As part of its statistical harmonisation programme, Eurostat asked the UK Office for National Statistics to convene an expert group on a harmonised European socio-economic classification. The group reported in January 2001. The report contains the following:
Report summary
- Introduction
- Establishing the purposes and uses of ESeC
- Desirable characteristics of ESeC
- SECs in EU member states
- The conceptual basis of ESeC
- ESeC: an outline classification
- Operational issues
- ESeC and ISCO88
- Validating ESeC
- References
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