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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 91
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 71
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 20
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 16
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 5
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 191
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 14
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 15
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 97
6 Higher supervisory occupations 65
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 159
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 68
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 24
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 5
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 36
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 98
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 125
11.1 Lower technical craft 36
11.2 Lower technical process operative 25
12.1 Semi-routine sales 114
12.2 Semi-routine service 105
12.3 Semi-routine technical 25
12.4 Semi-routine operative 41
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 7
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 28
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 25
13.1 Routine sales and service 48
13.2 Routine production 38
13.3 Routine technical 71
13.4 Routine operative 113
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 60
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 42
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
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, October 2002
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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