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Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991
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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Centre for Census and Survey Research, Minnesota Population Center
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Social class (based on occupation) (UK1991A_0425)

Data file: 1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Answer to the remaining questions are not required for any person under 16 years of age (born after 21st April 1975)
[Applies to questions 13 - 19]



[Questions 14 - 18 were asked of persons who currently have or have had a job in the last 10 years]



15. Occupation
Please give the full title of the person's present or lat job and describe the main things he/she does or did in the job.

At a, give the full title by which the job is known, for example: 'packing machinist'; 'poultry processor'; 'jig and tool fitter'; 'supervisor of typists'; 'accounts clerk'; rather than general titles like 'machinist', 'process worker'; 'supervisor' or 'clerk'. Give rank or grade if the person has one.
At b, write down the main things the person actually does or did in the job. If possible ask him/her to say what these things are and write them down.
Armed Forces - enter 'commissioned officer' or 'other rank' as appropriate at a, and leave b blank.
Civil Servants - give grade at a and discipline or specialism, for example 'electric engineer'; 'accountant'; 'chemist'; 'administrator' at b.

a Full job title ________
b Main things done in job ________
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 I Professional
2 II Managerial and technical
3 IIIN Skilled -- non-manual
4 IIIM Skilled -- manual
5 IV Partly skilled
6 V Unskilled
7 Armed forces
8 Inadequately described
9 Unknown
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 social class that is based on occupation.
Universe
Persons age 16+ who worked within last 10 year

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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