Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996

Get Microdata

Reference ID

ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website Interactive tools

Created on

Apr 26, 2011

Last modified

Apr 27, 2018

Page views

17038

Downloads

1258

Industry, 1 digit (ZA1996A_0444)

Data file: ZAF1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 243

End: 244

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)

19.5. What is the full name of the business/company or organisation for whom (the person) is working?

____ If the person works for him-/herself, and the business does not have a name, enter "Self" in appropriate column. If doing paid domestic work in a private household, enter "Domestic Service".

19.7. What does the business do (main economic activity)?

____ Describe the main industry, economic activity, produce or service of the person's employer or company, e.g. gold mining, road construction, supermarket, police service, hairdressing, banking; OR activity of the person, if self-employed e.g. subsistence farming.

Categories

Value	Category
0	Private households and diplomatic service
1	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
2	Mining and quarrying
3	Manufacturing
4	Electricity, gas and water supply
5	Construction
6	Wholesale and retail trade
7	Transport, storage and communication
8	Financial, insurance, real estate and business services
9	Community, social and personal 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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the industry, or economic sector, in which the person works using one-digit codes.

Universe

Employed persons age 15+ in private households

concept

Concept

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

Back to Catalog