university of warwick institute for employment research establishment community wide occupational statistics isco 88 com a guide users peter elias and margaret birch february 1994 last line li40 acknowledgements the statistical office european communities gratefully acknowledges assistance obtained from international labour with preparation this document introduction concepts definitions describes union variant new standard classification occupations referred to as replaces previous version known 68 following sections discuss conceptual framework occupations1 detail main differences between that have arisen consequence harmonisation national classifications across represents culmination series lengthy detailed investigations in twelve countries eu combining knowledge experts each country practical considerations coding information collected by census survey techniques addressing requirement an it should not be regarded
