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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2005 - September 2006

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 14
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 568
11.1 Lower technical craft 149
11.2 Lower technical process operative 33
12.1 Semi routine sales 374
12.2 Semi routine services 406
12.3 Semi routine technical 83
12.4 Semi routine operative 119
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 16
12.6 Semi routine clerical 114
12.7 Semi routine childcare 101
13.1 Routine sales and service 98
13.2 Routine production 84
13.3 Routine technical 258
13.4 Routine operative 323
13.5 Routine agricultural 8
14.1 Never worked 149
14.2 Long-term unemployed 53
15.0 Full-time students 475
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 995
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 2
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 353
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 338
3.2 Higher professional new employee 125
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 87
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 14
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 1030
4.2 Lower professional new employee 50
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 109
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 7
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 537
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 334
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 472
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 318
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 79
7.4 Intermediate engineering 30
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 149
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 7
9.1 Own account workers non professional 501
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 35
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 122
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2005 - September 2006
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