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XIII Recenseamento Geral da População e III Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1991
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PRT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Economic sector (PT1991A_SECTOR)

Data file: PRT1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 281
End: 281
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">[Questions 18-28 were asked of individuals of age 12+]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A437 PT91A430 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434">[Questions 21-24 were asked of individuals who currently have a job (answers 1 and 2 in question 19) and to those not having a job at the moment, but express the desire to work (answers 1 to 8 from question 20.2)]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A435 PT91A436">23. What is the main activity of the company or entity where you practice the occupation you stated in question 21? ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Primary activity sector
2 Secondary activity sector
3 Tertiary activity sector (private)
4 Tertiary activity sector (public)
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.<br />[Applies to questions 4-28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">Note: Individuals younger than 12 years old end the filling-in of the questionnaire after question 17.<br />[Applies to questions 18-28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A437 PT91A430 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434"><span class="ital">Attention</span>: Questions 21 to 24 are only for individuals who currently have a job (answers 1 and 2 in question 19) and to those not having a job at the moment express the desire to work (answers 1 to 8 from question 20.2).<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A435 PT91A436"><span class="em">Question 23: What is the main activity of the company or entity where you practice the occupation you stated in question 21?</span><br /><br />As for main activity we understand the type of economic activity developed by the company or entity where the individual had carried out his main occupation during the reference week.<br /><br />The answer must be precise. For example: pre-primary education, tribunal, hospital, municipal council, preparation and spinning of textile fibers, fish preparation and conservation, bread manufacture, clothing retail sale, road construction, etc.<br /><br />If the individual was unemployed during the week of reference, he must indicate the activity of the last company where he worked.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the economic sector in which the respondent works.
Universe
Portugal 1991: Persons age 12+ who are employed or unemployed looking for a new job [discrepancies:none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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