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Box 4.2 Working definitions

The occupation groupings used in this topic are defined by OPCS (1981,
pp. 24 - 29). The three combinations chosen (using the New Earnings surveys
of 1971 and 1981) were of socioeconomic groups:

Professional
1: Managers in central and local government.
2: Managers in industry and commerce.
3: Professional workers - self-employed.
4: Professional workers - employees.
13: Farmers - employers and managers.

Intermediate
5: Ancillary worker, artists, foremen and supervisors.
8: Foremen and supervisors - manual.
9: Skilled manual workers.
12: Own account workers (other than professional).
14: Farmers - own account.

Supervised
6: Junior nonmanual workers.
7: Personal service workers.
10: Semi-skilled manual workers.
11: Unskilled manual workers.
15: Agricultural workers.

The industrial groups were taken from the following amalgamations of
1980 Standard Industrial Classification based codes, referred to as 'Broad
Industrial groups':

Code Description NOMIS class

1 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 0

2 Energy and water supply 1

3 Manufacturing industries 2 - 4

4 Construction 5

5 Distribution, hotels/catering, repairs 6

6 Transport/communication, banking, finance 7 - 8

7 Public administration and defence 91

8 Other service industries 92 - 98