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SEG909
TableME91 1991 Census - LS members
Short descriptionSocio-Economic Group. 1991.
Source1991 Census. Question 13 and 15. For definitions see 1991 Census Appendix 20 Produced from the Occupation Control File
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
11.1 Employers in industry, commerce etc - large establishments
21.2 Managers in cent & loc.govt, ind, comm etc - large estabs
32.1 Employers in industry, commerce etc - small establishments
42.2 Managers in industry, commerce etc - small establishments
53 Professional workers - self-employed
64 Professional workers - employees
75.1 Ancillary workers and artists
85.2 Foremen and supervisors - non-manual
96 Junior non-manual workers
107 Personal service workers
118 Foremen and supervisors - manual
129 Skilled manual workers
1310 Semi-skilled manual workers
1411 Unskilled manual workers
1512 Own-account workers (other than professional)
1613 Farmers - employers and managers
1714 Farmers - own account
1815 Agricultural workers
1916 Members of armed forces
2017 Inadequately-described occupations and not stated
spacePerson aged under 16, or 16 and over with no previous employment
-9Not applicable or missing

References

RefnumReference
685See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) pp. 329-330, pp. 333-334, page 337, page 65.
841991 Census Appendix 20

Additional information

ValueLabel
id3415
m204namePAABME91
fullname(ME91)SEG909
description
codedasMAIN
source1991 Census. Question 13 and 15. For definitions see 1991 Census Appendix 20 Produced from the Occupation Control File
derivedY
codelistY
formerlySEG90
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS42094
sasnameS41179
keywordSocio-economic
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME91

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS