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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2004

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q519
Responses
-1 Skp,nvr had job 70
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 54
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 123
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 61
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 35
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 7
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 425
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 37
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 49
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 85
6 Higher supervisory occupations 200
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 193
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 121
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 40
7.4 Intermed: engineering 13
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 90
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 12
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 156
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 10
10 Lower supervisory occupations 363
11.1 Lower techn: craft 70
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 27
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 167
12.2 Semi-routine: service 182
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 30
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 73
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 9
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 42
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 30
13.1 Routine: sales and service 68
13.2 Routine: production 48
13.3 Routine: technical 112
13.4 Routine: operative 173
13.5 Routine: agriculture 2
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
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 19
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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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