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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002

Variable Details

VariableHRPNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 112
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 82
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 33
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 23
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 10
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 202
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 15
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 14
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 137
6 Higher supervisory occupations 73
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 99
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 49
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 20
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 15
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 38
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 5
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 113
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 8
10 Lower supervisory occupations 131
11.1 Lower technical craft 61
11.2 Lower technical process operative 10
12.1 Semi-routine sales 54
12.2 Semi-routine service 71
12.3 Semi-routine technical 38
12.4 Semi-routine operative 47
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 7
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 16
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 9
13.1 Routine sales and service 16
13.2 Routine production 43
13.3 Routine technical 100
13.4 Routine operative 90
13.5 Routine agricultural 7
14.1 Never worked 32
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 13
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 21
8 Refused 0
9 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.
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