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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2002

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version <respondent> Q304
Responses
-4 Skp,R never worked 0
-3 Skp,ask partner details 0
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 125
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 112
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 50
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 36
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 423
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 20
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 40
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 239
6 Higher supervisory occupations 150
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 237
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 131
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 37
7.4 Intermed: engineering 13
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 93
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 6
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 156
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 6
10 Lower supervisory occupations 312
11.1 Lower techn: craft 74
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 13
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 178
12.2 Semi-routine: service 205
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 51
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 56
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 10
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 48
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 21
13.1 Routine: sales and service 65
13.2 Routine: production 87
13.3 Routine: technical 138
13.4 Routine: operative 196
13.5 Routine: agriculture 2
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 12
-1 Skp,nvr had job 86
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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