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LS variable metadata

OCSCFBM
TableLBSM Live births to sample mothers
Short descriptionSocial class, as defined by occupation, of working parent/father of child of sample mother - 1980/1990 classification
SourceDraft entry for Births (Form 309) Question 6 and Box H
Code notes1971-1978: Unused 1979-82: Social class as defined by occupation of working parent 0-5,7-9 1983-20/04/91: Social class as defined by occupation of working father 0-5,7-9 21/04/91 onwards: Social class as defined by occupation of working father 1-9 Code 9 is expanded as follows: '...and/or dependent relative, housewife/husband, full-time student, independent means, permanently sick, no previous occupation or not stated' See SOC8, SCLAS9 for full listing of codes.

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
id900
m204namePAABLBSM
fullname(LBSM)OCSCFBM
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for Births (Form 309) Question 6 and Box H
derivedN
codelistN
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs12
startdate19790101
enddate19910420
keywordSocio-economic
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0LBSM

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS