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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 80
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 58
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 25
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 18
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 8
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 220
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 15
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 15
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 90
6 Higher supervisory occupations 78
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 130
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 62
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 22
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 12
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 28
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 6
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 102
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 124
11.1 Lower technical craft 39
11.2 Lower technical process operative 8
12.1 Semi-routine sales 106
12.2 Semi-routine service 88
12.3 Semi-routine technical 30
12.4 Semi-routine operative 47
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 24
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 19
13.1 Routine sales and service 26
13.2 Routine production 51
13.3 Routine technical 67
13.4 Routine operative 106
13.5 Routine agricultural 8
14.1 Never worked 49
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 45
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC - long version (Operational categories)
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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