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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
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Industry (1-digit) (LR1974A_IND1)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 136
End: 137
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all persons over age 10 years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">17. Business or industry </span>
<br />What kind of business or industry did person work in?
<br />Example: Iron mine, Rice farm
<br />CODE: ____
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
02 Mining and quarrying
03 Manufacturing
05 Construction
06 Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels
07 Transport, storage and communication
08 Financing, insurance, real state and business services
09 Community, social and personal services
99 Activities not adequately defined
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 person's industry (2-digit).
Universe
Liberia 1974: Persons age 10+ who worked in the past 12 months [discrepancies: type I 0.1% type II: none]

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