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Directory Occupation Search
The Directory Occupations Search generates and displays a list of the occupations recorded in the directories.
How to Use the Occupations Search
The search can be done for any or all of the directory years; select the years you want to include by checking the appropriate checkboxes. If you check the "Show all occupations" checkbox, all occupations in the database will be listed, even if there are no directory records for that occupation in the selected years. If you check the "Show percent change" checkbox, the percent change of the number of records between two directory years will be calculated and displayed. You must select at least two directory years for the percentage to be calculated. If you check the "Break down by city" checkbox, the occupation list will be broken down by city (Victoria and Nanaimo); if the checkbox is not checked, the results for both cities will be combined.
The Search Results List
Any results from your search are displayed in the form of a table. The number of columns that will be displayed depends on the number of directory years you selected, and whether or not the "Show percent change" checkbox is checked.
The data in the table columns can be sorted by clicking the
or
symbol found in each
column title. The column that the data is currently sorted on will have one
of these symbols in red.
The occupation name is a link. Clicking on an occupation will do an automatic search of the directory data for the selected years, to display all records using that occupation.