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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, Internet for ICT Learning Module, October and November, 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 78
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 81
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 29
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 17
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 230
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 15
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 11
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 115
6 Higher supervisory occupations 71
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 123
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 74
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 33
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 5
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 28
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 118
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 129
11.1 Lower technical craft 38
11.2 Lower technical process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine sales 124
12.2 Semi-routine service 115
12.3 Semi-routine technical 26
12.4 Semi-routine operative 31
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 8
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 21
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 20
13.1 Routine sales and service 33
13.2 Routine production 44
13.3 Routine technical 65
13.4 Routine operative 92
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 57
14.2 Long-term unemployed 7
15 Full-time students 63
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 2
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, Internet for ICT Learning Module, October and November, 2002
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC - long version (Operational categories)
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), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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