Variable : Registrar General's Social Class, grouped

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:
V_RGSOC_GROUP
Name:
Registrar General's Social Class, grouped
Type:
Variable (V)
Text:
This simplified social classification combines social classes 1 and 2, and classes 4 and 5, to assist mapping.

Variable " Registrar General's Social Class, grouped " is contained within:


Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID Entity Name
T_SOC Social Structure

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID Entity Name
N_RGSOC_GROUP Grouped Social Class



Variable " Registrar General's Social Class, grouped " contains:


Variables, defining what data was gathered for :

Entity ID Entity Name
V_RGSOC Registrar General's Social Class

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID Entity Name
C_RGSOC_GROUP_1 Classes 1 & 2
C_RGSOC_GROUP_2 Class 3
C_RGSOC_GROUP_3 Classes 4 & 5
C_RGSOC_GROUP_4 Class not stated