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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2003-2004

Variable Details

Variablenssec
LabelFull NSSEC
Responses
-9 DNA 0
-8 NA 0
-6 Not eligible 5649
1 Employers in large organisations 15
2 Higher managerial occupations 751
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 642
3.2 Higher professional new employee 249
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 159
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 30
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 2018
4.2 Lower professional new employee 128
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 169
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 17
5 Lower managerial occupations 966
6 Higher supervisory occupations 624
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1276
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 706
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 276
7.4 Intermediate engineering 72
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 329
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 32
9.1 Own account workers non professional 992
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 63
10 Lower supervisory occupations 1153
11.1 Lower technical craft 456
11.2 Lower technical process operative 127
12.1 Semi routine sales 947
12.2 Semi routine services 1054
12.3 Semi routine technical 255
12.4 Semi routine operative 406
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 71
12.6 Semi routine clerical 298
12.7 Semi routine childcare 200
13.1 Routine sales and service 395
13.2 Routine production 443
13.3 Routine technical 779
13.4 Routine operative 1008
13.5 Routine agricultural 35
14.1 Never worked 664
14.2 Long-term unemployed 93
15 Full-time students 923
16 Not classified or inadequately stated 15
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2003-2004
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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