Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2003-2004

Variable Details

Variableh_nssec
LabelNational Statistics socio-economic classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 26
2 Higher managerial 311
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 1085
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 326
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 244
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 29
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 2317
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 168
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 195
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 16
5 Lower managerial 2366
6 Higher supervisory 802
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 584
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 746
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 226
7.4 Intermediate engineering 112
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 300
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 60
9.1 Own account workers (non- professional) 948
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 154
10 Lower supervisory 1738
11.1 Lower technical craft 722
11.2 Lower technical process operative 130
12.1 Semi-routine sales 503
12.2 Semi-routine service 967
12.3 Semi-routine technical 223
12.4 Semi-routine operative 354
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 69
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 132
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 88
13.1 Routine sales and service 219
13.2 Routine production 183
13.3 Routine technical 1128
13.4 Routine operative 831
13.5 Routine agricultural 27
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 3
Sysmiss 12490
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2003-2004
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study