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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, September 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 80
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 68
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 24
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 17
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 221
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 8
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 18
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 107
6 Higher supervisory occupations 64
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 141
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 73
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 27
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 38
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 109
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 144
11.1 Lower technical craft 42
11.2 Lower technical process operative 14
12.1 Semi-routine sales 81
12.2 Semi-routine service 116
12.3 Semi-routine technical 34
12.4 Semi-routine operative 54
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 7
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 43
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 18
13.1 Routine sales and service 40
13.2 Routine production 39
13.3 Routine technical 77
13.4 Routine operative 117
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 43
14.2 Long-term unemployed 15
15 Full-time students 57
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, September 2002
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