Variable: | SCLAS0 |
Table: | ME01 |
Short description: | Social class based on occupation coded to SOC90. 2001. |
Full description: | |
Coding notes: |
Coding scheme
Value | Meaning |
1 | I Professional occupations |
2 | II Managerial and technical occupations |
3 | IIIN Skilled non-manual occupations |
4 | IIIM Skilled manual occupations |
5 | IV Partly-skilled occupations |
6 | V Unskilled occupations |
7 | Armed forces |
8 | Occupation inadequately described |
-9 | Not classified - occupation code or employment status not available |
-6 | Initial extract only record |
Notes: | Applicability: All people aged 16 to 74 who have ever worked. Occupation inadequately described was derived using codes VVV and YYY from the occupation variable SOC900. |
Units of measurement: | |
Source: | 2001 Census. |
Former name of variable: | |
Derived: | Y |
Derivation: | Source variables: EMSPSZ0 - Employee status and company size. 2001. SOC900 - 2001 occupations coded to the Standard Occupational Classification 1990 Derivation matrix created by ONS Occupational Information Unit for use in the Longitudinal Study and described in their user guide: OOSS User Guide 1990:18. It was based on a matrix to derive social class at the 1991 Census. It was closed by the OIU, to allow a valid social class for unusual combinations of occupation and employment status, using the priority order rules primarily associated with NSSEC. |
Subject: | |
Date range: | |
Keyword: | Socio-economic |
Classification: | |
Comparable variables for other individuals: | NSCLAS0 |
Comparable variables for other times: | SOCS7, SOC8, SCLAS9 |
Restricted: | N |
Data type: | Numeric |
Length of field: | 1 |