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OCC2

Description

OCC2 reports the respondent's primary occupation.

This variable provides the same information as OCC, which provides the four-digit Census occupation codes. For the convenience of researchers who do not need the level of detail available in OCC, OCC2 collapses all occupations in the four-digit classification scheme into 22 broader occupations. In addition, researchers who prefer even less detail may use the first two digits of OCC2 to create an occupation variable with only 10 categories.

OCC2 was collected at the time of the ATUS interview. Occupation information for the respondent's main job was also collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. See OCC2_CPS8 (and OCC_CPS8). The Armed Forces occupational category is included in OCC2_CPS8 but not in OCC2.

If a respondent has another (second) job, OCC2_OJ_CPS8 reports the occupation information for that job using the same industry categories as OCC2_CPS8. OCC_OJ_CPS8 reports occupation information for the second job using the four-digit Census industry codes. Industry information for the second job was not collected during the ATUS interview.

Universe

2003-2010: Employed ATUS respondents.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
110..111 Management, business, and financial occupations  
110

Management occupations

 1618 1020 981 893 997 989 972 989
111

Business and financial operations occupations

 606 433 408 386 354 416 436 381
120..127 Professional and related occupations  
120

Computer and mathematical science occupations

 305 212 233 214 215 253 258 233
121

Architecture and engineering occupations

 314 210 192 165 167 178 190 169
122

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 156 102 103 91 82 94 98 93
123

Community and social service occupations

 274 168 154 149 126 136 159 162
124

Legal occupations

 153 118 124 111 98 108 126 109
125

Education, training, and library occupations

 900 622 586 614 550 572 580 640
126

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 274 200 178 162 159 155 156 170
127

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 731 503 458 443 408 460 495 486
130..134 Service Occupations  
130

Healthcare support occupations

 278 209 176 196 174 167 205 186
131

Protective service occupations

 265 164 172 169 165 187 171 185
132

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 541 324 360 360 346 352 317 338
133

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 464 318 282 329 261 342 323 278
134

Personal care and service occupations

 444 311 285 301 296 283 305 286
140 Sales and related occupations 1362 908 913 918 851 830 800 794
150 Office and administrative support occupations 1936 1264 1171 1133 1072 1094 1052 994
160 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 93 62 69 58 51 62 69 50
170 Construction and extraction occupations 632 418 421 387 383 384 319 354
180 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 440 293 263 275 255 234 257 274
190 Production occupations 843 556 549 489 466 489 431 434
200 Transportation and material moving occupations 721 424 400 407 422 436 399 414
9999 NIU (Not in universe) 7370 5134 4560 4693 4350 4502 5015 5241