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{title:isco6888}

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{cmd:isco6888} {it:newvarname} {cmd:, isco(}{it:varname}{cmd:)}

{title:Description}

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The {cmd:isco} package consists of a series of programs to recode ISCO-68
{it:(International Classification of Occupations)} codes into other
occupational scales. Use the {help isko} package to recode ISCO-88
occupational codes.
These programs are Stata versions of the SPSS recode
files by Harry B.G. Ganzeboom and Donald J. Treiman, which are available at
{browse "http://www.fss.uu.nl/soc/hg/ismf":http://www.fss.uu.nl/soc/hg/ismf}.

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{cmd:isco6888} transforms ISCO-68 codes into
ISCO-88 codes; cf ILO (1990).
The argument for the {cmd:isco} commands must be a new variable name in which
the recoded occupational scale is to be placed. The {cmd:isco} option is used
specify the variable containing the ISCO-68 occupational codes.

{title:Options}

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{cmd:isco} specifies the variable to be recoded.
This must be a 4 digit integer containing ISCO-68 occupational codes.

{title:References}

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Ganzeboom, H.B.G., de Graaf, P.M. & D.J. Treiman. 1992.
{it:A Standard International Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status.}
Social Science Research 21: 1-56.

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ILO (International Labour Office). 1968.
{it:International Standard Classification of Occupations, revised edition.}
Geneva: International Labour Office.

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{c -}{c -}. 1990.
{it:International standard classification of occupations: ISCO-88.}
Geneva: International Labour Office.

Direct comments to:

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{browse "mailto:John_Hendrickx@yahoo.com": John Hendrickx}{break}
Management Studies Group{break}
Wageningen University{break}
Hollandseweg 1{break}
6706 KN Wageningen{break}
The Netherlands{break}

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The {cmd:isco} package is available at
{browse "http://ideas.uqam.ca/ideas/data/bocbocode.html":SSC-IDEAS}.
Use {help ssc} {cmd:install isco} to obtain the latest version.


{title:Also see}

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On-line: help for
  {help isco}, {help iscoegp}, {help iscoisei}, {help iscotrei}, {help iscolab},
  {help isko}, {help iskoegp}, {help iskoisei}, {help iskotrei}, {help isko8868}, {help iskolab}
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