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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variablenssec
LabelFull NSSEC
Responses
-6 4551
1 Employers in large organisations 19
2 Higher managerial occupations 599
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 563
3.2 Higher professional new employee 218
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 141
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 23
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 1781
4.2 Lower professional new employee 90
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 160
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 15
5 Lower managerial occupations 961
6 Higher supervisory occupations 523
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1103
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 582
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 219
7.4 Intermediate engineering 44
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 224
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 19
9.1 Own account workers non professional 842
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 54
10 Lower supervisory occupations 948
11.1 Lower technical craft 358
11.2 Lower technical process operative 124
12.1 Semi routine sales 760
12.2 Semi routine services 872
12.3 Semi routine technical 202
12.4 Semi routine operative 315
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 52
12.6 Semi routine clerical 265
12.7 Semi routine childcare 165
13.1 Routine sales and service 307
13.2 Routine production 328
13.3 Routine technical 654
13.4 Routine operative 808
13.5 Routine agricultural 21
14.1 Never worked 632
14.2 Long-term unemployed 85
15 Full-time students 787
16 Not classified or inadequately stated 7
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2004-2005
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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