Variable : 1881 Occupational Orders

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_OCC_ORDER1881

Name:

1881 Occupational Orders

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

This variable contains the 24 occupational orders used in reporting on the 1881 census, into which the 414 occupation titles listed in the most detailed tabulations were grouped. Note that fifteen of these titles were 'Workers and Dealers in ...', so this classification explicitly mingles workers in manufacturing and in services. We have added a twenty-fifth order, 'Unknown', to cover persons in the enumerators' book data who had an occupation listed but it was either illegible or too obscure to be assigned to any broader category.

Variable " 1881 Occupational Orders " is contained within:

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name
N_OCC_ORDER1881	Occupation data classified into the 24 1881 'Orders', plus sex

Variable Groups, bringing together related variables:

Entity ID	Entity Name
VG_OCC	Occupation

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Variable " 1881 Occupational Orders " contains:

Variables, defining what data was gathered for :

Entity ID	Entity Name
V_OCC_RAW1881	1881 Occupational Titles

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID	Entity Name
C_OCC_ORDER1881_1	General/Local Government
C_OCC_ORDER1881_2	Defence of the country
C_OCC_ORDER1881_3	Professionals
C_OCC_ORDER1881_4	Domestic Service or Offices
C_OCC_ORDER1881_5	Commercial Occupations
C_OCC_ORDER1881_6	Conveyance of men, goods & messages
C_OCC_ORDER1881_7	Agriculture
C_OCC_ORDER1881_8	Animals
C_OCC_ORDER1881_9	Workers & Dealers in Books, Prints & Maps
C_OCC_ORDER1881_10	Workers & Dealers in Machines & Implements
C_OCC_ORDER1881_11	Workers & Dealers in House, Furniture & Decorations
C_OCC_ORDER1881_12	Workers & Dealers in Carriages & Harnesses
C_OCC_ORDER1881_13	Workers & Dealers in Ships & Boats
C_OCC_ORDER1881_14	Workers & Dealers in Chemicals & Compounds
C_OCC_ORDER1881_15	Workers & Dealers in Tobacco & Pipes
C_OCC_ORDER1881_16	Workers & Dealers in Food & Lodging
C_OCC_ORDER1881_17	Workers & Dealers in Textile Fabrics
C_OCC_ORDER1881_18	Workers & Dealers in Dress
C_OCC_ORDER1881_19	Workers & Dealers in Various Animal Substances
C_OCC_ORDER1881_20	Workers & Dealers in Various Vegetable Substances
C_OCC_ORDER1881_21	Workers & Dealers in Various Mineral Substances
C_OCC_ORDER1881_22	Workers & Dealers in General or Unspecified Commodities
C_OCC_ORDER1881_23	Workers & Dealers in Refuse Matters
C_OCC_ORDER1881_24	Persons without Specified Occupations
C_OCC_ORDER1881_25	Unknown Occupation