1. ENCODING TOOL DEVELOPED BY HUNGARY Márta Záhonyi
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
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2. The past Previous practice of encoding of occupation
Encoding by interviewers and encoders after interviewing
Recording by data entry operators from the paper questionnaire
Encoding materials used:
4-digit system of the classification of occupations
Correspondence table between HSCO and ISCO
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3. The present The reasons for changing method
Introduction of new classification
To improve the quality
The elements of the new method
Centralized group of encoders
Encoding programme for occupation
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4. The present Data processing Paper and pencil survey
Encoding and recording of the LFS information except for occupation are carried out in county offices according to procedure formerly used
Export of occupational and some related variables from the closed data set to the encoding programme developed for encoding occupational entries
Coding and recording occupation by the centralized group of encoders
Consistency, coherency and plausibility analysis of the recorded data, corrections if needed
Occupational variables are put back into the data base
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5. Centralized encoding started in 2011
4 encoders practiced in encoding and LFS
Special 1 day consultation besides the general training
Direct communication with the experts of the occupational classification and of LFS
Coding materials available:
Classification system, definitions and methodology guide of HSCO-08 and ISCO-08
Correspondence table between HSCO-08 and ISCO-08
Searching programme for job titles built in the encoding programme
Searching programme on the web containing definitions as well
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6. Development of the encoding programme
Developed by the IT Department of the HCSO in Blaise 4.5
Taking into account
the professional aspects of the LFS
the needs of encoders
and the IT options, feasibility
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7. How does it work?
In the first application window can be seen the records to be coded
The records can be sorted by different variables, e.g. by occupations in alphabetical order
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9. How does it work?
The next application window is the encoding interface itself with the following information:
Occupation title
Description of tasks and duties
Other additional information (educational attainment, activity and size of the employer and local unit, rank, status in employment, supervisory responsibilities etc.)
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11. How does it work? Searching by text (job title)
By default, the recorded occupational title appears in the searching field
By pressing any key the searching window appears
It contains job titles
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14. How does it work? Searching by code Entering the code
If the code has direct equivalent in ISCO-08, it is automatically recorded
If it is not the case, the appropriate ISCO-08 code can be selected on the searching interface
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19. Warnings on screen Controlling at record level
In-built consistency tests regarding relations between certain information
Occupation and industry
Occupation and size of the employer
Occupation and supervisory responsibilities
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22. Comment field
A text field where notes can be made by the encoders in connection with
warnings
revealed mistakes or inconsistency
insufficient information (job titles)
Analysis of the comments
Provides useful information on interviewing, encoding and recording mistakes in the previous phase
Feedback to the group of encoders (continuously) and to interviewers (periodically)
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23. Future Future plans and tasks
Adaption of this encoding method for computer-aided data collection (CAPI)
Improving the quality of
occupational entries (interviewer)
encoding (encoders)
by monitoring and communication
Completion of the list of job titles with further 7 thousand items (15 thousand)
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