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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998

Variable Details

VariableSMINGRP
LabelSpouse:R.G.Const Minor Group[ifmar]Q1127
Responses
-3 Job details missing 0
10 General managers 9
11 Production managers 39
12 Specialist Managers 39
13 Finance managers 33
14 Transport/store managers 9
15 Prt.Serve officers 4
16 Farm,hort,forest,fish managers 8
17 Service Managers 84
19 Manager+admin n.e.c. 37
20 Natural scientists 7
21 Engineers+technologists 26
22 Health professionals 12
23 Teaching professionals 87
24 Legal professionals 3
25 Bus+finance professionals 11
26 Arch,town pln,surveyors 9
27 Librarians+related prof 4
29 Prof.occup n.e.c. 12
30 Scientific technicians 20
31 Draftpsns,surveyors 3
32 Computer analyst/programmer 12
33 Ship+Air off,air traff 1
34 Health ass.profesionals 48
35 Legal ass.professionals 0
36 Bus+finance ass.profs 18
37 Social welfare ass.prof 7
38 Literary,art,sport prof 18
39 Ass.prof+tech 10
40 Admin,clerical off+assnt 23
41 Numerical clerks+cashiers 56
42 Filing+records clerks 23
43 Clerks not oth spec 55
44 Stores+dispatch clerks 20
45 Sec,PA,Typ,wp ops 45
46 Recep,tele+related 20
49 Clerical+sec n.e.c. 10
50 Construction trades 47
51 metal mach,fitt,instrument trades 34
52 Electrical/electronic trades 29
53 Metal form,weld+rel trades 25
54 Vehicle trades 16
55 Textile,garment+rel trades 25
56 Printing+rel trades 17
57 Woodwork trades 21
58 Food prep trades 3
59 Oth craft+rel n.e.c. 31
60 NCO+Oth ranks armed forces 1
61 Security+prot.serv 24
62 Catering occupations 31
63 Travel attendants+rel 1
64 Health+rel occupations 48
65 Childcare+rel occupations 41
66 Hairdressers,beauticians+rel 5
67 Domestic staff+rel 15
69 Personal+protective serv 3
70 Buyers,brokers+rel 6
71 Sales representatives 21
72 Sales assnt+checkout ops 82
73 Mobile,market+door2door 10
79 Sales occup n.e.c. 6
80 Food,drink+tob ops 9
81 Textile+tannery ops 2
82 Chemical,paper,plastic ops 18
83 Metal making+treatn ops 4
84 Metal workn ops 6
85 Assemblers,line wrkrs 21
86 Oth routine process ops 28
87 Road transport ops 54
88 Oth transport+machn ops 23
89 Plant+machn ops n.e.c. 23
90 Oth agric,forest,fish 13
91 Oth mining+manuf 4
92 Oth construction 15
93 Other transport 4
94 Oth communications 15
95 Oth sales+services 90
99 Oth occup n.e.c. 46
-2 Skp,nvr worked 35
-1 Skp,not mar/liv as 1372
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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