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1991 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991
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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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International standard classification of occupations, 2 digit (UK1991A_ISCO2)

Data file: GBR1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 246
End: 247
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
01 Armed forces
11 Legislators and senior officials
12 Corporate managers
13 General managers
21 Physical, mathematical and engineering professionals
22 Life science and health professionals
23 Teaching professionals
24 Other professionals
31 Physical science and engineering associate professionals
32 Life science and health associate professionals
33 Teaching associate professionals
34 Other associate professionals
41 Office clerks
42 Customer service clerks
51 Personal and protective services workers
52 Salespersons, demonstrators and models
61 Market-orientated skilled agricultural and fishery workers
62 Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers
71 Extraction and building trades workers
72 Metal and machinery trades workers
73 Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers
74 Other craft and related workers
81 Industrial plant operators
82 Stationary machine operators and assemblers
83 Drivers and mobile machinery operators
91 Sales and services elementary occupations
92 Agricultural, fishery and related labourers
93 Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport
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 international standard classification of occupations, 2 digit.
Universe
United Kingdom 1991: Persons age 16+ who worked within last 10 years [discrepancies: unverifiable]

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