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Translate 4-digit ISCO08 to microclass

isco08_to_microclass.Rd

This function translates a vector of 4-digit ISCO08 codes to microclass codes using the translation table stored in all_schema$isco08_to_microclass.

Usage

isco08_to_microclass(x, label = FALSE, to_factor = FALSE)

Arguments

x

A character vector of 4-digit ISCO codes.

label

A logical value indicating whether to return the labels of the translated microclass codes (default is FALSE).

to_factor

A logical value indicating whether to return a factor instead of a character. The order of the labels is taken from the labels for microclass found in all_labels (default is FALSE).

Value

A character vector of microclass codes.

Details

This translation was created from the Excel file shared by Oscar Smallenbroek called "isco08 to micro with numeric labels.xlsx". For more info, please contact the author.

For more details on this class schema, please check the references below:

  • Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. "The Case for a New Class Map." American Journal of Sociology 111(1):141-212.

  • —. 2012. "The Three Worlds of Inequality." American Journal of Sociology 117(6):1723-85.

Examples

library(dplyr)

ess %>% transmute(
  isco08,
  microclasses = isco08_to_microclass(isco08),
  microclasses_label = isco08_to_microclass(isco08, label = TRUE)
)
#> # A tibble: 48,285 × 3
#>    isco08 microclasses microclasses_label                                       
#>    <chr>  <chr>        <chr>                                                    
#>  1 5414   540          Protective services workers                              
#>  2 1321   132          Manufacturing, mining, construction and distribution man…
#>  3 3135   312          Mining, manufacturing and construction supervisors and p…
#>  4 7131   712          Building finishers and related trades workers            
#>  5 6111   611          Market gardeners and crop growers                        
#>  6 6111   611          Market gardeners and crop growers                        
#>  7 9313   930          Mining and construction labourers                        
#>  8 1311   131          Production managers in agriculture, forestry and fisheri…
#>  9 1311   131          Production managers in agriculture, forestry and fisheri…
#> 10 6111   611          Market gardeners and crop growers                        
#> # ℹ 48,275 more rows