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Coding error - social care workers.

A error has been detected in the occupation coding of social care workers in the 2006 Census. Persons who recorded their occupation as 'social care worker' were incorrectly coded as 'Social workers and probation officers'. These persons should have been coded as 'Matrons, houseparents, welfare, community and youth workers'. Table 8 of Volume 8 - Occupations is affected by this coding error as follows:

Originally published:

OccupationPersonsMalesFemales
293 Social workers and probation officers
5213
889
4324
371 Matrons, houseparents, welfare, community and youth workers
9867
2864
7003

Correct figures:

OccupationPersonsMalesFemales
293 Social workers and probation officers
3109
563
2546
371 Matrons, houseparents, welfare, community and youth workers
11971
3190
8781

Please note that the Table 8 in PDF format has not been amended to reflect the above change.

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