Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 1999-2000

Variable Details

VariableHSEG
LabelHighest Income Householder Socio-Economic Group (SEG)
Responses
1 Employers and managers - large establishments 1828
2 Employers and managers - small establishments 1537
3 Professional workers - self-employed 318
4 Professional workers - employees 1076
5 Intermediate non-manual workers 3159
6 Junior non-manual workers 2238
7 Personal service workers 689
8 Foremen and supervisors 1432
9 Skilled manual workers 2728
10 Semi-skilled manual workers 1973
11 Unskilled manual workers 863
12 Own account workers (other than professional) 1118
13 Farmers - employers and managers 33
14 Farmers - own account 64
15 Agricultural workers 97
16 Members of armed forces 40
17 Inadequately described and not stated 40
Sysmiss 10994
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 1999-2000
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study.<br><br>SN 4351 includes data from the 1999 and 2000 surveys, as the SHS is conducted using a two-year cycle design. Please see documentation for further details. This study is the full version of the SHS 1999-2000, whereas SN 5030 contains the Lite dataset.