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1961 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1961
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GBR_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Socio-economic group (UK1961A_SEGROUP)

Data file: GBR1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 72
End: 73
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Ra. [Name and business of employer]</p>
<div class="i1">State the name and business of the employer, but if self-employed write either "self-employed, employes others" or "self-employed without employees", and also the nature of the business: if a trading name is used give that name as well. See Notes 16, 19, 20, and 23.<br /><br />[Name and business] ____</div><p>Rb. [Occupation]</p>
<div class="i1">(i) For the employment given in column (a) given at (i) the precise occupation, showing where appropriate the material worked or dealt in, and for workers at mines whether employed mainly above or below ground. See note 21. ____<br /><br />(ii) If applicable write at (ii) "Apprentice", "Learner" (only if in skilled craft), "Articled pupil", "Student Apprentice", "Graduate Apprentice", or "Management Trainee". See note 22. ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employers and managers in large companies
02 Employers and managers small companies
03 Self-employed workers (professional)
04 Employees (professional)
05 Non-manual workers (ancillary workers, artists, foremen, and supervisors)
06 Junior non-manual workers
07 Personal service workers
08 Manual workers (foremen and supervisors)
09 Skilled manual workers
10 Semi-skilled manual workers
11 Unskilled manual workers
12 Self-employed workers (non-professional)
13 Farmers (employers and managers)
14 Farmers (self-employed)
15 Agricultural workers
16 Members of armed forces
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's socio-economic group.
Universe
United Kingdom 1961: Persons age 15+ who are employed [discrepancies: none]

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