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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Crime Survey, 2002-2003

Variable Details

Variablerespsec
LabelRespondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 17
2 Higher managerial occupations 91
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 148
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 94
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 32
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 11
4.1 Lower professional and technical: Traditional employees 464
4.2 Lower professional and technical: New employees 22
4.3 Lower professional and technical: Traditional self-employed 37
4.4 Lower professional and technical: New-self employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 161
6 Higher supervisory occupations 129
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 197
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 161
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 32
7.4 Intermediate engineering 17
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 165
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 134
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 250
11.1 Lower technical craft 47
11.2 Lower technical process operative 40
12.1 Semi-routine sales 173
12.2 Semi-routine service 312
12.3 Semi-routine technical 65
12.4 Semi-routine operative 119
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 43
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 19
13.1 Routine sales and service 79
13.2 Routine production 171
13.3 Routine technical 93
13.4 Routine operative 202
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 Never worked 455
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 527
16 Occupation not stated/inadequately described 219
17 Not classed for other reasons 16
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Crime Survey, 2002-2003
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