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International statistical classifications: issues and their role when comparing social structures

International statistical classifications: issues and their role when comparing social structures. Presentation to the practical workshop on occupational classification and coding, RSS, London, 21 June 2004. The roles of international classifications.

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International statistical classifications: issues and their role when comparing social structures

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  1. International statistical classifications: issues and their role when comparing social structures Presentation to the practical workshop on occupational classification and coding, RSS, London, 21 June 2004

  2. The roles of international classifications • To serve as models for national classifications • To facilitate international communication about the phenomena that they describe • For statistical classification: to facilitate international comparison of statistics and the phenomena that are described and analyzed with these statistics 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  3. ILO’s work involve • Serving as custodian: • ISCO-88 • ICSE-93 • Adopting and adapting: • ISIC, rev. 3 (for most areas of labour statistics) • ICD (e.g. for occupational injuries) • COICOP and CPC (e.g. for CPI and HIES) • Advising on effective and reliable use of these classifications 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  4. Basic assumptions underlying the international statistical classifications • There are sufficient similarties between the social and economic structures of the world’s countries to make international standard classifications meaningful and useful • The simplifications necessary to reflect these similarities require that the social realities are abstracted to different elements, each requiring a separate classification (value set) 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  5. Most relevant social dimensions • Type of work being done (tasks and duties): ISCO-88 • Type of contractual situation (economic risk and authority): ICSE-93 • Type of products and services produced (activity): ISIC, rev. 3.1 • Degree of ’formality’ of workplace • Educational attainment: ISCED-97 • Physical location 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  6. The roles of the custodians of the international classifications • Providing and documenting the international coding framework • Providing guidance on the effective adaptation of these frameworks to national situations • Providing guidance on the effective use of these frameworks to obtain reliable information for different users (i.e. question formulations as well as coding tools and strategies) 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  7. For ISCO-88 it has been recommended that • ISCO-88 should be improved • By defining new groups • By updating definitional descriptions for existing groups • A revision of main principles and structure is not desirable 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

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  9. Main areas for improvement of ISCO-88 • Jobs predominantly found in • the ‘informal economy’ • agriculture • the public sector • the armed forces • Jobs directly involved with developing, maintaining and using new technologies (e.g. for information and telecommunications, and in biology) • Treatment of supervisors 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  10. Other improvements needed • Better support for custodians of national occupational classifications • Better support for client-related applications, e.g. job placements • Mechanisms for continuous up-dating, e.g. through a dedicated web-site • Mechanisms for exchange of national experiences 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  11. ICSE-93 concerns • Report on practices in national statistics was discussed at the 16th ICLS: no significant developments reported by NSI since then • Contractual forms for workers (e.g. disguisehed self-employment) is a concern for ILO constituents: discussed at 2003 ILC • Relevant for ‘informal employment’, but of limited practical importance for statistics on its scope • Proposal to explore borderline situations with interested NSIs 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

  12. Possible work on ICSE-93 • Explore borderline situations between paid-employment and self-employment • Establish effective and reliable means to identify workers in contractual situations of particular concern (e.g. ‘outworkers’/’homeworkers’, ‘forced labour’, ‘contractors’, ‘work gang members’) 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

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