Column | Type | Contents |
row_id |
Floating point number. |
Numeric field identifying and placing in order the different
rows of information as they are usually listed.
These IDs were created by the project, and exactly match
those used in occ_1931_lg_t.
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lev_1 |
Floating point number. |
Occupational Order, i.e. level 1 occupational category,
given in roman numerals in the original report.
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occ_order |
Text string (max.len.=116). |
Name of the Occupational Order (level 1 occupational category).
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lev_2 |
Floating point number. |
Occupational sub-Order, i.e. level 2 category. This does not appear
for all level 1 categories.
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sub_order |
Text string (max.len.=88). |
Name of the Occupational sub-Order (level 2 occupational category).
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lev_3 |
Floating point number. |
Occupation Unit (level 3 occupational category); a three digit
number running from 0 to 962, with 998 and 999 used by us to
identify rows originally un-numbered.
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occup |
Text string (max.len.=110). |
Name of the Occupation Unit.
This is the full text as used in the source tables.
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occ_group |
Text string (max.len.=26). |
Mutually exclusive occupational group for men. These
are based on the occupations used in 'occ_1931_sm_m',
but identifying residual orders (such as
'XXV_PROFESSION_EX') excluding those more detailed
groups which also appear (such as 'XXV_800_TEACHER').
|
fem_group |
Text string (max.len.=26). |
Mutually exclusive occupational group for women. These
are based on the occupations used in 'occ_1931_sm_f',
but identifying residual orders (such as
'XXV_PROFESSION_EX') excluding those more detailed
groups which also appear (such as 'XXV_800_TEACHER').
|
soc_class |
Floating point number. |
Social class.
These run from 1 to 5, but 6 is used to identify
Occupational Units listed by the census report
but ignored by the Decennial Supplement.
This covers:
Students in Educational Institutions, etc.
Persons following an Occupation outside the United Kingdom,
in the Irish Free State or elsewhere.
Retired from Previous Gainful Occupation.
Other Persons (no Gainful Occupation stated).
|
opcode_80 |
Integer number. |
Three-digit operational code, as used in the detailed
coding index within Classification of Occupations 1980.
These appear only for occupations within Class 3 which were
potentially non-manual.
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occgrp_80 |
Floating point number. |
Occupation Group ID, as used in Appendix E of
Classification of Occupations 1980.
These appear only for occupations within Class 3 which were
potentially non-manual, and are three digit numbers plus
one decimal point.
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soc_class_div |
Text string (max.len.=10). |
Social class, with social class 3 divided into
manual ("3_MAN") and non-manual ("3_NM").
Values are identical to soc_class for all other
classes, but NB the values are necessarily text
strings, not integers.
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sic_query |
Text string (max.len.=6). |
This is a flag column which holds 'Q' if our assignment of the 1931 occupation
to the 2007 SIC was seen as especially problematic; otherwise empty.
|
sic_division |
Integer number. |
Integer number identifying the 2007 SIC 'Division' to which we have assigned the 1931 occupation.
These form a single sequence running from 1 to 99, and we have added code 100 to identify
people who were in employment but cannot be assigned to an industry.
Persons who were not working have a null value.
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sic_division_name |
Text string (max.len.=138). |
Name of the 2007 SIC 'Division'. For example, 'AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'
is divided into (01) 'Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities',
(02) 'Forestry and logging', and (03) 'Fishing and aquaculture'.
Some Sections contain only one division.
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pop_1931 |
Floating point number. |
Number of males in the occupation unit in England and Wales,
as listed in the Decennial Supplement.
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