct. I am going to translate them without using two columns.]<br /><br />[For the first category there is nothing in the Incorrect column]<br /><br /><div class="i1">Correct<br />Automobiles repair Workshop<br />Dental Mechanic Workshop<br />Taylor Workshop<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Factory<br /><br />Correct<br />Shoe factory<br />Woman's clothes factory<br />Plastic wrap factory<br />Cardboard box factory<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Store<br /><br />Correct<br />Grocery store<br />Wholesale store<br />Clothing store<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Industry<br /><br />Correct<br />Food industry<br />Textile industry<br />Electronic industry<br />Automobile industry<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Laboratory<br /><br />Correct<br />Dental laboratory<br />Clinical laboratory<br />Chemical-Pharmaceutical laboratory<br /><br />Incorrect<br />[Nothing in this column]<br /><br />Correct<br />Football club<br />Social club<br />Night club<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Warehouse<br /><br />Correct<br />Wood warehouse<br />Construction materials warehouse<br />Liquor warehouse<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Stores<br /><br />Correct<br />Sports equipment store<br />Fishing equipment store<br />Boutique<br />Department store (La Gloria, La Universal, El Globo, etc.)<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Ministry<br /><br />Correct<br />Ministry of Public Works<br />Ministry of Education<br />Ministry of Culture</div><br /><br />If the person works for a company that manages more than one activity in which she performs the occupation written down before. When it concerns a commercial establishment, specify if it is Wholesale or Retail.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A421 CR84A422 CR84A423 CR84A424"><span class="h3">Question 15: Industry</span><br /><br />The economic industry is determined by the activity of the establishment in which the person had the occupation selected as principal occupation, or worked the last time if the person is unemployed.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />You should ask: What is done in the place of work or where you worked last? You should write down in clear and specific terms the activity that the establishment does, what the person did; a school teacher would answer: Public Education Center, of primary education. You should avoid generic terms like "work shop", "factory", "club", "store", etc. [omitted phrase: "se trata"] <span class="pg">[p. 56]</span> The name of the place is of help in the description: Warehouse (<span class="lang">Estanco</span>) of the National Committee of Production, etc.<br /><br />Below you can see the "incorrect" and "correct" forms of doing the enumeration in this case.<br /><br /> [Below are two columns, one marked Incorrect and one marked Correct. I am going to translate them without using two columns.]<br /><br />[For the first category there is nothing in the Incorrect column]<br /><br /><div class="i1">Correct<br />Automobiles repair Workshop<br />Dental Mechanic Workshop<br />Taylor Workshop<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Factory<br /><br />Correct<br />Shoe factory<br />Woman's clothes factory<br />Plastic wrap factory<br />Cardboard box factory<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Store<br /><br />Correct<br />Grocery store<br />Wholesale store<br />Clothing store<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Industry<br /><br />Correct<br />Food industry<br />Textile industry<br />Electronic industry<br />Automobile industry<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Laboratory<br /><br />Correct<br />Dental laboratory<br />Clinical laboratory<br />Chemical-Pharmaceutical laboratory<br /><br />Incorrect<br />[Nothing in this column]<br /><br />Correct<br />Football club<br />Social club<br />Night club<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Warehouse<br /><br />Correct<br />Wood warehouse<br />Construction materials warehouse<br />Liquor warehouse<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Stores<br /><br />Correct<br />Sports equipment store<br />Fishing equipment store<br />Boutique<br />Department store (La Gloria, La Universal, El Globo, etc.)<br /><br />Incorrect<br />Ministry<br /><br />Correct<br />Ministry of Public Works<br />Ministry of Education<br />Ministry of Culture</div><br /><br />If the person works for a company that manages more than one activity in which she performs the occupation written down before. When it concerns a commercial establishment, specify if it is Wholesale or Retail.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industry (1-digit) in which the respondent works or had worked.
Universe
Costa Rica 1984: Persons age 12+ who worked or were seeking work and had worked in the past [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |