Derivation Matrices for the Former Official Measures of Social Class, 2000, 2010 and 2020

<p>The two former official measures of social class - Social Class by Occupation (SC), previously known as Registrar General's Social Class (RGSC), and Socio-economic Groups (SEG) - were discontinued in 2001 when the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) was adopted as the sole official measure of social class in the UK.</p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Derivation Matrices for the Former Official Measures of Social Class, 2000, 2010 and 2020</span> provides derivation matrices for SC and SEG from the Standard Occupational Classifications 2000, 2010, and 2020 after their official discontinuation to enable their use in longitudinal data and comparative analyses.<br><br>Further information is available in the publications detailing the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/standardoccupationalclassificationsoc/soc2010/soc2010volume3thenationalstatisticssocioeconomicclassificationnssecrebasedonsoc2010" target="_blank">2010</a> and <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/standardoccupationalclassificationsoc/soc2020/soc2020volume3thenationalstatisticssocioeconomicclassificationnssecrebasedonthesoc2020" target="_blank">2020</a> work.<br> </p>