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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variableaq58a
LabelR's Occupation
Question text From this card please tell me which best describes the sort of work youdo. (If you are not working now, please tell me what you did in your last job).
Responses
1 Professional or higher technical work 680
2 Manager or senior administrator 423
3 Clerical 438
4 Sales or services 357
5 Small business owner 171
6 Foreman or supervisor of other workers 130
7 Skilled manual work 439
8 Semi-skilled or unskilled manual work 642
9 Other (WRITE IN) 239
10 Never worked 64
98 Refused 2
99 Don't know 1206
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD GG. IF ‘other’ AT [Aq58a], [OthSpe26], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS).
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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