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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1998

Variable Details

Variablehseg
LabelHOH: Socio-Economic Group code
Responses
1 Employers - large establishments 19
2 Managers - large establishments 2381
3 Employers - small establishments 549
4 Managers - small establishments 1265
5 Professional - self-employed 315
6 Professional - employees 931
7 Intermediate non-manual ancillary 1481
8 Intermediate non-manual foremen 398
9 Junior non-manual 2018
10 Personal service 596
11 Foremen and supervisors - manual 1055
12 Skilled manual 3108
13 Semi - skilled manual 2122
14 Unskilled manual 915
15 Own account (other than professional) 1651
16 Farmers - employers and managers 65
17 Farmers - own account 43
18 Agricultural 198
19 Armed forces 77
20 Inadequately described/not stated 113
-9 Refusal (98) 0
-8 Don't know (99) 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 354
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsSocio-Economic Group
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households in England;Adults;Children;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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