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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004

Variable Details

Variabler2nssec
LabelNS-SEC of Respondent -current/last job<long> Q651
Responses
-4 Skp,R nvr had job 36
-3 Skp,partner details asked 106
1 Employers large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 23
3.1 Hi prof:traditional employees 48
3.2 Hi prof:new employees 20
3.3 Hi prof:traditional self-employed 11
3.4 Hi prof:new'self-employed 3
4.1 Lo prof&higher tech: traditional employees 227
4.2 Lo prof&higher tech: new employees 10
4.3 Lo prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 9
4.4 Lo prof&higher tech: new self-employed 3
5 Lo managerial occupations 49
6 Hi supervisory occupations 90
7.1 Intermed:clerical+administrative 73
7.2 Intermed:sales+services 48
7.3 Intermed:technical+auxiliary 25
7.4 Intermed:engineering 3
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 39
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 5
9.1 Own account workers:non-professional 66
9.2 Own account workers:agriculture 11
10 Lower supervisory occupations 187
11.1 Lower techn: craft 32
11.2 Lower techn:process operative 3
12.1 Semi-routine:sales 83
12.2 Semi-routine:service 119
12.3 Semi-routine:technical 10
12.4 Semi-routine:operative 25
12.5 Semi-routine:agriculture 4
12.6 Semi-routine:clerical 18
12.7 Semi-routine:childcare 14
13.1 Routine:sales and service 39
13.2 Routine:production 26
13.3 Routine:technical 53
13.4 Routine:operative 107
13.5 Routine:agriculture 2
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated/inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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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