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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Youth Research Council Survey of Young People's Religion and Lifestyles, 1957

Variable Details

VariableClass_occ
LabelClassification of occupations coded by Jane Platt according to Census 1951 Class
Responses
1 I - Fishermen 1
2 II - Agricultural 21
3 III - Mining and Quarrying 41
4 IV - Workers in the treatment of non-metalliferous mining pr 6
5 V - Coal, gas, coke makers, workers in chemical and allied t 10
6 VI - Workers in metal manufacture, engineering and allied tr 787
7 VII - Textile workers 48
8 VIII - Tanners, etc, leather goods makers, fur dressers 22
9 IX - Makers of textile goods and articles of dress (not boot 241
10 X - Makers of textile goods and articles of dress (not boots 44
11 XI - Workers in wood, cane and cork 107
12 XII - Makers of and workers in paper and paperboard; bookbin 112
13 XIII - Makers of products (not elsewhere specified) 15
14 XIV - Workers in building and contracting 88
15 XV - Painters and decorators 57
16 XVI - Administrators, directors, managers (not elsewhere spe 3
17 XVII - Persons employed in transport and communications 272
18 XVIII - Commercial, finance and insurance occupations (exclu 516
19 XIX - Professional and technical occupations (excluding cler 318
20 XX - Persons employed in defence services 92
21 XXI - Persons professionally engaged in entertainments and s 18
22 XXII - Persons engaged in personal service (including instit 149
23 XXIII - Clerks, typists, etc 1193
24 XXIV - Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers 133
25 XXV - Stationary engine drivers, crane drivers, tractor driv 6
26 XXVI - Workers in unskilled occupations (not elsewhere speci 296
27 XXVII - Other and undefined workers 13
28 XXVIII - Retired or not gainfully employed 907
98 Illegible 0
99 Refused, don't know, undefined, unintentionally omitted, or 318
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYouth Research Council Survey of Young People's Religion and Lifestyles, 1957
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