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SOCS78 |
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Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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Short description | 1981 Census social class coded to 1970 classification. |
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Source | 1981 Census. Derived by recoding social class at the 1981 Census using the 1970 classification |
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Code notes | |
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Variable coding
Value | Label |
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0 | Professional |
1 | Intermediate |
2 | Skilled non-manual |
3 | Skilled manual |
4 | Partly skilled |
5 | Unskilled |
7 | Armed forces |
8 | Inadequately described |
9 | Students, independent means, permanently sick, housewives |
-9 | Not applicable |
References
Refnum | Reference |
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511 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 297, page 39, pp. 64-65. |
Additional information
Value | Label |
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id | 506 |
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m204name | PAABME81 |
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fullname | (ME81)SOCS78 |
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description | |
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codedas | MAIN |
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source | 1981 Census. Derived by recoding social class at the 1981 Census using the 1970 classification |
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derived | Y |
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codelist | Y |
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notes | This variable only applies to 20% of the sample, as it was the result of an exercise on Males aged < 45 only |
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formerly | SOCS7 |
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restricted | N |
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format | Numeric |
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length | 2 |
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occurs | 1 |
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sasname | S31139 |
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keyword | Socio-economic |
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classification | |
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comvarind | |
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comvartime | |
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field0 | ME81 |
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