Скачать или смотреть SPSS: Recoding into different variables

In this example we use the European Social Survey (ESS) round 10 dataset. We want to recode the variable isco08 (labeled Occupation, ISCO08) into 9 main categories.

In the original variable, occupations are grouped according to the International Classification of Occupations (ISCO). ISCO organizes occupations in 9 major groups (a 10th is "armed forces"), which include 433 occupational categories (excluding armed forces).

In the ESS dataset the variable isco08 has separate values for each of the 433 occupational categories. In this video we create a new variable grouping these 433 occupational categories into their 9 major occupational groups. For example managerial occupations' values in the dataset range from 1000 to 1999. In the new variable we group these values into the "Managers" category with the value of 1...