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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2002-2003

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelFull NSSEC
Responses
-9 DNA 0
-8 NA 0
-6 Not eligible 4414
1 Employers in large organisations 22
2 Higher managerial occupations 579
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 516
3.2 Higher professional new employee 234
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 153
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 21
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 1665
4.2 Lower professional new employee 94
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 157
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 19
5 Lower managerial occupations 859
6 Higher supervisory occupations 514
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1140
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 511
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 200
7.4 Intermediate engineering 46
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 307
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 14
9.1 Own account workers non professional 840
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 54
10 Lower supervisory occupations 975
11.1 Lower technical craft 441
11.2 Lower technical process operative 114
12.1 Semi routine sales 721
12.2 Semi routine services 852
12.3 Semi routine technical 244
12.4 Semi routine operative 332
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 58
12.6 Semi routine clerical 256
12.7 Semi routine childcare 179
13.1 Routine sales and service 308
13.2 Routine production 336
13.3 Routine technical 630
13.4 Routine operative 825
13.5 Routine agricultural 36
14.1 Never worked 507
14.2 Long-term unemployed 151
15 Full-time students 820
16 Not classified or inadequately stated 2
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2002-2003
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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