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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2004

Variable Details

Variablenssecb
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 6
2 Higher managerial occupations 63
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 67
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 19
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 14
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 5
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 194
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 8
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 25
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 111
6 Higher supervisory occupations 58
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 123
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 67
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 25
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 6
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 36
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 4
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 100
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 122
11.1 Lower technical craft 41
11.2 Lower technical process operative 12
12.1 Semi-routine sales 89
12.2 Semi-routine service 84
12.3 Semi-routine technical 19
12.4 Semi-routine operative 35
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 32
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 23
13.1 Routine sales and service 44
13.2 Routine production 43
13.3 Routine technical 75
13.4 Routine operative 83
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 45
14.2 Long-term unemployed 8
15 Full-time students 74
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
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, February 2004
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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