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| Variable Name | ind_cat_W |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | Industry Category for Primary Job in Wave W |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v7 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.sas7bdat
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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SAS
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ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.dta
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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Stata
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Full Description
Industry is a characteristic of an individual's job and hence varies over time. There
are industry values reported for (potentially) two jobs in each wave of the survey.
Industry is chosen by summing earnings associated with the array of variables ws1ind1-ws1ind{max
number of waves} and ws2ind1-ws2ind{max number of waves} in the 1984,1990-1993 panels,
and ejbind1_1-ejbind1_{max number of waves) and ejbind2_1-ejbind2_{max number of waves}
in the 1996-2008 panels and choosing the industry associated with the greatest total
earnings. Thus industry is the industry from which greatest earnings are derived in
the survey.
Value Ranges
Value Range
Range: [ 1 , 4 ]
Groups
Values (21 total)
| 1 | Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Hunting |
| 2 | Gas, Mining, Oil |
| 3 | Construction |
| 4 | Manufacturing |
| 5 | Wholesale Trade |
| 6 | Resale Trade |
| 7 | Transportation and Warehousing |
| 8 | Utilities |
| 9 | Information |
| 10 | Finance and Insurance |
| 11 | Real Estate, Rental of Goods |
| 12 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services |
| 13 | Management of companies/enterprises |
| 14 | Administrative, support, waste management services |
| 15 | Educational Services |
| 16 | Health Care and Social Assistance |
| 17 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation |
| 18 | Accommodation and Food Services |
| 19 | Other Services, except public domain |
| 20 | Public Administration |
| 21 | Military (specifically, last or present job was or is in the armed forces) |
