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LS variable metadata

SEG8
TableME81 1981 Census - LS members
Short descriptionSocio-economic group. 1981.
Source1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status.
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
001.1 Employers in industry, commerce, etc - large establishments
011.2 Managers in central and local government, industry, commerce, etc - large establishments
-9No occupation or no 1981 Census record
022.1 Employers in industry, commerce, etc - small etablishments
032.2 Managers in industry, commerce, etc - small establishments
043 Professional workers - self-employed
054 Professional workers - employee
065.1 Ancillary workers and artists
075.2 Foremen and supervisors - non-manual
086 Junior non-manual workers
097 Personal service workers
108 Foremen and supervisors - manual
119 Skilled manual workers
1210 Semi-skilled manual workers
1311 Unskilled and manual workers
1412 Own account workers (other than professionals)
1513 Farmers - employers and managers
1614 Farmers - own account
1715 Agricultural workers
1816 Members of armed forces
1917 Inadequately described occupations
SpaceNot applicable

References

RefnumReference
668See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) pp. 297-298, page 63, page 65.
451981 Census Appendix 10

Additional information

ValueLabel
id3224
m204namePAABME81
fullname(ME81)SEG8
description
codedasMAIN
source1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status.
derivedY
codelistY
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS32033
sasnameS31134
keywordSocio-economic
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME81

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS