Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSGHCLASS
LabelSpouse/partner Goldthorpe-heath clasQ679
Responses
-3 Job details missing 8
-2 Never had job 26
-1 Skpd,not mar/liv as 328
1 Service class, higher 42
2 Service class, lower 66
3 Routine non-manual 40
4 Personal service 25
5 Small proprietors,with empl 21
6 Small proprietors,no empl 29
7 Farmers & smallholders 24
8 Foreman & technicians 44
9 Skilled manual workers 42
10 Semi and unskilled manual workers 88
11 Agricultural workers 2
99 Insufficient info 1
998 Don't know 0
999 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
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.