Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Industry, 1950 basis (US1970A_0450)
Data file: USA1970-P-H
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Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
256
End:
258
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
23. When was this person born?
[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.
[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.
Questions 29 through 41 are for all persons born before April 1956 including housewives, students, or disabled persons as well as part-time or full-time workers.
[All]
29a. Did this person work at any time last week?
[] Yes - Fill this circle if this person did full- or part-time work. (Count part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; and active duty in the Armed Forces.
[] No - Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Skip to 30
33. Industry
a. For whom did he work? If now on active duty in the Armed Forces, print "AF" and skip to question 36.
_____ (Name of company, business, organization, or other employer)
"If he worked for company, business, or government agency, print the name of the company, not the name of his supervisor. If he worked for a person or a small business that has no company name, print the name of the person he worked for."
b. What kind of business or industry was this?
Describe activity at location where employed.
_____
(For example: Junior high school, retail supermarket, dairy farm, TV and radio service, auto assembly plant, road construction)
"Write two or more words to tell what the business, industry, or person named in 33a does. Write what it makes or what it sells or what service it gives. Some examples of acceptable answers are shown on the Census form and here."
Acceptable
Cattle ranch
Wholesale grocery store
Retail gas station
Metal furniture manufacturing
Unacceptable
Ranch
Grocery store
Oil company
Furniture company
If a company does more than one thing (like make household electrical appliances and electric generators) describe only the major activity at the place where he works. If, however, he works at a warehouse, repair shop, etc., that is part of and used only by a larger organization, give the major activity of the larger organization; for example, department store warehouse - report department store."
c. Is this mainly - (Fill one circle)
[] Manufacturing
[] Retail trade
[] Wholesale trade
[] Other (agriculture, construction, service, government, etc.)
"Mark Manufacturing if the factory, plant, mill, etc. makes things, even if it also sells them. Mark Wholesale trade if a business does not make things but buys them to sell to stores or other companies. Mark Retail trade if the business mostly sells things (not services) to individuals. Mark Other if the main purpose of the employer is not making or selling things. Some examples of "Other" are services, such as those given by hotels, dry cleaners, repair shops, schools, and banks. Farming and building houses, bridges, roads, are also examples of "Other" kinds of businesses."
[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.
[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.
Questions 29 through 41 are for all persons born before April 1956 including housewives, students, or disabled persons as well as part-time or full-time workers.
[All]
29a. Did this person work at any time last week?
[] Yes - Fill this circle if this person did full- or part-time work. (Count part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; and active duty in the Armed Forces.
[] No - Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Skip to 30
33. Industry
a. For whom did he work? If now on active duty in the Armed Forces, print "AF" and skip to question 36.
_____ (Name of company, business, organization, or other employer)
"If he worked for company, business, or government agency, print the name of the company, not the name of his supervisor. If he worked for a person or a small business that has no company name, print the name of the person he worked for."
b. What kind of business or industry was this?
Describe activity at location where employed.
_____
(For example: Junior high school, retail supermarket, dairy farm, TV and radio service, auto assembly plant, road construction)
"Write two or more words to tell what the business, industry, or person named in 33a does. Write what it makes or what it sells or what service it gives. Some examples of acceptable answers are shown on the Census form and here."
Acceptable
Cattle ranch
Wholesale grocery store
Retail gas station
Metal furniture manufacturing
Unacceptable
Ranch
Grocery store
Oil company
Furniture company
If a company does more than one thing (like make household electrical appliances and electric generators) describe only the major activity at the place where he works. If, however, he works at a warehouse, repair shop, etc., that is part of and used only by a larger organization, give the major activity of the larger organization; for example, department store warehouse - report department store."
c. Is this mainly - (Fill one circle)
[] Manufacturing
[] Retail trade
[] Wholesale trade
[] Other (agriculture, construction, service, government, etc.)
"Mark Manufacturing if the factory, plant, mill, etc. makes things, even if it also sells them. Mark Wholesale trade if a business does not make things but buys them to sell to stores or other companies. Mark Retail trade if the business mostly sells things (not services) to individuals. Mark Other if the main purpose of the employer is not making or selling things. Some examples of "Other" are services, such as those given by hotels, dry cleaners, repair shops, schools, and banks. Farming and building houses, bridges, roads, are also examples of "Other" kinds of businesses."
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 105 | Agriculture |
| 116 | Forestry |
| 126 | Fisheries |
| 206 | Metal mining |
| 216 | Coal mining |
| 226 | Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction |
| 236 | Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel |
| 246 | Construction |
| 306 | Logging |
| 307 | Sawmills, planing mills, and mill work |
| 308 | Miscellaneous wood products |
| 309 | Furniture and fixtures |
| 316 | Glass and glass products |
| 317 | Cement, concrete, gypsum and plaster product |
| 318 | Structural clay products |
| 319 | Pottery and related products |
| 326 | Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products |
| 336 | Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mil |
| 337 | Other primary iron and steel industries |
| 338 | Primary nonferrous industries |
| 346 | Fabricated steel products |
| 348 | Not specified metal industries |
| 356 | Agricultural machinery and tractors |
| 357 | Office and store machines and devices |
| 358 | Miscellaneous machinery |
| 367 | Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplie |
| 376 | Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment |
| 377 | Aircraft and parts |
| 378 | Ship and boat building and repairing |
| 379 | Railroad and miscellaneous transportation equipment |
| 386 | Professional equipment and supplies |
| 387 | Photographic equipment and supplies |
| 388 | Watches, clocks, and clockwork-operated devi |
| 399 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries |
| 406 | Meat products |
| 407 | Dairy products |
| 408 | Canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, a |
| 409 | Grain-mill products |
| 416 | Bakery products |
| 417 | Confectionery and related products |
| 418 | Beverage industries |
| 419 | Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products |
| 426 | Not specified food industries |
| 429 | Tobacco manufactures |
| 436 | Knitting mills |
| 437 | Dyeing and finishing textiles, except knit g |
| 438 | Carpets, rugs, and other floor coverings |
| 439 | Yarn, thread, and fabric mills |
| 446 | Miscellaneous textile mill products |
| 448 | Apparel and accessories |
| 449 | Miscellaneous fabricated textile products |
| 456 | Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
| 457 | Paperboard containers and boxes |
| 458 | Miscellaneous paper and pulp products |
| 459 | Printing, publishing, and allied industries |
| 466 | Synthetic fibers |
| 467 | Drugs and medicines |
| 468 | Paints, varnishes, and related products |
| 469 | Miscellaneous chemicals and allied products |
| 476 | Petroleum refining |
| 477 | Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products |
| 478 | Rubber products |
| 487 | Leather: tanned, curried, and finished |
| 488 | Footwear, except rubber |
| 489 | Leather products, except footwear |
| 499 | Not specified manufacturing industries |
| 506 | Railroads and railway express service |
| 516 | Street railways and bus lines |
| 526 | Trucking service |
| 527 | Warehousing and storage |
| 536 | Taxicab service |
| 546 | Water transportation |
| 556 | Air transportation |
| 567 | Petroleum and gasoline pipe lines |
| 568 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 578 | Telephone |
| 579 | Telegraph |
| 586 | Electric light and power |
| 587 | Gas and steam supply systems |
| 588 | Electric-gas utilities |
| 596 | Water supply |
| 597 | Sanitary services |
| 598 | Other and not specified utilities |
| 606 | Motor vehicles and equipment |
| 607 | Drugs, chemicals, and allied products |
| 608 | Dry goods apparel |
| 609 | Food and related products |
| 616 | Electrical goods, hardware, and plumbing equ |
| 617 | Machinery, equipment, and supplies |
| 618 | Petroleum products |
| 619 | Farm products--raw materials |
| 626 | Miscellaneous wholesale trade |
| 627 | Not specified wholesale trade |
| 636 | Food stores, except dairy products |
| 637 | Dairy products stores and milk retailing |
| 646 | General merchandise stores |
| 647 | Five and ten cent stores |
| 656 | Apparel and accessories stores, except shoe |
| 657 | Shoe stores |
| 658 | Furniture and house furnishing stores |
| 659 | Household appliance and radio stores |
| 667 | Motor vehicles and accessories retailing |
| 668 | Gasoline service stations |
| 669 | Drug stores |
| 679 | Eating and drinking places |
| 686 | Hardware and farm implement stores |
| 687 | Lumber and building material retailing |
| 688 | Liquor stores |
| 689 | Retail florists |
| 696 | Jewelry stores |
| 697 | Fuel and ice retailing |
| 698 | Miscellaneous retail stores |
| 699 | Not specified retail trade |
| 716 | Banking and credit agencies |
| 726 | Security and commodity brokerage and investment companies |
| 736 | Insurance |
| 746 | Real estate |
| 806 | Advertising |
| 807 | Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services |
| 808 | Miscellaneous business services |
| 816 | Auto repair services and garages |
| 817 | Miscellaneous repair services |
| 826 | Private households |
| 836 | Hotels and lodging places |
| 846 | Laundering, cleaning, and dyeing services |
| 847 | Dressmaking shops |
| 848 | Shoe repair shops |
| 849 | Miscellaneous personal services |
| 856 | Radio broadcasting and television |
| 857 | Theaters and motion pictures |
| 858 | Bowling alleys, and billiard and pool parlors |
| 859 | Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services |
| 868 | Medical and other health services, except hospi |
| 869 | Hospitals |
| 879 | Legal services |
| 888 | Educational services |
| 896 | Welfare and religious services |
| 897 | Nonprofit membership organizations |
| 898 | Engineering and architectural services |
| 899 | Miscellaneous professional and related services |
| 906 | Postal service |
| 916 | Federal public administration |
| 926 | State public administration |
| 936 | Local public administration |
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 recoded information about industry into the 1950 Census Bureau industrial classification system and thus enhances comparability of industry data across all years included in the IPUMS.
Universe
Persons age 14+ who had worked within the previous ten years; not new workers
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |