1991 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991

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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS

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Socio-economic group (UK1991A_SEGROUP)

Data file: GBR1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 207

End: 208

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Employers and managers in large establishments
03	Employers in small establishments
04	Managers in small establishments
05	Professional workers - self employed
06	Professional workers - employees
07	Ancillary workers and artists
08	Foremen and supervisors -- non-manual
09	Junior Non-manual
10	Personal service
11	Foremen and supervisors - manual
12	Skilled manual
13	Semi-skilled manual workers
14	Unskilled manual workers
15	Own account workers other than professionals
16	Farmers - employers and managers
17	Farmers - own account
18	Agricultural workers
19	Members of armed forces
20	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 1991: Persons age 16+ who worked within last 10 year [discrepancies: unverifiable]

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