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LS variable metadata

OCSCCBM
TableLBSM Live births to sample mothers
Short descriptionSocial class (as defined by occupation) of working parent (1970 classification) of child of sample mother
SourceDraft entry for Births (Form 309) Question 6 and Box H
Code notes1971- April 1981: 0= I Professional 1= II Intermediate 2= III(N) Skilled nonmanual 3= III(M) Skilled manual 4= IV Partly-skilled occupations 5= V Unskilled occupations 7= Armed Forces 8= Inadequately described occupations, housewives 9= Full-time students, independent means, no occupation or handicapped April 1981 onwards: Blank - Not applicable

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
822See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) p342 (live birth registration draft entry form), p345(record of live birth form), pp24-25, pp95-96 and p108 (general details), pp99-101 (comparability of data), p108 and pp125-136 (data quality).

Additional information

ValueLabel
id899
m204namePAABLBSM
fullname(LBSM)OCSCCBM
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for Births (Form 309) Question 6 and Box H
derivedN
codelistN
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs12
enddate19810405
keywordSocio-economic
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0LBSM

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS