Sector and occupation classification data download for "Business sectors, occupations and aggregations of census data 1851-1911"
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Bennett, robert
Smith, Harry https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0961-9411
Van Lieshout, Carry https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3856-3701
Newton, GH
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This data download gives a spreadsheet gives the occupation classification described in R.J. Bennett, H. Smith, C. van Lieshout and G. Newton, ‘Business sectors, occupations and aggregations of census data, 1851–1911’ (2017), Working Paper 5, ESRC project ES/M0010953L, ‘Drivers of entrepreneurship and small businesses’, https://doi.org/10. 17863/CAM.9874. See working paper for definitions and discussion of the classifications for PST (2017 version) and SIC (2007 version).
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Excel spreadsheet giving the occupation classification described in R.J. Bennett, H. Smith, C. van Lieshout and G. Newton, ‘Business sectors, occupations and aggregations of census data, 1851–1911’ (2017), Working Paper 5, ESRC project ES/M0010953L, ‘Drivers of entrepreneurship and small businesses’, https://doi.org/10. 17863/CAM.9874. See working paper for definitions and discussion of the classifications for PST (2017 version) and SIC (2007 version).
The variables included are as follows:
Occode – the I-CeM occupation coding number
Occupation Category – the title of each I-CeM occode
1881EW – the code for the 1881 Census Report occupation classification
OccCat – the title of each 1881EW code
51EA – the code for the 51EA classification
51cat – the title of each 51EA code
17EA – the code for the 17EA classification
17cat – the title of each 17EA code
PST1 – level 1 of the PST classification
PST2 – level 2 of the PST classification
PSTsector – the title of each PST level 1 code
PSTgroup – the title of each PST level 2 code
SIC2007 – the SIC2007 codes
SICcat – the title of each SIC code
Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Employers, Self-employment, Small businesses, Census
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Economic and Social Research Council (ES/M010953/1)