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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Family Expenditure Survey, 1988

Variable Details

Variablea179
LabelSOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP OF CES
Responses
0 NOT RECORDED 0
1 EMPLOYER-LRGE ESTMNT 3
2 MANAGER-LRGE ESTMNT 540
3 EMPLOYER-SML ESTMNT 146
4 MANAGER-SML ESTMNT 260
5 PROF WKRS-SELF EMP 79
6 PROF WKRS-EMPLOYEES 310
7 ANCLLRY WKRS&ARTISTS 487
8 FRMN&SUPVSR-NON-MAN 165
9 JUNIOR NON-MAN WKRS 528
10 PERS.SRVCE WORKERS 98
11 FRMN&SUPVSR-MANUAL 288
12 MANUAL WKRS\SKILLED 746
13 MANUAL\SEMI-SKILLED 439
14 MANUAL\UNSKILLED 179
15 OWN ACCOUNT NOT PROF 308
16 FARMERS-EMPLYR&MANAG 30
17 FARMERS-OWN ACCOUNT 22
18 AGRICULTURAL WKRS 48
19 MEMBERS OF HM FORCES 21
20 OTHR WORKERS OCPN NK 0
21 RETIRED 1610
22 UNOCCUPIED 958
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFamily Expenditure Survey, 1988
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