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Table C.2: Own account software, 1981-1996
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| 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
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| Total W&S of programmers/ systems analysts1 | Data for 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 from Census, by industry, using SOC91 C062 & C063 (1990/95), SOC80 2183 (1980/85), figures for 1980/85 ratio-adjusted for break in occupational classification, 1980 data indexed to 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| X ratio of WS&SLI to W&S, by industry2 | Ratios for 1981, 1985, 1990 and 1995 from I/O, applied on assumption of same add-on to costs for programmers / analysts as all other workers in each industry; averages of industry ratios are 1.10 to 1.14 over 1981-95 | |||||||||||||||
| = WS&SLI of programmers/analysts | ||||||||||||||||
| - Adjustment for software embedded/sold | For 1981, 1985, 1990 and 1995, deduction of the part of labour costs in software producing/embedding industries in excess of thresholds; 34% overall reduction for 1981, 36% for 1985, 38% for 1990, 43% for 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| - Adjustment for non-development work | For 1981, 1985, 1990 and 1995, arbitrary 50% reduction across all industries | |||||||||||||||
| = Labour cost of own-account software | ||||||||||||||||
| + Other non-labour costs3 | For 1981, 1985, 1990 and 1995, add 46% on top of labour cost, % based on ratio of operating expenses to labour cost for 'custom software developers' (SCS 1997), % assumed to apply to all industries | |||||||||||||||
| = Investment in own-account software | Inter-censal & post-censal annual benchmarks obtained by straight-line interpolation of ratio of own-account investment to labour income (by I/O industry), with fitted ratios applied to labour income (by I/O industry) for 1981-1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Of which: | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Sum of estimates for 'industries' belonging to government sector | |||||||||||||||
| Business | Sum of estimates for industries belonging to business sector | |||||||||||||||
1 SOC80 and SOC91 are the Standard Occupation Classifications, 1980 and 1991; C062 and C063 are the codes for 'computer systems analysts' and 'computer programmers', while 2183 is for 'Systems analysts, computer programmers, and related'.
2 Wages and salaries (W&S); Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income (WS&SLI)
3 Survey of Computer Services (SCS).
