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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, April 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SECB - long version
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 64
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 67
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 33
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 21
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 5
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 244
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 18
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 19
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 85
6 Higher supervisory occupations 73
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 147
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 71
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 26
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 36
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 6
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 111
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 126
11.1 Lower technical craft 44
11.2 Lower technical process operative 20
12.1 Semi-routine sales 95
12.2 Semi-routine service 120
12.3 Semi-routine technical 32
12.4 Semi-routine operative 40
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 39
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 16
13.1 Routine sales and service 40
13.2 Routine production 51
13.3 Routine technical 79
13.4 Routine operative 100
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 "Never Worked" 44
14.2 Long term unemployed 11
15 full-time students 65
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, April 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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