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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableb7nsse02
LabelNS-SEC (Long version) – 02
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial 12
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 68
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 46
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 8
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) – employees 211
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 23
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) - self-emp 18
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-emp 1
5 Lower managerial 166
6 Higher supervisory 72
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 122
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 89
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 21
7.4 Intermediate engineering 9
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 17
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 51
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 1
10 Lower supervisory 145
11.1 Lower technical craft 45
11.2 Lower technical process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine sales 67
12.2 Semi-routine service 89
12.3 Semi-routine technical 22
12.4 Semi-routine operative 44
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 9
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 28
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 45
13.2 Routine production 30
13.3 Routine technical 63
13.4 Routine operative 79
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
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
-1 Not Applicable 8035
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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