Variable Group : Industry

Variable Groups are used to group together closely related variables. Under the DDI each system of categories is defined as a separate variable, so for example a variable categorising ages into five year bands running up to '95 and over' is a separate variable from one giving ages to '100 and up'. However, we group these into a single Variable Group covering ages.

Identifier:

VG_IND

Name:

Industry

Type:

Variable Group (VG)

Text:

This variable group brings together the different systems used for classifying enterprises by what they made or did. The first census to separate occupations, i.e. how a particular person made their living, and industries was that of 1921, so we often have to derive an industrial classification from an occupational one.

Variable Group "Industry" is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

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Variable Group "Industry" contains:

Variables, defining what data was gathered for :