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Title: Furnace, Kiln, and Oven Operators in the American Community Survey
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In one of my research projects, I’m examining shifts in employment by occupational categories in the Detroit and Pittsburgh region. One result of my work is that I’ve become much more familiar with the 1990 Census Bureau occupational classification scheme. The occupational categories that respondents are placed into are fairly detailed. Specific categories exist for locksmiths and safe repairers (code 536), railroad conductors and yardmasters (code 823), payroll and timekeeping clerks (code 338), funeral directors (code 019), and even sociology instructors (code 125, under Teachers, Postsecondary). Examining the characteristics of workers in particular occupation categories can illustrate the structure of their labor market, and the information can help develop a sociological imagination. The category that recently caught my eye, is “furnace, kiln, and oven operators, apart from food (code 766),” because working around kilns and furnaces has become a tradition in my family.
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Authors: King, Colby
Publisher: Everyday Sociology
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS Time Use - ATUS, IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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