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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel

Variable Details

Variablerseggrpa
LabelR's Socio-economic group[9 cat] Q287
Responses
-3 Job details missing 12
-2 Skpd,never had job 139
1 Professional 141
2 Employers/managers 571
3 Intermediate non-manual 489
4 Junior non-manual 726
5 Skilled manual 716
6 Semi-skilled manual 593
7 Unskilled manual 263
8 Other occupation 5
9 Occupation not classified 7
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel
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