Codes and Frequencies
Description
ISCO08A provides the 3-digit occupation code for the respondent using the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) 2008.
ISCO is the International Standard Classification of Occupations. This variable uses the 2008 version of ISCO. The classification had prior versions created in 1968 and in 1988.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL Cambodia Cuba Greece |
Mauritius Panama Peru |
Rwanda Senegal Vietnam |
Comparability — General
Only samples that used the ISCO-2008 system are included in ISCO08A; therefore, limited recoding was necessary to make the classifications consistent between samples. Apart from some universe differences, the data are highly comparable across samples. A few samples do not identify persons in armed forces occupations.
Separate variables provide the 3-digit ISCO-1968 (ISCO68A) and the 3-digit ISCO-1988 (ISCO88A) codes for countries that used those classification systems. The ISCO08A and ISCO68A classifications are not compatible.
OCCISCO attempts to code all samples with occupation data into a system that corresponds to the first digit of the ISCO-1988 scheme. Because most of those samples were not originally coded into ISCO, however, that variable involves many judgment calls and is far less robust for comparability purposes than ISCO08A.
Comparability — Cambodia [top]
The Cambodia 2013 sample has fewer categories with respect to 2008 and 2019 (and other samples in ISCO08A). The unharmonized source variables for 2008, 2013, and 2019 have some small deviations from ISCO-2008, which have been adapted to harmonize them into ISCO08A. The universe of respondents for 2008, 2013, and 2019 includes experienced unemployed persons, who report their occupation related to the last job they had.
Comparability — Cuba [top]
The source variable for the 2012 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces.
Comparability — Greece [top]
The source variable for the 2011 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces.
Comparability — Mauritius [top]
The source variable for the 2011 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces. The universe of respondents for 2011 includes experienced unemployed persons, who report their occupation related to the last job they had.
Comparability — Panama [top]
The source variable for the 2010 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces.
Comparability — Peru [top]
The 2017 sample uses a national classification that is based on ISCO-2008, with some categories that do not exactly coincide with ISCO-2008. Those occupation responses are reconciled to harmonize the data into ISCO08A.
Comparability — Rwanda [top]
The source variable for the 2012 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces. The universe of respondents for 2012 includes experienced unemployed persons, who report their occupation during the last 12 months they worked.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
In 2013, the source variable refers specifically to "profession" and it is available for inactive persons, besides persons employed and experienced unemployed. Thus, for higher comparability across samples, inactive persons are excluded from the universe in ISCO08A for 2013, but their responses are preserved in the corresponding unharmonized source variable.
Comparability — Vietnam [top]
The 2009 and 2019 Vietnam samples used a national classification almost entirely compatible with ISCO-2008, with a few unspecified occupational groups. Notably, the major category "managers" was mostly comprised of country-specific occupations, which were harmonized either to "legislators and senior officials" or "managers, not specified." See the VN2009A_0416 and the VN2019A_0441 source variables for more country-specific detail. The source variable for the 2019 sample does not identify persons in the armed forces.
Universe
- Bolivia 2012: Persons age 7+ who worked or were engaged in any productive activity last week
- Brazil 2010: Persons age 10+ who have a paid job, are temporarily away from a paid job, help another resident with a paid job or work for subsistence
- Cambodia 2008: Persons age 5+ who were employed or experienced unemployed
- Cambodia 2013: Present persons who are employed or experienced unemployed
- Cambodia 2019: Persons age 5+ who were employed or experienced unemployed
- Cuba 2012: Persons age 15+ who are employed
- Fiji 2014: Persons age 15+ who worked last week
- Greece 2011: Persons who worked or were seeking work last week
- Honduras 2013: Persons age 5+ who worked, had a job, or looked for work and had worked previously, last week
- Malawi 2018: Persons age 10+ who worked in the last 7 days
- Mauritius 2011: Persons age 12+ who ever worked
- Mongolia 2010: Employed persons age 15+
- Mongolia 2020: Employed persons age 15+
- Mozambique 2017: Persons age 7+ who worked, were on vacation, or were looking for a new job last week
- Panama 2010: Persons age 10+ who are economically active and ever worked
- Peru 2017: Persons age 5+ who worked last week or had a job
- Portugal 2011: Persons age 15+ who are economically active
- Rwanda 2012: Persons age 5+ who are working or the experienced unemployed
- Senegal 2013: Residents age 6+ who are employed or experienced unemployed in ordinary households
- Switzerland 2011: Economically active persons
- Vietnam 2009: Persons age 15+ who worked or had a job
- Vietnam 2019: Persons age 15+ who worked or had a job
Availability
- Bolivia: 2012
- Brazil: 2010
- Cambodia: 2008, 2013, 2019
- Cuba: 2012
- Fiji: 2014
- Greece: 2011
- Honduras: 2013
- Italy: 2014Q1, 2015Q1, 2016Q1, 2017Q1, 2018Q1, 2019Q1, 2020Q1
- Malawi: 2018
- Mauritius: 2011
- Mongolia: 2010, 2020
- Mozambique: 2017
- Panama: 2010
- Peru: 2017
- Portugal: 2011
- Rwanda: 2012
- Senegal: 2013
- Switzerland: 2011
- Vietnam: 2009, 2019
