SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202426321
Sociologist/Anthropologist
Sociologist/Anthropologist investigates the origin, development, way of life and social relationships of groups of human beings. He/she collects, organises, and interprets scientific data relating to community organisations, social customs, the family and other social phenomena. He/she may specialise in a branch of sociology such as criminology, demography, penology, social ecology, social pathology, or in rural, urban or industrial sociology, and be designated accordingly.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Sociologist/Anthropologist investigates the origin, development, way of life and social relationships of groups of human beings. He/she collects, organises, and interprets scientific data relating to community organisations, social customs, the family and other social phenomena. He/she may specialise in a branch of sociology such as criminology, demography, penology, social ecology, social pathology, or in rural, urban or industrial sociology, and be designated accordingly.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Criminologist • Ethnographer • Penologist • Social pathologist
Elsewhere
No exclusion examples found.
Hierarchy context
Correspondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 26321 — Sociologist/Anthropologist
ISCO-08
- 2632 — Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.