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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 1990
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PHL_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Industry, 1 digit (PH1990A_IND1)

Data file: PHL1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 218
End: 219
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PH90A419 PH90A420 PH90A421 PH90A422 PH90A423 PH90A424 PH90A425 PH90A426 PH90A427 PH90A428 PH90A429 PH90A430 PH90A431"><span class="h2">10 Years Old and Older</span><br /><br />[Questions P23-P31 apply to persons 10 years old and over]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH90A419"><span class="em">P23. Usual Activity/Occupation</span><br /><br />___ What was [respondent] 's usual activity/occupation during the past twelve months?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Describe occupation as fully as possible.<br />Examples: Palay Farmer, Filing Clerk, Fruit Vendor, Student, etc.<br />If housewife, student, or retiree, skip to P25.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH90A424 PH90A425"><span class="em">P27. Industry in Past Week</span><br /><br />___ In what kind of business or industry did [respondent] work during the past week?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Describe industry as fully as possible.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Agriculture, fishery and forestry
02 Mining and quarrying
03 Manufacturing
04 Electricity, gas and water
05 Construction
06 Wholesale trade and retail trade
07 Transportation, storage and communication
08 Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
09 Community, social and related services
98 Unknown
99 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 the industry (1-digit) the person worked during the past week.
Universe
Philippines 1990: Persons age 10+ who are employed [discrepancies: type I: 01%; type II: none]

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