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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003

Variable Details

Variableftypejb2
LabelDescribe dad's occupational class? Q2.27
Question text Which of these discriptions on this card best describes the sort of work your father did when you were 14?
Responses
-3 Skp,dad dead/not working 165
1 Modern professional 87
2 Clerical+Intermediate 41
3 Senior manager/administrators 50
4 Technical+craft occup 318
5 Semi-routine manual+service occup 192
6 Routine manual+service occup 223
7 Middle/junior managers 85
8 Trad.professional occup 96
98 Don't know 42
99 Not answered 25
-1 No self-completn 184
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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