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Mainstage Variable

majuke1

Mother's first UK job (SOC 2000)

Datafiles

Index term

Employment Parents employment status Occupations Standard occupational classification (SOC)

Individual variables

Variable name	Variable label	Datafile
maj1uksoc00	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 2000	indresp~xwavedat
maj1uksoc00_cc	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 2000, condensed	xwavedat~indresp
maj1uksoc10_cc	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 2010, condensed	xwavedat~indresp
maj1uksoc90_cc	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 1990, condensed	xwavedat~indresp
maj1uksoc10	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 2010	indresp~xwavedat
maj1uksoc90	Mother's first job in UK: SOC 1990	indresp~xwavedat

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