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{hi:isco08_to_oesch8()} {hline 2} Translate 4-digit ISCO-08 to 8 OESCH classes

{title:Syntax}

        {cmd:isco08_to_oesch8(}{varname} [{help crosswalk##case:{it:case}}]{cmd:)}

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    where {it:varname} contains 4-digit ISCO-08 codes
    and {it:case} selects the destination column.

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    Typical usage:

        {cmd:isco08_to_oesch8(}{varname} {cmd:case.oesch(}{it:sempl} {it:supvis}{cmd:)}{cmd:)}

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    with {it:sempl} and {it:supvis} as described in {helpb _cwcasefcn_oesch:case.oesch()}.

{title:Description}

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    {helpb crosswalk} table translating 4-digit ISCO-08 codes to 8 OESCH classes
    (Oesch 2006a,b). Also see {helpb _cwfcn_isco08_to_oesch:isco08_to_oesch()} and
    {helpb _cwfcn_isco08_to_oesch5:isco08_to_oesch5()}.

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    Cases (destination columns):

        1 = employed
        2 = self-employed, no employees
        3 = self-employed, 1-9 employees
        4 = self-employed, 10 or more employees

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    Case 2 includes helping family members.

{title:Source}

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    {cmd:isco08_to_oesch8()} is implemented as a wrapper for 
    {helpb _cwfcn_isco08_to_oesch:isco08_to_oesch()} followed by
    {helpb _cwfcn_oesch_to_oesch8:oesch_to_oesch8()}.

{title:References}

{phang}
    Oesch, D. 2006a. Coming to Grips with a Changing Class Structure. An Analysis
    of Employment Stratification in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. International
    Sociology 21(2): 263-288
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{phang}
    Oesch, D. 2006b. Redrawing the Class Map. Stratification and Institutions
    in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan.
    {p_end}
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