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Census of the population 1940 - Occupational groups

https://doi.org/10.5878/n3v2-tp03
This data collection is divided into two subset. For each municipality and town there is information about total population within the principal occupational groups agriculture and subsidiary industry, industry and craft, transport, storage, communication and commerce, public service and independent professions, domestic work, and unspecified occupation and also about total number of professionally employed. For towns with more than 10 000 inhabitants there is a subset including information about total population and number of professionally employed within the principal occupational groups and also within subgroups of these principal groups.
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Documentation files

  • fr1940_yrkgr_over10k_kb_en.pdf
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  • fr1940_yrkgr_over10k_kb_sv.pdf
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

  • Lennart Brantgärde - University of Gothenburg - Swedish Social Science Data Service

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

No

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

File 1 - All municipalities and towns in Sweden File 2 - Towns with more than 10 000 inhabitants

Time method:

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Time period(s) investigated:

Description of the response rate/participation rate:

File 1 includes 20 variables and 4 019 units, file 2 includes 115 variables and 48 units

Data format/data structure:

Data collection Compilation/Synthesis

Mode of collection:

Compilation/Synthesis

Time period(s) for data collection:

1940-12-31 - 1940-12-31

Source of the data:

  • Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative
  • Registers/Records/Accounts

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Municipality

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit:

Swedish Social Science Data Service

Funding

Funding agency:

  • Swedish Council for Research in the Humanitie and Social Sciences

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

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Versions

Version:

2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/n3v2-tp03Opens in a new tab

  • Data merged:

    Data from Census of the population 1940 - Occupation, local units and towns (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001626); Census of the population 1940 - Occupation, towns with more than 10000 inhabitants (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001625)

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Version:

1.1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/001626Opens in a new tab

  • Metadata added:

    -

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Version:

1.0

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/001005Opens in a new tab

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doris
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