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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, August 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SECB - long version
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 5
2 Higher managerial occupations 73
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 60
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 22
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 18
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 210
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 10
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 125
6 Higher supervisory occupations 68
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 146
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 75
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 24
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 40
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 110
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 119
11.1 Lower technical craft 40
11.2 Lower technical process operative 13
12.1 Semi-routine sales 106
12.2 Semi-routine service 103
12.3 Semi-routine technical 28
12.4 Semi-routine operative 33
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 13
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 25
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 20
13.1 Routine sales and service 52
13.2 Routine production 58
13.3 Routine technical 95
13.4 Routine operative 118
13.5 Routine agricultural 6
14.1 "Never Worked" 44
14.2 Long term unemployed 10
15 full-time students 61
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, August 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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