Employement Status dictionary for ICEM data

Table ID:

ICEM_EMPL_CODEBOOK     (1250939)

Contents:

Employement Status dictionary for ICEM data

Approx. number of rows:

66,392

Table type:

Codebook

Documentation Author:

Paula Aucott

Sources:

1. This meta-data file "employment status dictionary" was downloaded in spreadsheet format on the 26th November 2015 from the website of the Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) project based at the University of Essex. http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/research/ICeM/documentation.html

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Notes:

1. This table covers England and Wales 1891-1911 and Scotland 1891-1901.
2. In the 1891 Census three columns on employment status were introduced:
   • "Employer" - "a master, employing under him workers in his trade or industry"
   • "Employed" - worked for a master
   • "Neither employer nor employed, but working on own account"
   Married women assisting their husbands were recorded as "Employed". In 1901 and 1911 the three columns became a single column were the householder wrote "Employer", "Worker" or "Own Account".
3. Employcode are integers used as a code to identify employment status building type characteristics used within the Icem project are as follows:
   • 1 = Worker/Employee
   • 2 = Employer
   • 3 = Own Account
   • 8 = Illegible or unclassifiable
   • 9 = Blank

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Checking:

1. The data have not been checked.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
icem_empl_codebook_pkey	Primary key	rec_num
icem_empl_codebook_idx	Unique	employcode, rec_num

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
icem_empl_codebook_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
employ	Text string (max.len.=64).	Information about employment status as given in the transcriptions from the Censuses between 1891 and 1911.
employcode	Integer number.	Standardised numeric code for employment status used within the Icem project data.
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique number identifying the row within table.