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LS variable metadata

SOC8
TableME81 1981 Census - LS members
Short descriptionSocial class as defined by occupation at 1981 census. 1981.
Source1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status.
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
0I - Professional
1II - Intermediate
2IIIN - Skilled non-manual
3IIIM - Skilled manual
4IV - Partly skilled
5V - Unskilled
7Armed forces
8Inadequately described
9Students, no occupation because permanently sick or disabled, housewife
-9Not applicable or no 1981 Census record

References

RefnumReference
511See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 297, page 39, pp. 64-65.

Additional information

ValueLabel
id3228
m204namePAABME81
fullname(ME81)SOC8
description
codedasMAIN
source1981 Census. Derived from statistics operational occupation codes and employment status.
derivedY
codelistY
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS32035
sasnameS31140
keywordSocio-economic
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME81

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS