SocialPosition (version 1.0.1)

recode_from_ISCO88_to_Oesch: The recoding of the Oesch class schema from ISCO 1988 codes

Description

The function recodes the Oesch class schema from ISCO 1988 codes and a variable specifying the employment status of the corresponding occupation reported. Please note that this function does NOT uses an educational variable to construct the Oesch class schema

Usage

recode_from_ISCO88_to_Oesch(ISCO88, EMP_STA, SE_zero_emp, SE_one_to_nine_emp,
SE_ten_plus_emp, not_SE, data)

Arguments

ISCO88

The name of the variable containing ISCO 1988 codes, ideally coded on 4 digits, although the function also supportes variables coded on 3 digits, and even on 2 digits

EMP_STA

The name of the variable containing the corresponding employment status of the occupation. This variable must specify for the self-employed the number of employee they employ. Ideally, this number should be coded in the form of a continuous variable, although in some surveys it takes the form of a categorical variable. It must also have a modality for those who are not self-employed. What is important is to be able to distinguish:

1. The self-employed without employee
2. The self-employed with one to 9 employee-s
3. The self-employed with 10 or more employees
4. Those who are not self-employed (i.e. most likely those who are employees if they declared an occupation)

SE_zero_emp

Indicate here the modality corresponding to the self-employed without employee

SE_one_to_nine_emp

Indicate here the modality / modalities corresponding to the self-employed with one to nine employee-s

SE_ten_plus_emp

Indicate here the modality / modalities corresponding to the self-employed with ten or more employees

not_SE

Indicate here the modality corresponding to those who are not self-employed (i.e. most likely those who are employees if they declared an occupation)

data

The name of the dataset

References

The Oesch class schema was constructed by Daniel Oesch. Theoretical foundations and empirical assessment of it can be found in the following publication:

Oesch, Daniel. 2006. Redrawing the class map: stratification and institutions in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

He also published an article which relates to the book:

Oesch Daniel, 2006: Coming to Grips with a Changing Class Structure An Analysis of Employment Stratification in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland: International Sociology, 21:263-288

Further information can also be found on Daniel Oesch's website:

http://people.unil.ch/danieloesch/socialclasssyntax/

Examples

#load the data
data(data_MCH2007)

#visualize the data
str(data_MCH2007)
head(data_MCH2007)

#check the variables needed for social position coding
table(data_MCH2007$nb_emp_SE,useNA="always")
table(data_MCH2007$iscoR,useNA="always")

#Then, you can run the function:
data_MCH2007 <- recode_from_ISCO88_to_Oesch(
				ISCO88=data_MCH2007$iscoR, 
				EMP_STA=data_MCH2007$nb_emp_SE, 
				SE_zero_emp=0, 
				SE_one_to_nine_emp=1:9, 
				SE_ten_plus_emp=10:100, 
				not_SE=NA, 
				data=data_MCH2007) 

#Three variables were created:
names(data_MCH2007)
head(data_MCH2007)
table(data_MCH2007$Oesch17,useNA="always")
table(data_MCH2007$Oesch8,useNA="always")
table(data_MCH2007$emplnum,useNA="always")

#If you don't need the 'emplnum' variable, you can delete it by writing:
data_MCH2007$emplnum <- NULL