CeLSIUS DATA DICTIONARY
Classification metadata
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| classificationfullname | Classification of Occupations 1980 |
| ix | 1200 |
| classificationshortname | CO80 |
| classificationmnemonic | CO80 |
| keywords | Occupation |
| descriptiongeneral | The 1980 Classification of Occupations groups jobs according to the kind of work done and the nature of the operation performed (1980: vi) . It is based on the Department of Employment |
| descriptionls | For historical reasons, ONS uses two different versions of occupation, and employment status. One is used in census processing and the other for the collection of event information (births, cancers, deaths) statistics. 1981 LS occupation variables contain the 'operational code' of the occupational unit group. This is the single-level 3-digit code which corresponds with the occupation group. For example, operational occupation codes 001, 002, 003 etc correspond to occupations 001.00, 002.01, 002.02 etc. (though this one to one correspondence does not continue). See CO80 Appendix G for the relationship between operational codes and occupational groups. The LS 'census' occupational unit group (OPOCC8) takes values in the range 001-351. The 'statistics' variable (OPOCCST8) has additional codes: 360 = Student, at college, university - over 16 years of age 361 = Independent means, private means 362 = Physically or mentally handicapped The other difference in coding of unit group is that for the statistics variable, the 'census' code of 351 (Midwives) is incorporated into the code 043 (Nurse administrators, nurses) The codes for LS occupational order (OCO8) are based on the 'statistics' codes and are similar to, but not in exact correspondence with, the orders in the 1980 Classification. Between the 1971 and 1981 Censuses the school leaving age was raised to 16, which became the lower age limit for questions on employment at 1981. |
| startdate | Census 1981 |
| refs | Classification of Occupations 1980, London: Her Majesty |
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