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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001

Variable Details

VariableR2NSSEC
LabelNS-SEC for respondent
Responses
-2 Skip, ask partner 73
-1 Skip, never had job 43
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupation 22
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 41
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 10
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 7
3.4 Higher prof: new self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech: traditional employees 125
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech: new employees 1
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech: traditional self-employed 9
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech: new self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 36
6 Higher supervisory occupations 30
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 69
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 38
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 11
7.4 Intermed: engineering 2
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 39
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 3
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 48
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 6
10 Lower supervisory occupations 78
11.1 Lower techn: craft 29
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 11
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 52
12.2 Semi-routine: service 62
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 22
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 37
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 3
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 9
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 4
13.1 Routine: sales and service 27
13.2 Routine: production 33
13.3 Routine: technical 45
13.4 Routine: operative 51
13.5 Routine: agriculture 1
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadequate described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in private households in Wales during 2001.;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was repeated in 2003 (see SN:5052).
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