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Mothers census occupation code (1980)
Variable: maocc80
Module:
Core
Subject:
Occupation
Related Variables
automatn autonojb kdocc80 kdpres80 kdwrkslf kdind80 occmobil layoffs curempyr ryrsfirm rdowell rpaysame rexpernc rageemp rfamresp reducemp rdk engda engson engresp engdo englone engdgr wkfambiz paocc16 papres16 pawrkslf paind16 paocc80 papres80 paind80 paocc10 paind10 pajob paslf pasup paisco68 paisc681 paisco88 pasei findnwjb occfirst presfrst wrkslfst indfirst datefrst howpaid hourly daily weekly monthly yearly paychnge socid1 socid2 socid3 payclerk givclerk paybus givbus paycabnt givcabnt payexec givexec paydoc givdoc payfarm givfarm paylaw givlaw paymason givmason payfctry givfctry paysales givsales paysec givsec ownbiz payowner givowner payskill givskill payjudge givjudge payunskl givunskl payrocc givrocc mapres80 mawrkslf maind80 maocc10 maind10 maisc681 maisco88 masei yrsfirm dowell expernc paysame ageemp sexemp famresp educemp occ prestige wrkslf wrkgovt commute industry occ80 prestg80 indus80 occ10 indus10 fambiz firstjob firstslf lastjob lastslf isco68 isco681 isco88 sei pastpay accntsci farming journlsm fireftng marrcoun medtreat architct lawenfrc engnring slsmnshp cmprgmng finlcoun scientre scientwk scientmo scientbr sbocc80 sbpres80 sbwrkslf sbind80 spocc sppres spwrkslf spind spocc80 sppres80 spind80 spocc10 spind10 spisco68 spisc681 spisco88 spsei sphedocc sphedpre sphedslf sphedind more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

A. What kind of work did your (mother/MOTHER SUBSTITUTE) usually do while you were growing up? That is, what was her job called?
OCCUPATION: [See REMARKS]
B. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did she actually do in that job? Tell me, what were some of her main duties?
C. What kind of place did she work for?
INDUSTRY: [See REMARKS]
D. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did they (make/do)?
E. IF ALREADY ANSWERED, CODE WITHOUT ASKING: Was she self-employed, or did she work for someone else?

Year Availability
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Statistics
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Frequencies for other codes
No answer
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Not applicable
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
274 216.75 207 208 243 174 185 207 164
387 348 348 348 337 337 348 348 337
406.95 384.25 384.73 374.91 371.64 357.14 372.48 366.74 354.61
468 458 458 449 447 447 453 449 448
889 889 889 889 889 889 889 889 889
222.6 232.18 233.14 224.64 218.37 221.89 231.26 222.06 222.0
                 
65 52 40 46 37 66 79 37 61
10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
1296 1124 1182 1148 1104 1050 2636 708 640
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 62466
Missing cases 0