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LS variable metadata

SCGP0
TableME01 2001 Census - LS members
Short descriptionSocial grade as used by market research industry. 2001.
Source2001 Census.
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
1A. Professional
2B. Middle Managers
3C1 All other non-manual workers
4C2 All skilled manual workers
5D All semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers
6E On benefit/ Unemployed
7Unallocated
-6Missing (unable to derive due to initial extract only input record)
-9Not applicable (people aged 15 or under or aged 75 or over)

Additional information

ValueLabel
id347
m204namePAABME01
fullname(ME01)SCGP0
descriptionSocial Grade is the socio-economic classification used by the Market Research and Marketing Industries. Although it is not possible to allocate Social Grade precisely from information collected in the Census, the Market Research Society has developed a me
codedasMAIN
source2001 Census.
derivedY
codelistY
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME01

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS