{smcl} {.-} help for {cmd:isko6888} {right: {browse "mailto:John_Hendrickx@yahoo.com":John Hendrickx}} {.-} {title:isko6888} {p 8 27} {cmd:isko8868} {it:newvarname} {cmd:, isko(}{it:varname}{cmd:)} {title:Description} {p} The {cmd:isko} package consists of a series of programs to recode ISCO-88 {it:(International Classification of Occupations)} codes into other occupational scales. Use the {help isco} package to recode ISCO-68 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}. {p} {cmd:isko8868} transforms ISCO-88 codes into ISCO-68 codes; cf ILO (1968, 1990). The argument for the {cmd:isko} commands must be a new variable name in which the recoded occupational scale is to be placed. The {cmd:isko} option is used specify the variable containing the ISCO-68 occupational codes. {title:Options} {p 0 4} {cmd:isko} specifies the variable to be recoded. This must be a 4 digit integer containing ISCO-88 occupational codes. {title:References} {p 0 4} 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. {p 0 4} ILO (International Labour Office). 1968. {it:International Standard Classification of Occupations, revised edition.} Geneva: International Labour Office. {p 0 4} {c -}{c -}. 1990. {it:International standard classification of occupations: ISCO-88.} Geneva: International Labour Office. Direct comments to: {p 4 4} {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} {p} The {cmd:isko} package is available at {browse "http://ideas.uqam.ca/ideas/data/bocbocode.html":SSC-IDEAS}. Use {help ssc} {cmd:install isko} to obtain the latest version. {title:Also see} {p 0 21} On-line: help for {help isko}, {help iskoegp}, {help iskoisei}, {help iskotrei}, {help iskolab}, {help isco}, {help iscoegp}, {help iscoisei}, {help iscotrei}, {help isco6888}, {help iscolab} {p_end}