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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, November 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 63
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 65
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 25
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 15
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 189
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 10
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 9
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 103
6 Higher supervisory occupations 60
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 99
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 61
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 26
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 25
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 107
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 115
11.1 Lower technical craft 35
11.2 Lower technical process operative 7
12.1 Semi-routine sales 101
12.2 Semi-routine service 100
12.3 Semi-routine technical 25
12.4 Semi-routine operative 30
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 18
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 17
13.1 Routine sales and service 27
13.2 Routine production 41
13.3 Routine technical 60
13.4 Routine operative 82
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 50
14.2 Long-term unemployed 6
15 Full-time students 50
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, 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), 8 cycles per year thereafter.
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