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Table 3 Classification of Industries

From: The IAB Establishment Panel—methodological essentials and data qualityDas IAB-Betriebspanel: Methodische Grundlagen und Datenqualität

No. of stratum

Industry

WZ 2008*

Industry code**

No. of cases***

1

Agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing

01–03

01

324

2

Mining and quarrying, electricity and water supply, water and scrap disposal

05–09, 35–39

02–03

325

3

Manufacture of food products

10–12

04

370

4

Consumer goods

13–18

05–06

476

5

Production goods

19–24

07–10

867

6

Capital goods

25–33

11–17

1900

7

Building construction

41–43

18–19

1202

8

Wholesale and commission trade, sales and repair of motor vehicles

45–46

20–21

1016

9

Retail trade, petrol stations

47

22

1213

10

Transport and warehousing

49–53

23

623

11

Information and communication

58–63

24

317

12

Hotel business and gastronomy

55–56

25

708

13

Financial and insurance services

64–66

26

424

14

Economic, scientific and self-employed services

68–82

27–36

1849

15

Education

85

37

589

16

Human health

86–88

38

1637

17

Other services

90–93, 95–96

39–41

506

18

Activities of membership

94

42

317

19

Public administration and defense, social security

84

43

893

 

Total

  

15556

  1. *Industry code of the German Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt 2008)
  2. **Industry code as in the questionnaire of the IAB establishment panel survey
  3. ***No. of cases (cross-sectional) of the 2012 survey