Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCSECT
LabelSpouse's occupational sector[sp emp]Q638
Question text Spouse: Which of the types of organisation on this card (do you work/will you be working/did you work) for? Private sector firm or company (including limited companies and plcs); Nationalised industry/public corporation; Local Authority/Education and Library Board; Health authority/NHS hospital/NHS Hospital Trust (including GP surgeries); Central government/Civil Service/Government Agency; Charity/Voluntary sector (including charitable companies) or other?
Responses
1 Private sector firm or company (includin 186
2 Nationalised industry / public corporati 11
3 Local authority / Education and Library 50
4 Health authority / NHS hospital / NHS Ho 32
5 Central government / Civil service / Gov 37
6 Charity / Voluntary sector (including ch 12
7 OTHER ANSWER 4
8 Don't know 0
9 Not answered 8
-3 Skp,self-employed 92
-2 Skp,nvr had job 26
-1 Skp,not mar/liv as 328
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD B2
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland.;Northern Irish adults;National;Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland. Addresses were sampled from the rating list provided by the Valuation and Land Agency. The areas in which the survey was undertaken include: Belfast (Belfast District Council area); most of the remaining district council areas east of the river Bann, excluding Moyle, Newry and Mourne; and the remaining council areas in west Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sampling frame is the rating list. Geographical stratification (into three areas) followed by simple (ie unclustered) random sample of address, and random selection of one adult at each address.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was undertaken every year from 1989 to 1996, except in 1992 when BSA core funding was devoted to the <i>British Election Study</i> series.