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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariablePNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q1040
Responses
-5 Skp,Sps nvr had job 0
-4 Skp,R work/wait4work 1395
-3 skp,spouse not work/wait4work 620
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 7
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 20
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 7
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 6
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 31
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 1
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 6
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 40
6 Higher supervisory occupations 8
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 7
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 5
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 7
7.4 Intermed: engineering 2
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 0
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 0
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 38
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 23
11.1 Lower techn: craft 16
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 2
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 12
12.2 Semi-routine: service 14
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 5
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 9
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 0
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 2
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 3
13.1 Routine: sales and service 3
13.2 Routine: production 3
13.3 Routine: technical 21
13.4 Routine: operative 16
13.5 Routine: agriculture 0
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 14
-1 Skp,not mar/liv as 2082
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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