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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003

Variable Details

Variablenssecb
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 90
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 69
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 28
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 24
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 201
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 15
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 15
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 96
6 Higher supervisory occupations 67
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 127
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 62
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 28
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 75
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 11
10 Lower supervisory occupations 96
11.1 Lower technical craft 38
11.2 Lower technical process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine sales 92
12.2 Semi-routine service 83
12.3 Semi-routine technical 21
12.4 Semi-routine operative 33
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 8
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 24
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 21
13.1 Routine sales and service 30
13.2 Routine production 22
13.3 Routine technical 67
13.4 Routine operative 99
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 62
14.2 Long-term unemployed 13
15 Full-time students 66
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003
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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