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XIV Recenseamento Geral da População e IV Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2001
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PRT_2001_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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Sector of economic activity (PT2001A_SECTOR)

Data file: PRT2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 290
End: 290
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT01A425 PT01A426 PT01A427 PT01A413 PT01A414 PT01A415 PT01A416 PT01A428 PT01A429 PT01A430 PT01A434 PT01A438 PT01A433 PT01A432 PT01A436 PT01A437 PT01A435 PT01A412">[Questions 10-24 were asked of persons born before December 31, 1999, who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3 and 9]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT01A434 PT01A431 PT01A438 PT01A433 PT01A432 PT01A436 PT01A437 PT01A435">[Questions 17 to 23 were asked of persons age 15+ who ever attended school at a level higher then pre-primary, and consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3 and 13]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT01A438 PT01A433 PT01A432 PT01A436 PT01A437 PT01A435"><span class="em">23. Please answer the questions 23.1 to 23.6 if you are employed or looking for a new job. If it is not the case, go to 24.</span><br />[Questions 23.1-23.6 were asked of persons age 15+ who are employed or looking for a new job, ever attended school at a level higher then pre-primary, and consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3, 13, and 19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT01A436 PT01A437">23.5. What is the main activity of the company or entity where you practice the occupation you stated in question 23.1? ________<br /><div class="i1">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.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT01A436 PT01A437"><span class="em">Question 23.5 - What is the main activity of the company or entity where you practise the occupation you stated in Question 23.1?</span><br /><div class="i1">Be clear and precise in your answer (avoid using "of the", "of", "and").<br /><br /><span class="em">Main activity</span> - This is the type of economic activity carried out by the company or body where the individual is engaged in his main occupation, during the reference week.</div><br /><div class="i2">1. If you are <span class="em">own-account worker</span>, indicate the type of activity you are involved in. Examples: Fruit production, pig farming, retail trade clothing, etc.<br />2. If you are an <span class="em">employee</span>, indicate the type of activity in which the company, establishment, etc. where you work is engaged. Examples: road haulage company, navigation company, painting workshop, hotel, car assembly factory, paper products factory, Revenue Office, Secondary School, Hospital, Regional Directorate Social<br />Security, City Council, etc....<br />3. If you work in a <span class="em">company with various establishments</span>, indicate the activity of the establishment or place where you work and not the company's main activity.<br />4. If you were unemployed during the reference week, indicate the activity of the last entity for which you worked.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Primary activity sector
2 Secondary activity sector
3 Terciary activity sector (social)
4 Terciary activity sector (economical)
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 a="all" v="PT01A436 PT01A437"><div class="i1"><span class="em">Question 23.5 - What is the main activity of the company or entity where you practice the occupation you stated in question 23.1?</span></div><br /><div class="i2">As for main activity we understand the type of economical activity developed by the company or entity where the individual had practiced 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 enumerated was unemployed on the week of reference he must indicate the activity of the last company to whom he worked.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's sector of economic activity.
Universe
Portugal 2001: Persons who work or experienced unemployed [discrepancies: none]

concept

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