Mapping trends in the care workforce using SOC 1990 and SOC 2000

Antonia Simon and Charlie Owen
Additional contact information
Antonia Simon: University of London
Charlie Owen: University of London

Economic & Labour Market Review, 2007, vol. 1, issue 9, 57-61

Abstract: Uses data from the LFS to examine changes in the care workforce from the late 1990s to 2005.The number of people working in an occupation and their characteristics (age,sex, qualifications, and so on) can changeover time. Such changes can be monitored using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. However,changes in the definition of occupations when the SOC is revised can raise issues of comparability. This article uses datafrom the Labour Force Survey to examine changes in the care workforce from the late 1990s to 2005. The care workforceis defined in the article using the SOC.Comparison of the care workforce over this short period of time showed somemarked changes. However, it is difficult to be sure which changes reflect real changes in the workforce and which aredue to changes in classification between the SOC 1990 and the SOC 2000. Economic & Labour Market Review (2007) 1, 57–61; doi:10.1057/palgrave.elmr.1410140

Date: 2007
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/elmr/journal/v1/n9/pdf/1410140a.pdf Link to full text PDF (application/pdf)
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/elmr/journal/v1/n9/full/1410140a.html Link to full text HTML (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:1:y:2007:i:9:p:57-61

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/41318

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economic & Labour Market Review from Palgrave Macmillan, Office for National Statistics
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().