General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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Reference ID

SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Industry, 1 digit (SN1988A_0435)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 198

End: 199

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982
[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]

[Question P21 was asked of persons who were employed or jobless but looking for work, as per question P18.]

Categories

Value	Category
1	Agriculture, fishery, forestry
2	Extracting industries
3	Industry
4	Construction work
5	Crafts, handicrafts
6	Trade
7	Transportation
8	Banks and financial institutions
9	Public 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.

Interviewer instructions

P21) Branch of economic activity

Ask this question only for persons currently employed. It applies therefore to persons aged 6 years and above, for whom you have already circled "1 EMPLOYED" in column P18.
Ask the following question: "What type of activity does the company or the institution in which you are working (or have worked)?"

Write legibly the answer given in the appropriate box, in the free space located above the shaded area.

Example: building contractor, teaching institution, police forces [gendarmerie], transportation, etc.

Note: For the servants who are working in private houses, write in this column: "Domestic services".

When the person does not know the branch of economic activity of his or her employer, write in full words the name of the company or of the institution.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the general category of industry, classified in a 1-digit code, in which the person worked most frequently during the previous 12 months.

Universe

Persons age 6+ employed or seeking work

concept

Concept

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

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