1991 Census - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom, 1991
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Reference ID
GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS
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- GBR1991_PHC-H-H
- GBR1991_PHC-P-H
Goldthorpe class (UK1991A_GCLASS)
Data file: GBR1991_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
226
End:
227
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UK91A418 UK91A425 UK91A433 UK91A434 UK91A435 UK91A436 UK91A437 UK91A438 UK91A439 UK91A448 UK91A450">15. Occupation<br />Please give the full title of the person's present or lat job and describe the main things he/she does or did in the job.<br /><div class="i1">At a, give the full title by which the job is known, for example: 'packing machinist'; 'poultry processor'; 'jig and tool fitter'; 'supervisor of typists'; 'accounts clerk'; rather than general titles like 'machinist', 'process worker'; 'supervisor' or 'clerk'. Give rank or grade if the person has one.<br />At b, write down the main things the person actually does or did in the job. If possible ask him/her to say what these things are and write them down.<br />Armed Forces - enter 'commissioned officer' or 'other rank' as appropriate at a, and leave b blank.<br />Civil Servants - give grade at a and discipline or specialism, for example 'electric engineer'; 'accountant'; 'chemist'; 'administrator' at b.<br /><br />a Full job title ________<br />b Main things done in job ________</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UK91A419 UK91A420 UK91A421 UK91A432 UK91A439">19. Degrees, professional and vocational qualifications<br />Has the persons obtained any qualifications after reaching the age of 18 such as:<br />- degrees, diplomas, HNC, HND,<br />- nursing qualifications,<br />- teaching qualifications (see * below),<br />- graduate or corporate membership of professional institutions,<br />- other professional, educational or vocational qualifications?<br /><div class="i1">Do not count qualifications normally obtained at school such as GCE, CSE, GCSE, SCE and school certificates.<br />If box 2 is ticked, write in all qualifications even if they are not relevant to the person's present job or if the person is not working.<br />Please list the qualifications in the order in which they were obtained.<br />If more than three, please enter in a spare column and link with an arrow.<br /><br />* For a person with school teaching qualifications, give the full title of the qualifications such as 'Certificate or Educations' and the subject(s) which the person is qualified to teach. The subject 'education' should the only be shown if the course had no other subject specialization.<br /><br />[] 1 No - no such qualifications<br />[] 2 Yes - give details</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">1<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____<br /><br />2<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____<br /><br />3<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UK91A419 UK91A420 UK91A421 UK91A432 UK91A439">19. Degrees, professional and vocational qualifications<br />Has the persons obtained any qualifications after reaching the age of 18 such as:<br />- degrees, diplomas, HNC, HND,<br />- nursing qualifications,<br />- teaching qualifications (see * below),<br />- graduate or corporate membership of professional institutions,<br />- other professional, educational or vocational qualifications?<br /><div class="i1">Do not count qualifications normally obtained at school such as GCE, CSE, GCSE, SCE and school certificates.<br />If box 2 is ticked, write in all qualifications even if they are not relevant to the person's present job or if the person is not working.<br />Please list the qualifications in the order in which they were obtained.<br />If more than three, please enter in a spare column and link with an arrow.<br /><br />* For a person with school teaching qualifications, give the full title of the qualifications such as 'Certificate or Educations' and the subject(s) which the person is qualified to teach. The subject 'education' should the only be shown if the course had no other subject specialization.<br /><br />[] 1 No - no such qualifications<br />[] 2 Yes - give details</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">1<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____<br /><br />2<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____<br /><br />3<br />Title ____<br />Subject(s) ____<br />Year ____<br />Institutions ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Higher-grade professionals |
| 20 | Lower-grade professionals |
| 31 | Routine non-manual employees in administration and commerce |
| 32 | Personal service workers |
| 41 | Small proprietors, artisans, etc with employees |
| 42 | Small proprietors, artisans, etc without employees |
| 43 | Farmers and small holders, self-employed fisherman |
| 50 | Lower-grade technicians, supervisors of manual workers |
| 60 | Skilled manual workers |
| 71 | Semi skilled and unskilled manual workers |
| 72 | Agricultural workers |
| 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 goldthorpe class.
Universe
United Kingdom 1991: Persons age 16+ who worked within last 10 years [discrepancies: unverifiable]
concept
Concept