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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q371
Responses
-1 Skp, never had a job 70
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 126
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 133
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 46
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 26
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 361
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 19
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 32
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 184
6 Higher supervisory occupations 143
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 263
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 119
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 34
7.4 Intermed: engineering 12
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 96
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 2
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 148
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 309
11.1 Lower techn: craft 62
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 20
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 176
12.2 Semi-routine: service 215
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 44
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 69
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 6
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 49
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 28
13.1 Routine: sales and service 82
13.2 Routine: production 96
13.3 Routine: technical 116
13.4 Routine: operative 175
13.5 Routine: agriculture 5
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
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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