Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997; Cross Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableMGHCLASS
LabelMother's Goldthorpe Heath class [no father] Q707
Responses
1 Service class, higher 4
2 Service class, lower 23
3 Routine non-manual 15
4 Personal service 12
5 Small proprietors, with empl 7
6 Small proprietors, no empl 6
7 Farmers & smallholders 0
8 Foreman & technicians 7
9 Skilled manual workers 8
10 Semi and unskilled manual workers 57
11 Agricultural workers 2
99 Insufficient info 6
-3 Skp, mother's job no details 72
-2 Skp, mother not work 198
-1 Skp, obtain father's job details 3198
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997; Cross Section Survey
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in Great Britain;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study