The 1981 Census of Population, Occupation, Dwellings and Buildings of the German Democratic Republic - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1981
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Reference ID
DEU_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central State Office for Statistics, IPUMS
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Industry (DE1981A_IND)
Data file: DEU1981_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
159
End:
161
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | Fuel and energy |
| 110 | Chemical industry |
| 120 | Metallurgy |
| 130 | Construction materials |
| 140 | Water management |
| 150 | Machinery and transportation equipment |
| 160 | Electrical engineering/electronics/instruments |
| 170 | Lightweight industry (excluding textiles) |
| 180 | Textiles industry |
| 190 | Food industry |
| 200 | Construction industry |
| 310 | Agriculture |
| 320 | Inland fisheries |
| 330 | Veterinary |
| 332 | Agro-chemicals, including plant protection |
| 341 | Drying and pelleting industry |
| 350 | Forestry |
| 410 | Traffic |
| 450 | Post and telecommunications |
| 510 | Foreign trade |
| 520 | In-country trade |
| 530 | Refrigerators and warehouses |
| 610 | Economic governing bodies |
| 620 | Research and development centers of economic institutions |
| 630 | Design and construction companies |
| 640 | Geological investigations |
| 650 | Publishers |
| 660 | Combined repairs |
| 670 | Textile cleaning |
| 680 | Computing enterprises |
| 690 | Other areas of production |
| 700 | Business services |
| 810 | Science and research |
| 821 | Pre-school education facilities |
| 822 | General schools |
| 823 | Other facilities of public education |
| 824 | Vocational training |
| 825 | Professional and higher education |
| 827 | Facilities for adult and youth education |
| 830 | Culture and art |
| 840 | Health |
| 850 | Social work |
| 860 | Physical culture and sports |
| 870 | Recreation and nature tourism |
| 880 | Social security |
| 910 | Government, social institutions |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates a person's industry, for those who are economically active.
Universe
Germany 1981: Persons age 14+ who are economically active [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept