In the 1988 GHS and in the "Employment, unemployment
and government schemes "empstat" data module the industry variable
"sicr" ranges from 500-811. This is inconsistent with the data documentation
(page 63 in the "a2724ucb" pdf file) where it is suggested that
the "sicr" variable should have 10 categories (ranging from 0 to
9). The same is true in the 1997 GHS wave ("Individual records for adults
in hhold"="indivdl") data module, where the "sicr"
variable starts with 0-9 (standard industry classification) but it also ranges
from 500-811. Before and after these two years the "sicr" variable
is consistent and ranges from 0 to 9. The data documentation does say that
the industry division is derived from 3 digit Census codes, but I cannot see
a way of translating the 500-811 categories back to a 0-9 classification.
Would you please advise me how I can translate the 500-811 classification
into a more convenient 0-9 one?
