International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08)

A dataset containing the structure of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08), as published by the International Labour Establishment (ILO).

Usage

isco

Format

A data frame with 436 rows and 9 variables:

isco_version: Character. Version of the ISCO classification (e.g., `"ISCO-08"`).
major: Character. One-digit major group code.
major_label: Character. Title of the major group (e.g., `"Managers"`).
sub_major: Character. Two-digit sub-major group code.
sub_major_label: Character. Title of the sub-major group (e.g., `"Chief Executives, Senior Officials and Legislators"`).
minor: Character. Three-digit minor group code.
minor_label: Character. Title of the minor group (e.g., `"Legislators and Senior Officials"`).
unit: Character. Four-digit unit group code.
description: Character. Definition or title of the occupation at the unit group level (e.g., `"Legislators"`, `"Senior Government Officials"`).

Source

International Labour Establishment (ILO), https://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/

Details

The ISCO provides a system for classifying and aggregating occupational information to facilitate international comparisons and harmonization of occupational statistics. It is widely used in labor statistics, survey design, and policy analysis.

ISCO-08 is structured hierarchically: - Major groups (1 digit) – broad occupational categories - Sub-major groups (2 digits) – subdivisions of major groups - Minor groups (3 digits) – subdivisions of sub-major groups - Unit groups (4 digits) – most detailed level, individual occupations

Each unit group includes a description outlining the scope of the occupation according to ILO’s ISCO-08 documentation.

Examples

data(isco)
head(isco)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 9
#>   isco_version major major_label sub_major sub_major_label     minor minor_label
#>   <chr>        <chr> <chr>       <chr>     <chr>               <chr> <chr>      
#> 1 ISCO-08      1     Managers    11        Chief Executives, … 111   Legislator…
#> 2 ISCO-08      1     Managers    11        Chief Executives, … 111   Legislator…
#> 3 ISCO-08      1     Managers    11        Chief Executives, … 111   Legislator…
#> 4 ISCO-08      1     Managers    11        Chief Executives, … 111   Legislator…
#> 5 ISCO-08      1     Managers    11        Chief Executives, … 112   Managing D…
#> 6 ISCO-08      1     Managers    12        Administrative and… 121   Business S…
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: unit <chr>, description <chr>