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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variableb7nssec
LabelNS-SEC (Long version)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial 508
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 458
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 286
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 69
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 22
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) – employees 1151
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 73
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) - self-emp 108
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-emp 9
5 Lower managerial 721
6 Higher supervisory 413
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 494
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 378
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 90
7.4 Intermediate engineering 47
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 188
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 8
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 515
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 32
10 Lower supervisory 628
11.1 Lower technical craft 213
11.2 Lower technical process operative 41
12.1 Semi-routine sales 244
12.2 Semi-routine service 296
12.3 Semi-routine technical 87
12.4 Semi-routine operative 123
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 11
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 79
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 105
13.1 Routine sales and service 90
13.2 Routine production 62
13.3 Routine technical 235
13.4 Routine operative 198
13.5 Routine agricultural 7
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full time students 0
16 Not known for reason other than student 0
17 Not known for other reason 0
-9 Refusal 0
-3 insufficient information to code 24
-1 Not Applicable 1652
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort (including rotational panel)
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