Detailed structure and explanatory notes 265 This class also includes: grant giving activities by membership organizations or others — — This class excludes: activities of professional artistic groups or organizations, see 9000 — — activities of sports clubs, see 9312 — — activities of professional membership associations, see 9412 — — 95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods This division includes the repair and maintenance of computers peripheral equipment such as desktops, laptops, computer terminals, storage devices and printers. It also includes the repair of communications equipment such as fax machines, two-way radios and consumer electronics such as radios and TVs, home and garden equipment such as lawn-mowers and blowers, footwear and leather goods, furniture and home furnishings, clothing and clothing accessories, sporting goods, musical instruments, hobby articles and other personal and household goods. Excluded from this division is the repair of medical and diagnostic imaging equipment, measuring and surveying instruments, laboratory instruments, radar and sonar equip- ment, see 3313. 951 Repair of computers and communication equipment This group includes the repair and maintenance of computers and peripheral equipment and communications equipment. 9511 Repair of computers and peripheral equipment This class includes the repair of electronic equipment, such as computers and computing machinery and peripheral equipment. This class includes: repair and maintenance of: — — desktop computers laptop computers magnetic disk drives, flash drives and other storage devices optical disk drives (CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW) printers monitors keyboards mice, joysticks and trackball accessories internal and external computer modems dedicated computer terminals computer servers scanners, including bar code scanners smart card readers virtual reality helmets computer projectors This class also includes: repair and maintenance of: — — computer terminals like automatic teller machines (ATM’s); point-of-sale (POS) termi- nals, not mechanically operated
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 266 hand-held computers (PDA’s) This class excludes: repair and maintenance of carrier equipment modems, see 9512 — — 9512 Repair of communication equipment This class includes: repair and maintenance of communications equipment such as: — — cordless telephones cellular phones carrier equipment modems fax machines communications transmission equipment (e.g. routers, bridges, modems) two-way radios commercial TV and video cameras 952 Repair of personal and household goods This group includes the repair and servicing of personal and household goods. 9521 Repair of consumer electronics This class includes: repair and maintenance of consumer electronics: — — television, radio receivers video cassette recorders (VCR) CD players household-type video cameras 9522 Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment This class includes: repair and servicing of household appliances — — refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, clothes dryers, room air conditioners, etc. repair and servicing of home and garden equipment — — lawnmowers, edgers, snow- and leaf- blowers, trimmers, etc. This class excludes: repair of hand held power tools, see 3312 — — repair of central air conditioning systems, see 4322 — — 9523 Repair of footwear and leather goods This class includes: repair and maintenance of footwear: — — shoes, boots etc. fitting of heels — — repair and maintenance of leather goods: — — luggage and the like
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 267 9524 Repair of furniture and home furnishings This class includes: reupholstering, refinishing, repairing and restoring of furniture and home furnishings — — including office furniture assembly of self-standing furniture — — This class excludes: installation of fitted kitchens, shop fittings and the like, see 4330 — — 9529 Repair of other personal and household goods This class includes: repair of bicycles — — repair and alteration of clothing — — repair and alteration of jewellery — — repair of watches, clocks and their parts such as watchcases and housings of all materi- — — als; movements, chronometers, etc. repair of sporting goods (except sporting guns) — — repair of books — — repair of musical instruments — — repair of toys and similar articles — — repair of other personal and household goods — — piano-tuning — — This class excludes: industrial engraving of metals, see 2592 — — repair of sporting and recreational guns, see 3311 — — repair of hand held power tools, see 3312 — — repair of time clocks, time/date stamps, time locks and similar time recording devices, see — — 3313 96 Other personal service activities This division includes all service activities not mentioned elsewhere in the classification. Notably it includes types of services such as washing and (dry-)cleaning of textiles and fur products, hairdressing and other beauty treatment, funeral and related activities. 960 Other personal service activities See division 96. 9601 Washing and (dry-) cleaning of textile and fur products This class includes: laundering and dry-cleaning, pressing etc., of all kinds of clothing (including fur) and — — textiles, provided by mechanical equipment, by hand or by self-service coin-operated machines, whether for the general public or for industrial or commercial clients laundry collection and delivery — — carpet and rug shampooing and drapery and curtain cleaning, whether on clients’ — — premises or not provision of linens, work uniforms and related items by laundries — — diaper supply services — —
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 268 This class also includes: repair and minor alteration of garments or other textile articles when done in connec- — — tion with cleaning This class excludes: renting of clothing other than work uniforms, even if cleaning of these goods is an integral — — part of the activity, see 7730 repair and alteration of clothing etc., as an independent activity, see 9529 — — 9602 Hairdressing and other beauty treatment This class includes: hair washing, trimming and cutting, setting, dyeing, tinting, waving, straightening and — — similar activities for men and women shaving and beard trimming — — facial massage, manicure and pedicure, make-up etc. — — This class excludes: manufacture of wigs, see 3290 — — 9603 Funeral and related activities This class includes: burial and incineration of human or animal corpses and related activities: — — preparing the dead for burial or cremation and embalming and morticians’ services providing burial or cremation services rental of equipped space in funeral parlours rental or sale of graves — — maintenance of graves and mausoleums — — This class excludes: religious funeral service activities, see 9491 — — 9609 Other personal service activities n.e.c. This class includes: activities of Turkish baths, sauna and steam baths, solariums, reducing and slendering — — salons, massage salons etc. astrological and spiritualists’ activities — — social activities such as escort services, dating services, services of marriage bureaux — — pet care services such as boarding, grooming, sitting and training pets — — genealogical organizations — — shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc. — — concession operation of coin-operated personal service machines (photo booths, — — weighing machines, machines for checking blood pressure, coin-operated lockers etc.) This class excludes: veterinary activities, see 7500 — — activities of fitness centers, see 9311 — —
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 269 Section T Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use 97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel See class 9700. 970 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel See class 9700. 9700 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel This class includes: activities of households as employers of domestic personnel such as maids, cooks, — — waiters, valets, butlers, laundresses, gardeners, gatekeepers, stable-lads, chauffeurs, caretakers, governesses, babysitters, tutors, secretaries etc. It allows the domestic personnel employed to state the activity of their employer in cen- suses or studies, even though the employer is an individual. The product produced by this activity is consumed by the employing household. This class excludes: provision of services such as cooking, gardening etc. by independent service providers — — (companies or individuals), see ISIC class according to type of service 98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private house- holds for own use This division includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing and services- producing activities of households. Households should be classified here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household. If the household engages in market activi- ties, it should be classified according to the primary market activity carried out. 981 Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use See class 9810. 9810 Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use This class includes: undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing activities of households, i.e., the activi- — — ties of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce goods for their own subsistence. These activities include hunting and gathering, farming, the production of shelter and clothing and other goods produced by the household for its own subsistence. If households are also engaged in the production of marketed goods, they are classified to the appropriate goods-producing industry of ISIC. If households are principally engaged in a specific goods-producing subsistence activity, they are classified to the appropriate goods-producing industry of ISIC.
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 270 982 Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use See class 9820. 9820 Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use This class includes: undifferentiated subsistence services-producing activities of households, i.e. the activ- — — ities of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce services for their own subsistence. These activities include cooking, teaching, caring for household members and other services produced by the household for its own subsistence. If households are also engaged in the production of multiple goods for subsistence pur- poses, they are classified to the undifferentiated goods-producing subsistence activities of households. Section U Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies See class 9900. 99 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies See class 9900. 990 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies See class 9900. 9900 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies This class includes: activities of international organizations such as the United Nations and the specialized — — agencies of the United Nations system, regional bodies etc., the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Customs Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the European Communities, the European Free Trade Association etc. This class also includes: activities of diplomatic and consular missions when being determined by the country — — of their location rather than by the country they represent
Part four Alternative aggregations
Alternative aggregations 273
Overview 199. Any statistical classification reflects compromises between a number of theoretical principles and practical considerations. Thus, not all needs for aggregated data will be equally well served by simple aggregation through the various levels within the existing structure of ISIC. To meet specialized needs for standardized aggregates that are formed in more complex ways, ISIC, Rev.4 is supplemented by several alter- native aggregations. Each alternative aggregation is intended to serve the needs of a group of users who wish to present data that are classified according to ISIC in terms of standard tabulation categories that are essentially user-defined and internationally recognized. 200. Depending on the application, the analysis of different phenomena may require statistical data that cannot be fully described in terms of complete ISIC classes. This may be due to the level of aggregation that had to be applied to ISIC as an international standard or it may be due to the fact that the information sought is based on a concept that is different from that in ISIC. In this case, it may still be possible to give a definition in terms of an alternative aggregation using partial ISIC classes, while the actual data conversion would need to be supplemented by addi- tional information. 201. This part of the publication includes the following four alternative aggre- gations that also demonstrate the different types of aggregations or extended struc- tures that can be developed based on ISIC for specific purposes: (a) The alternative aggregations for SNA data reporting represent an aggrega- tion of the whole ISIC spectrum into a smaller number of categories that are suit- able for analysis within the SNA framework. No additional concepts are introduced or defined here. This aggregate is made up of complete ISIC classes, which allows for a straightforward aggregation of data; (b) The alternative aggregation for the information economy introduces new concepts (ICT sector and content and media sector) and provides a definition of these concepts in terms of complete ISIC classes; (c) The alternative aggregation for data reporting on the informal sector rep- resents an aggregation of activities into groupings that are more suitable for analysis of the informal sector. While complete ISIC classes are shown in this aggregation, it should be kept in mind that the concept of the informal sector implies that not all units classified in a given class listed in the aggregation belong to the informal sec- tor. In particular, it is clear that this aggregation does not represent a definition of the informal sector; (d) The alternative aggregation for data reporting on the non-profit institu- tions sector groups together activities that are important for analysis of the non-profit institutions sector. Similar to the previous aggregation, this does not represent a defi- nition of the non-profit institutions sector. The aggregation then provides additional detail, beyond that available in ISIC, that may be of interest in analysing the non-profit institutions sector. This can serve as guidance for data producers and data users that are interested in more detailed data by providing a standardized approach. 202. Other alternative aggregations, using complete or partial ISIC classes, have been defined in other existing frameworks. In principle, the list of annexes is open-ended and the Statistical Commission may, in the future, request that additional annexes be prepared and issued to respond to evolving user needs. Any such new alternative aggregations will be made available on the Classifications website of the United Nations Statistics Division.