| classificationfullname | Hope Goldthorpe Scale 1970 |
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| ix | 7610 |
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| classificationshortname | HOPEGOLD70 |
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| classificationmnemonic | |
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| keywords | Socio-economic |
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| descriptiongeneral | The Hope Goldthorpe scale is an occupational scale that classifies jobs according to their social desirability as men |
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| descriptionls | Where LS data for either occupation or employment status is not available, the value 0 has been allocated.
The LS variable provides information on Hope Goldthorpe scores (from 17.52 to 82.05).
The scores have been collapsed into the 36 categories of the Hope Goldthorpe scale which is the basis for the derivation of Goldthorpe classes, of which there are 7 in 1971. |
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| startdate | Census 1971 |
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| refs | Hope, K. and Goldthorpe JH. (1974) The Social Grading of Occupations. Oxford: Clarendon Press. |
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| refernum | 34 |
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