, which is error-prone and expensive. We describe an alternative approach that allows occupation coding during the interview …Currently, most surveys ask for occupation with open-ended questions. The verbatim responses are coded afterwards … presented to the respondent, who can in turn choose the most adequate occupation. 72.4% of the respondents selected an …

ask employees about the work they perform in order to collect information about occupation. Although the question is … tailored to this classification principle, category definitions describing the work are infrequently used for coding. Instead …, coding is more indirect as coders often select job titles from a separate coding index. Since many job titles are imprecise …

ask employees about the work they perform in order to collect information about occupation. Although the question is … tailored to this classification principle, category definitions describing the work are infrequently used for coding. Instead …, coding is more indirect as coders often select job titles from a separate coding index. Since many job titles are imprecise …