1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974

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Reference ID

LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (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

Ask all persons over age 10 years

17. Business or industry 
 What kind of business or industry did person work in?
 Example: Iron mine, Rice farm
 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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