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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- PHL1990_PHC-H-H
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Industry (PH1990A_IND)
Data file: PHL1990_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
220
End:
222
Width:
3
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>
<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 |
|---|---|
| 111 | Palay production |
| 112 | Corn production |
| 113 | Peanut (groundnut) production |
| 114 | Banana production |
| 115 | Coconut production, including copra making in the farm |
| 116 | Sugarcane production |
| 117 | Virginia tobacco production |
| 118 | Abaca production |
| 119 | Coffee production |
| 121 | Cattle raising, including milk production |
| 122 | Chicken raising for meat |
| 129 | Apiary (bee culture) |
| 130 | Plowing, seeding, weeding, thinning, pruning |
| 141 | Commercial (off-shore) fishing using vessels |
| 142 | Catching fish and crustaceans in lakes, marshes, rivers and swamps |
| 143 | Fishpond operation |
| 149 | Pearl shell and seaweed gathering |
| 151 | Logging operations |
| 159 | Firewood cutting and charcoal making carried on in the forest |
| 160 | Hunting and trapping of wild animals in the forest |
| 211 | Gold ore mining |
| 212 | Silver ore mining |
| 213 | Copper ore mining |
| 214 | Nickel ore mining |
| 215 | Refractory chromite ore mining |
| 216 | Lump iron ore mining |
| 219 | Zinc ore mining |
| 221 | Coal mining |
| 222 | Oil gas exploration, except contract services |
| 223 | Limestone quarrying |
| 229 | Barite mining |
| 311 | Slaughtering |
| 312 | Cassava flour milling |
| 313 | Distilling, rectifying and blending of alcoholic liquors |
| 314 | Manufacture of cigarettes |
| 321 | Integrated textile mills |
| 322 | Custom tailoring shops |
| 323 | Tanneries and leather finishing |
| 324 | Manufacture of leather shoes |
| 331 | Manufacture of rough lumber |
| 332 | Manufacture and repair of wood furniture including upholster |
| 341 | Integrated pulp and paper and paperboard mill including fiberboard mill |
| 342 | Printing of newspapers and periodicals |
| 351 | Manufacture of inorganic acids, alkalis and chlorine |
| 352 | Manufacture of paints |
| 353 | Petroleum refineries |
| 354 | Manufacture of miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal |
| 355 | Manufacture of tires and tubes |
| 356 | Manufacture of plastic furniture |
| 361 | Manufacture of vitreous china tableware and kitchen articles |
| 362 | Manufacture of flat glass |
| 363 | Manufacture of cement |
| 369 | Manufacture of structural clay products |
| 371 | Blast furnaces and steel making furnaces |
| 372 | Gold and other precious metal refining |
| 381 | Manufacture of cutlery |
| 382 | Manufacture of internal combustion engines (gas and diesel) |
| 383 | Manufacture of electric motors and generators |
| 384 | Manufacture of boats and motorboats |
| 385 | Manufacture of temperature measuring and controlling and hygrometric instruments |
| 386 | Manufacture and repair of household and public building furniture |
| 390 | Manufacture of jewelry |
| 411 | Generating and distributing electricity |
| 412 | Distributing electricity to consumers |
| 421 | Gas manufacture and distribution through systems |
| 422 | Steam heat and power plants |
| 430 | Waterworks and supply |
| 501 | Residential building construction |
| 502 | General engineering construction |
| 503 | Carpentry |
| 611 | Palay, corn (unmilled) and other grains, wholesaling |
| 612 | Processed food wholesaling |
| 613 | Textile fabrics, all kinds, wholesaling |
| 614 | Lumber and planting mill products, wholesaling |
| 615 | Chinaware, glassware, earthenware and utensils, wholesaling |
| 616 | Agricultural machinery, equipment and accessory, dealing |
| 617 | Metallic ore, including ferrous and non-ferrous metal, dealing |
| 618 | Petroleum and petroleum products, wholesaling |
| 619 | Merchandise brokers, general merchants, importers and exporters |
| 621 | Books, office and school supplies |
| 622 | Groceries |
| 623 | Department and variety (bazaars) stores |
| 624 | Undocumented |
| 625 | Chinaware, glassware, earthenware and utensils, retailing |
| 626 | Motor vehicles, including used vehicles, dealing automobile retailing |
| 627 | Drug stores |
| 628 | Gasoline stations |
| 629 | Toys, gifts and novelty stores |
| 711 | Railway transport |
| 712 | Provincial bus line operators |
| 713 | Ocean passenger transport |
| 714 | Domestic air passenger and freight transport |
| 719 | Pipeline transport |
| 720 | General bonded warehouse except grain warehouses |
| 731 | Postal service |
| 732 | Telephone service |
| 733 | Telegraph service |
| 739 | Communication services, nec |
| 811 | Central bank |
| 812 | Commercial banks |
| 813 | Savings and mortgage banks |
| 814 | Regional unit banks (Rural banks) |
| 815 | Government specialized banks |
| 819 | Banking institutions, nec |
| 821 | Investment companies |
| 822 | Pawnshops |
| 823 | Foreign exchange dealers, including money changers |
| 831 | Life insurance companies |
| 832 | Non-life insurance companies |
| 839 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 841 | Real estate development companies |
| 842 | Letting and operating real estate, residential and non-residential |
| 849 | Real estate agents, brokers, managers and appraisers |
| 851 | Legal services |
| 852 | Advertising agency, except billboard and outdoor advertising |
| 853 | Renting or leasing of agricultural machinery without a driver |
| 859 | Data processing and tabulating services |
| 910 | Public administration, national government |
| 920 | Waste collection and disposal (including human waste) on a fee or contract bash |
| 931 | Public pre-elementary schools |
| 932 | Private pre-elementary schools |
| 941 | Public hospitals, sanitaria and other similar institutions |
| 942 | Private hospitals, sanitaria and other similar institutions |
| 951 | Research and scientific institutes, public and private |
| 952 | Government social welfare services |
| 953 | Business associations |
| 961 | Motion picture production |
| 969 | Amusement and recreational services, nec |
| 971 | Motor repair shops for vehicles, including overhauling |
| 972 | Repair of boots and shoes |
| 973 | Laundries, laundry services, and cleaning and dyeing plants |
| 974 | Domestic services |
| 975 | Barber shops |
| 976 | Commercial and portrait photography |
| 979 | Funeral parlor, crematory and similar services |
| 981 | Restaurants and cafes |
| 982 | Hotels and motels |
| 990 | Foreign diplomatic missions |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 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 the industry the person worked during the past week.
Universe
Philippines 1990: Persons age 10+ who are employed [discrepancies: type I: 01%; type II: none]
concept
Concept