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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablenssec
LabelRespondent: ONS Socio-Economic Classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 5
2 Higher managerial occupation 153
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 178
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 44
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 42
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 560
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 28
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 50
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 258
6 Higher supervisory occupations 185
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 230
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 165
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 53
7.4 Intermed: engineering 22
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 117
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 11
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 198
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 12
10 Lower supervisory occupations 382
11.1 Lower techn: craft 83
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 31
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 201
12.2 Semi-routine: service 225
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 54
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 93
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 10
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 59
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 40
13.1 Routine: sales and service 70
13.2 Routine: production 72
13.3 Routine: technical 142
13.4 Routine: operative 194
13.5 Routine: agriculture 9
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
Sysmiss 807
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
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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