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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1992; Cross-Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableV902.N
LabelFather's Goldthorpe-Heath class Q902.n
Responses
-2 Never had job 0
-1 Skp,no info father's job 328
1 Prof&Man:high grade 333
2 Prof&Man:low grade 278
3 Routine office 156
4 Sales & personal 14
5 Small petty bourgeoisie with employees 212
6 Small petty bourgeoisie without employees 101
7 Farmers 124
8 Manual foremen etc 246
9 Skilled manual 797
10 Semi, unskilled manual 82
11 Agric. employees 764
99 Insufficient information 99
Sysmiss 1698
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1992; Cross-Section Survey
UniverseElectors in Great Britain;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample: 3 stage selection procedure. See Technical Notes for further details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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