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INDGEN
Industry, general recode

Availability
Colombia: 1964, 1973, 1993
France: 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990
Mexico: 1970, 1990, 2000
United States: 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990
Vietnam: 1989, 1999

Universe
Colombia 1964: Persons age 12+ in the labor force.
Colombia 1973: Persons age 10+, with a job or experienced unemployed.
Colombia 1993: Persons age 10+ in the labor force; not new workers.
France 1962-1968: Persons age 15+ with a job.
France 1975: Persons age 17 + with a job.
France 1982-1990: Persons age 15+ with a job.
Mexico 1970: Persons age 12+.
Mexico 1990-2000: Persons age 12+ with a job.
United States 1960: Persons age 14+ who had worked within the previous ten years; not armed forces, not persons with a job but not at work last week, not new workers (see note).
United States 1970: Persons age 14+ who had worked within the previous ten years; not armed forces, not new workers (see note).
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who had worked within the previous five years; not armed forces, not new workers (see note).
United States 1990: Persons age 16+ who had worked within the previous five years, not new workers (see note).
Vietnam 1989: Persons age 13+ who were employed during the year, regardless of current employment status.
Vietnam 1999: Persons age 13+ who worked six or more months during the previous twelve months.
NOTE: "New workers" are persons seeking employment for the first time who had not yet secured their first job.



Description
"Industry" refers to the activity or product of the establishment or sector in which a person worked.

Comparability - General
INDGEN recodes the different industrial classifications of the various samples into twelve groups that can be consistently identified across all available samples. The third digit retains important detail among the service industries that could not be consistently identified in all samples.

The full detail of each original census industry classification is retained unrecoded in the IND variable.

Comparability - France
Industry in France was classified differently over the years. For the 1962 and 1968 censuses, no detail is available under "Services."