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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, March 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 173
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 116
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 49
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 38
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 11
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 404
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 21
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 29
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 198
6 Higher supervisory occupations 148
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 271
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 135
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 34
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 18
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 55
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 7
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 185
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 13
10 Lower supervisory occupations 255
11.1 Lower technical craft 78
11.2 Lower technical process operative 26
12.1 Semi-routine sales 208
12.2 Semi-routine service 196
12.3 Semi-routine technical 58
12.4 Semi-routine operative 92
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 15
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 48
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 36
13.1 Routine sales and service 64
13.2 Routine production 96
13.3 Routine technical 133
13.4 Routine operative 199
13.5 Routine agricultural 12
14.1 Never worked 101
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 85
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, March 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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