Derived variables: Occupational social status of Household Reference Person in 2001

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Name of derived variable:	OCCSTAT0
Variable label:	Occupational social status of household reference person (HRP) at 2001 Census
Notes (IMPORTANT):	The LS member him/herself may - or may not - be the Household Reference Person (HRP). For rules governing the allocation of HRP status and other details, see the Socio-Economic Training Module. LS members enumerated in a Communal Establishment (and therefore not part of a household) will be classified as though they were the HRP. Full time students who are working are classed as "working".
Categories (see below for full version):	0 "Aged under 16 or over 64, and not working" 1 "Aged 16-64, not known whether working" 2 "Aged 16-64, not working" 3 "Working, semi- or unskilled" 4 "Working, white-collar or skilled"
Study group:	LS members enumerated at the 2001 Census.
Derived from:	AGEP0, AGEPIMP, NSSP0, NSSPIMP, HRPP0, ECOP0 and ECOPIMP, from ME01 NAGEP0, NAGEPIMP, NNSSP0, NNSSPIMP, NHRPP0, NECOP0 and NECOPIMP, from NM01
Exclusions:	A few LS members (fewer than 0.05% of those enumerated in 2001) will have a missing value at this variable. Their household has no identifiable Reference Person and the LS member has a missing value at ECOP0 (economic activity). The majority of them are aged under 30; some are children.
Imputations:	Imputed values have been variously dealt with; see the full Category listing below. Everyone with imputed age in 2001 (AGEP0) also had imputed economic activity status (ECOP0); they are therefore coded 1 at OCCSTAT0, the derived variable
Likely use:	Gives a simple estimate of the current socio-economic well-being of the LS member's household. It is likely to be more reliable where the HRP is of working age; for older HRPs in particular, consideration might also be given to other variables, such as housing tenure.
Full category listing:	0 "Aged under 16 or over 64 and not working; age not imputed" 1 "Aged 16-64 or age imputed; economic activity (ECOP0) missing or imputed" 2 "Aged 16-64; not working; economic activity (ECOP0) not imputed" 3 "Working; economic activity (ECOP0) not imputed; semi- or unskilled occupation, or socio-economic classification of occupation missing or imputed" 4 "Working; economic activity (ECOP0) not imputed; white-collar or skilled occupation; socio-economic classification of occupation (NSSP0) not imputed"

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