Details of Element: Fathers Occupation
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

Unique Name: fatoc
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 2694 758 3452
Number of Distinct Participants 1318 612 1930
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 Undefined
    1 Professional/Technical
    2 Manager/Proprietor
    3 Clerical/Sales
    4 Skilled Craft
    5 Semi-Skilled/Laborer
    6 Farmer
    7 Student
    8 Undefined
    9 Undefined
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 9.
Masterfile Index: 501-01-48
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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