Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1970
Get Microdata
Reference ID
USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Created on
Dec 23, 2014
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
Page views
14985
Downloads
264
- Data files
- USA1970-H-H
- USA1970-P-H
Industry (US1970A_0451)
Data file: USA1970-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
259
End:
261
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) |
| 17 | Agricultural production |
| 18 | Agricultural services, except horticultural |
| 19 | Horticultural services |
| 27 | Forestry |
| 28 | Fisheries |
| 29 | Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries--allocated |
| 47 | Metal mining |
| 48 | Coal mining |
| 49 | Crude petroleum and natural gas extractions |
| 57 | Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel |
| 58 | Mining--allocated |
| 67 | General building contractors |
| 68 | General contractors, except building |
| 69 | Special trade contractors |
| 77 | Construction, n.s. |
| 78 | Construction--allocated |
| 107 | Logging |
| 108 | Sawmills, planing mills, and mill work |
| 109 | Miscellaneous wood products |
| 118 | Furniture and fixtures |
| 119 | Glass and glass products |
| 127 | Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products |
| 128 | Structural clay products |
| 137 | Pottery and related products |
| 138 | Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products |
| 139 | Blast furnaces, steel works, rolling and finishing mills |
| 147 | Other primary iron and steel industries |
| 148 | Primary aluminum industries |
| 149 | Other primary nonferrous industries |
| 157 | Cutlery, hand tools, and other hardware |
| 158 | Fabricated structural metal products. |
| 159 | Screw machine products |
| 167 | Metal stamping |
| 168 | Miscellaneous fabricated metal products |
| 169 | Metal industries, n.s. |
| 177 | Engines and turbines |
| 178 | Farm machinery and equipment |
| 179 | Construction and material handling machines |
| 187 | Metalworking machinery |
| 188 | Office and accounting machines |
| 189 | Electronic computing equipment |
| 197 | Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c. |
| 198 | Machinery, n.s. |
| 199 | Household appliances |
| 207 | Radio, T.V., and communication equipment |
| 208 | Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c. |
| 209 | Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.s. |
| 219 | Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment |
| 227 | Aircraft and parts |
| 228 | Ship and boat building and repairing |
| 229 | Railroad locomotives and equipment |
| 237 | Mobile dwellings and campers |
| 238 | Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment |
| 239 | Scientific and controlling instruments |
| 247 | Optical and health services supplies |
| 248 | Photographic equipment and supplies |
| 249 | Watches, clocks, and clockwork-operated devices |
| 257 | Professional equipment, n.s. |
| 258 | Ordnance |
| 259 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries |
| 267 | Manufacturing, durable goods--allocated |
| 268 | Meat products |
| 269 | Dairy products |
| 278 | Canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, and sea foods |
| 279 | Grain-mill products |
| 287 | Bakery products |
| 288 | Confectionery and related products |
| 289 | Beverage industries |
| 297 | Miscellaneous food preparation and kindred products |
| 298 | Food industries, n.s. |
| 299 | Tobacco manufactures |
| 307 | Knitting mills |
| 308 | Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool and knit goods |
| 309 | Floor coverings, except hard surface |
| 317 | Yarn, thread, and fabric mills |
| 318 | Miscellaneous textile mill products |
| 319 | Apparel and accessories |
| 327 | Miscellaneous fabricated textile products |
| 328 | Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills |
| 329 | Miscellaneous paper and pulp products |
| 337 | Paperboard containers and boxes |
| 338 | Newspaper publishing and printing |
| 339 | Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers |
| 347 | Industrial chemicals |
| 348 | Plastics, synthetics and resins, except fibers |
| 349 | Synthetic fibers |
| 357 | Drugs and medicines |
| 358 | Soaps and cosmetics |
| 359 | Paints, varnishes, and related products |
| 367 | Agricultural chemicals |
| 368 | Miscellaneous chemicals |
| 369 | Chemicals and allied products, n.s. |
| 377 | Petroleum refining |
| 378 | Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products |
| 379 | Rubber products |
| 387 | Miscellaneous plastic products |
| 388 | Tanned, curried, and finished leather |
| 389 | Footwear, except rubber |
| 397 | Leather products, except footwear |
| 398 | Manufacturing industries, n.s. |
| 399 | Manufacturing, nondurable goods--allocated |
| 407 | Railroads and railway express service |
| 408 | Street railways and bus lines |
| 409 | Taxicab service |
| 417 | Trucking service |
| 418 | Warehousing and storage |
| 419 | Water transportation |
| 427 | Air transportation |
| 428 | Pipe lines, except natural gas |
| 429 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 447 | Radio broadcasting and television |
| 448 | Telephone (wire and radio) |
| 449 | Telegraph and miscellaneous communication services |
| 467 | Electric light and power |
| 468 | Electric-gas utilities |
| 469 | Gas and steam supply systems |
| 477 | Water supply |
| 478 | Sanitary services |
| 479 | Other and not specified utilities |
| 499 | Transportation, communications, and other public utilities--allocated |
| 507 | Motor vehicles and equipment |
| 508 | Drugs, chemicals, and allied products |
| 509 | Dry goods and apparel |
| 527 | Food and related products |
| 528 | Farm products--raw materials |
| 529 | Electrical goods |
| 537 | Hardware, plumbing, and heating supplies |
| 538 | Electrical and hardware products, n.s. |
| 539 | Machinery equipment and supplies |
| 557 | Metals and minerals, n.e.c. |
| 558 | Petroleum products |
| 559 | Scrap and waste materials |
| 567 | Alcoholic beverages |
| 568 | Paper and its products |
| 569 | Lumber and construction materials |
| 587 | Wholesalers, n.e.c. |
| 588 | Wholesale trade, n.s. |
| 599 | Wholesale trade--allocated |
| 607 | Lumber and building material retailing |
| 608 | Hardware and farm equipment stores |
| 609 | Department and mail order establishments |
| 617 | Limited price variety stores |
| 618 | Vending machine operators |
| 619 | Direct selling establishments |
| 627 | Miscellaneous general merchandise stores |
| 628 | Grocery stores |
| 629 | Dairy products stores |
| 637 | Retail bakeries |
| 638 | Food stores, n.e.c. |
| 639 | Motor vehicle dealers |
| 647 | Tire, battery, and accessory dealers |
| 648 | Gasoline service stations |
| 649 | Miscellaneous vehicle dealers |
| 657 | Apparel and accessories stores, except shoe stores |
| 658 | Shoe stores |
| 667 | Furniture and home furnishings stores |
| 668 | Household appliances, TV, and radio stores |
| 669 | Eating and drinking places |
| 677 | Drug stores |
| 678 | Liquor stores |
| 679 | Farm and garden supply stores |
| 687 | Jewelry stores |
| 688 | Fuel and ice dealers |
| 689 | Retail florists |
| 697 | Miscellaneous retail stores |
| 698 | Retail trade, n.s. |
| 699 | Retail trade--allocated |
| 707 | Banking |
| 708 | Credit agencies |
| 709 | Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies |
| 717 | Insurance |
| 718 | Real estate, including real estate-insurance-law offices |
| 719 | Finance, insurance, and real estate--allocated |
| 727 | Advertising |
| 728 | Services to dwellings and other buildings |
| 729 | Commercial research, development, and testing labs |
| 737 | Employment and temporary help agencies |
| 738 | Business management and consulting services |
| 739 | Computer programming services |
| 747 | Detective and protective services |
| 748 | Business services, n.e.c. |
| 749 | Automobile services, except repair |
| 757 | Automobile repair and related services |
| 758 | Electrical repair shops |
| 759 | Miscellaneous repair services |
| 767 | Business and repair services--allocated |
| 769 | Private households |
| 777 | Hotels and motels |
| 778 | Lodging places, except hotels and motels |
| 779 | Laundering, cleaning, and other garment services |
| 787 | Beauty shops |
| 788 | Barber shops |
| 789 | Shoe repair shops |
| 797 | Dressmaking shops |
| 798 | Miscellaneous personal services |
| 799 | Personal services--allocated |
| 807 | Theaters and motion pictures |
| 808 | Bowling alleys, billiard and pool parlors |
| 809 | Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services |
| 817 | Entertainment and recreation services--allocated |
| 828 | Offices of physicians |
| 829 | Offices of dentists |
| 837 | Offices of chiropractors |
| 838 | Hospitals |
| 839 | Convalescent institutions |
| 847 | Offices of health practitioners, n.e.c. |
| 848 | Health services, n.e.c. |
| 849 | Legal services |
| 857 | Elementary and secondary schools |
| 858 | Colleges and universities |
| 859 | Libraries |
| 867 | Educational services, n.e.c. |
| 868 | Educational services, n.s. |
| 869 | Museums, art galleries, and zoos |
| 877 | Religious organizations |
| 878 | Welfare services |
| 879 | Residential welfare facilities |
| 887 | Nonprofit membership organizations |
| 888 | Engineering and architectural services |
| 889 | Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services |
| 897 | Miscellaneous professional and related services |
| 899 | Professional and related services--allocated |
| 907 | Postal service |
| 917 | Federal public administration |
| 927 | State public administration |
| 937 | Local public administration |
| 947 | Public administration--allocated |
| 997 | Unemployed persons, last worked 1959 or earlier |
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 type of industry in which the person performed an occupation, which is recorded in the variables OCC (Occupation) and OCC1950 (Occupation, 1950 basis).
Universe
Persons age 14+ who had worked within the previous ten years; not armed forces, not new workers
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |