The 1970 Census of the Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1970
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DEU_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS
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- DEU1970_PHC-H-H
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Industry (DE1970A_IND)
Data file: DEU1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
170
End:
171
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="DE70A434 DE70A435 DE70A436 DE70A437">For economically active persons (also self-employed, farmers, family workers)<br />[Questions 15-18 were asked of economically active persons]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="DE70A434">15. Branch of business (branch of economy, line) of the establishment (firm, agency) ____<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="DE70A434">15. Branch of business (branch of economy, line) of the establishment (firm, agency) ____<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 01 | Agriculture (excluding horticulture) |
| 02 | Forestry |
| 03 | Horticulture, commercial horticulture, and commercial animal husbandry, breeding and care |
| 04 | Ocean and costal fishing |
| 05 | Inland fisheries and aquaculture |
| 06 | Energy and water supply |
| 07 | Coal mining |
| 08 | Ore mining |
| 09 | Petroleum, natural gas, and bituminous rocks extraction |
| 10 | Potash and rock salt mining, salt works, other mining |
| 11 | Chemical industry (excluding coal and chemical fiber production industries) |
| 12 | Chemical fiber production |
| 13 | Petroleum production |
| 14 | Plastics, rubber, and asbestos |
| 15 | Construction materials, refractory ceramic, and earthware production |
| 16 | Other mining and quarrying processing |
| 17 | Fine ceramics, glass production and processing |
| 18 | Ferrous and non-ferrous metal production (excluding semi-finished works) |
| 19 | Smithing |
| 20 | Specialty steels and cold rolling mills |
| 21 | Steel forming, surface fininshing and curing, metalworking, welding, grinding, smithing, nec |
| 22 | Construction and production of steel and alloy containers |
| 23 | Wagon, field and industrial railway wagon construction |
| 24 | Ventilation, heat, and health system installation and repair |
| 25 | Mechanical engineering (office machinery construction) |
| 26 | Office machinery, equipment and computer manufacturing |
| 27 | Motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts and bodies manufacturing |
| 28 | Motorcycle and related engines, bicycles, baby carriages, and other hand-draw vehicle manifacturing and repair |
| 29 | Motorcycle and bicycle repair, and road vehicle coating |
| 30 | Shipbuilding, aircraft construction |
| 31 | Electrical equipment |
| 32 | Optical equipment, watch manufacturing and repair |
| 33 | EBM goods production (excluding motorcycle and bicycle parts, and motor vehicle and bicycle accessories |
| 34 | Motorcycle and bicycle parts, and motor vehicle and bicycle accessories manufacturing |
| 35 | Musical instruments, sports equipment, toys and jewelry manufacturing |
| 36 | Sawmills and wood processing plants, wood processing |
| 37 | Paper production and processing |
| 38 | Printing and reproduction |
| 39 | Leather production and processing (excluding footware manufacturing) |
| 40 | Leather and textile footware series production (excluding mass production) |
| 41 | Custom-made shoes and shoe repair production |
| 42 | Textile production |
| 43 | Clothing production |
| 44 | Upholstery and decoration |
| 45 | Food and beverage industry (excluding meat, beverage and tobacco processing) |
| 46 | Meat production |
| 47 | Beverage production |
| 48 | Tobacco production |
| 49 | Construction (excluding carpentry and roofing) |
| 50 | Carpentry and roofing |
| 51 | Expansion and building |
| 52 | Wholesale (undifferentiated) of raw materials and intermediate products |
| 53 | Wholesale of food, drinks, tobacco |
| 54 | Wholesale of clothing, linens, equipments, sports goods, and shoes |
| 55 | Wholesale of hardware, electrical products, jewelry, toys, and similar products |
| 56 | Wholesale of tools and machinery, industrial equipment, and special needs of different sectors |
| 57 | Wholesale of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, and dentistry, nursing and hairdressing equipment |
| 58 | Wholesale of paper, paper products, and printing |
| 59 | Wholesale trade |
| 60 | Retail stores (excluding general stores) |
| 61 | Retail of food, beverages and general stores |
| 62 | Retail of clothing, linens, equipment, sports goods, and shoes |
| 63 | Retail of iron and metal goods, household goods, housing needs, etc |
| 64 | Retail of paper products and printing |
| 65 | Retail of pharmaceutical, orthopedic, medical, cosmetic and cleaning products |
| 66 | Retail of other goods |
| 67 | Railways |
| 68 | German Federal Post Office |
| 69 | Roads |
| 70 | Shipping, inland waterways and ports |
| 71 | Aviation, airports |
| 72 | Other transportation industry |
| 73 | Credit and other financial institutions |
| 74 | Insurance |
| 75 | Restaurants and cafes |
| 76 | Laundry, dry cleaning and garment dyeing, ironing and rotary iron |
| 77 | Building, rooms and equipment cleaning (excluding building facades), commercial chimney sweep |
| 78 | Hairdressing and other personal care industry |
| 79 | Science, education and sports |
| 80 | Art, theater, film, radio and television |
| 81 | Publishing |
| 82 | Literature and journalism |
| 83 | Health and veterinary |
| 84 | Legal advice, counseling and examination |
| 85 | Architectural and engineering firms, laboratories, and similar institutions |
| 86 | Commercial advertising (excluding exhibitions and trade fairs) |
| 87 | Real estate, asset management |
| 88 | Exhibitions, surveillance and similar services, information offices, commercial packaging |
| 89 | Exhibitions, betting and lotteries, casinos |
| 90 | Pawnshops and auction trade, hygienic, and similar |
| 91 | Renting (excluding books, magazines and movie rentals) |
| 92 | Commercial photography |
| 93 | Christian churches, [religious] orders, religious and ideological associations |
| 94 | Organizations in education, science and culture, sports, and youth care |
| 95 | Organizations for business life |
| 96 | Other non-profit organizations (excluding voluntary welfare organizations and political parties) |
| 97 | Private households |
| 98 | Government |
| 99 | Social security |
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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the industry in which the person is employed.
Universe
Germany 1970: Economically active or military persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]
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