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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2002-2005

Variable Details

Variables2nssec1
LabelNS-SEC - Respondent
Responses
-9 Not answered (9999) 210
-8 Refusal (9998) 0
-2 No Sweep 2 0
-1 Item not applicable 3995
1 Employers in large organisations 18
2 Higher managerial occupations 3
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 14
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 8
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 0
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 0
4.1 Lower professional & higher technical (traditional) - employ 121
4.2 Lower professional & higher technical (new) - employees 14
4.3 Lower professional & higher technical (traditional) - self-e 7
4.4 Lower professional & higher technical (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial 39
6 Higher supervisory 73
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 216
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 260
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 28
7.4 Intermediate engineering 11
8.1 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 26
8.2 Employers (small - agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 58
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 681
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 205
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 11
12.1 Semi routine - sales 2116
12.2 Semi routine - service 598
12.3 Semi routine - technical 21
12.4 Semi routine - operative 65
12.5 Semi routine - agricultural 15
12.6 Semi routine - clerical 123
12.7 Semi routine - childcare 48
13.1 Routine - sales and service 856
13.2 Routine - production 60
13.3 Routine - technical 125
13.4 Routine - operative 248
13.5 Routine - agricultural 28
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
Sysmiss 6400
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYouth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2002-2005
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