VCF0115 Respondent Occupation Group [1 of 2]

QUESTION:
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1952-1964:  
What is your occupation.  I mean, what kind of work do you do? (IF NOT 
CLEAR OR OBVIOUS [1958,1960,1964 only]:) What exactly do you do on your 
job? (IF NOT ASCERTAINED:) What kind of business is that?  (IF R IS 
UNEMPLOYED:) What kind of work do you usually do?  (IF R IS RETIRED:) 
What kind of work did you do before you retired?
1968-1970:  
(IF EMPLOYED OR ON STRIKE:)  What kind of work do you do? [What exactly 
do you do on your job?]  (IF UNEMPLOYED OR RETIRED:) What kind of work 
did you do when you were employed? [What exactly did you do on your job?]
1972-1982:  
(IF R IS WORKING NOW OR IS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF:)  What is your main 
occupation [What sort of work do you do? Tell me a little more about 
what you do.]  (IF R IS UNEMPLOYED:) What kind of work did you do on 
your last regular job [What was your occupation?]   (IF R IS RETIRED OR 
DISABLED:) What kind of work did you do when you worked [What was your 
main occupation?]
1984 AND LATER:  
(IF R IS WORKING NOW OR IS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF:) What is your main 
occupation [What sort of work do you do?]  What are your most important 
activities or duties?  (IF R IS RETIRED/UNEMPLOYED /DISABLED:) What kind 
of work did you do on your last regular job [What was your occupation?]  
What were your most important activities or duties?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Professional and managerial
2.  Clerical and sales workers
3.  Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers
4.  Laborers, except farm
5.  Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen;
      forestry and fishermen
6.  Homemakers (1972-1992: 7 IN VCF0116, 4 in VCF0118;
      1952-1970: 4 in VCF0118)

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  NA; member of armed forces; no occupation and not a 
    homemaker; no Pre IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See Appendix OCCUPATION notes.
GENERAL NOTE:
This represents current employment of respondents defined as 'working
now', and represents past employment of respondents defined as retired, 
unemployed, or disabled; respondents defined as homemakers are coded 6,
and respondents defined as students are coded 0.
Exclusion: in studies 1966-later, additional occupation data were 
available for Rs considered "students" and "housewives" (either 
nonworking [past/recent employment] or currently working some hours 
[1966-1970: any number of hours; 1972 and later: less than 20 hours per 
week], but corresponding occupation data were not available at all in 
the 1952,1956,1958,1960 or 1964 studies, and VCF0115 excludes the 
occupation of this additional set of (1966-later) respondents:  VCF0151 
includes such additional data.
2002 NOTE:
Respondent occupation was not determined.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520132,520134  
1956:  560120,560123  
1958:  580181,580184  
1960:  600129,600132  
1964:  640202,640205  
1968:  680161 
1970:  700275,700276(type 0) 
1972:  720306,720309  
1974:  742443,742446
1976:  763409,763412  
1978:  780531,780534
1980:  800454,800455,800471,800486
1982:  820556,820557,820572  
1984:  840456,840504,840516
1986:  860614,860664  
1988:  880428,880466  
1990:  900565,900603  
1992:  923914,923955  
1994:  941215,941216  
1996:  960615,960676
1998:  980579,980639  
2000:  000919,000980
2004:  043262p