| 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. |
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| 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 |