1971 Census - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom, 1971
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Reference ID
GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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- GBR1971_PHC-H-H
- GBR1971_PHC-P-H
Socio-economic groups (UK1971A_SEGROUP)
Data file: GBR1971_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
87
End:
88
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">Answer questions B15-B17 in respect of the main employment last week, or of the most recent job if retired or out of work.</span></p>
<p><span class="ital">For persons who have never had a job and for a housewife who did not have a job last week write 'none' in B15. </span></p>
<p>B17. Was the person an employee or self-employed employing others (see note B17) or self-employed without employees?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 An employee<br />[] 2 Self-employed employing others (see note B17)<br />[] 3 Self-employed without employees</div>
<p><span class="ital">For persons who have never had a job and for a housewife who did not have a job last week write 'none' in B15. </span></p>
<p>B17. Was the person an employee or self-employed employing others (see note B17) or self-employed without employees?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 An employee<br />[] 2 Self-employed employing others (see note B17)<br />[] 3 Self-employed without employees</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Employers in industry, commerce, or others in large establishments |
| 02 | Managers in central and local government, industry, commerce, or others in large establishments |
| 03 | Employers in industry, commerce, or others in small establishments |
| 04 | Managers in industry, commerce, or others in small establishments |
| 05 | Self-employed professional workers |
| 06 | Employed professional workers |
| 07 | Ancillary workders and artists |
| 08 | Non-manual foreman and supervisors |
| 09 | Junior non-manual worker |
| 10 | Personal service workers |
| 11 | Manual foreman and supervisors |
| 12 | Skilled manual workers |
| 13 | Semi-skilled manual workers |
| 14 | Unskilled manual workers |
| 15 | Own account workers (other than professional) |
| 16 | Employers and managers in farming |
| 17 | Farmers, own account |
| 18 | Agricultural workers |
| 19 | Members of armed forces |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's socioeconomic group.
Universe
United Kingdom 1971: Persons age 15+ ever employed [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept