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| SOC8 |
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| Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Social class as defined by occupation at 1981 census. 1981. |
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| Source | 1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status. |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 0 | I - Professional |
| 1 | II - Intermediate |
| 2 | IIIN - Skilled non-manual |
| 3 | IIIM - Skilled manual |
| 4 | IV - Partly skilled |
| 5 | V - Unskilled |
| 7 | Armed forces |
| 8 | Inadequately described |
| 9 | Students, no occupation because permanently sick or disabled, housewife |
| space | Not applicable or no 1981 Census record |
| -9 | Not applicable or no 1981 Census record |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 511 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 297, page 39, pp. 64-65. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 3228 |
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| m204name | PAABME81 |
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| fullname | (ME81)SOC8 |
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| description | |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status. |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| nmsasname | S32035 |
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| sasname | S31140 |
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| keyword | Socio-economic |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME81 |
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