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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableb7nsse11
LabelNS-SEC (Long version)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial 65
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 300
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 196
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 41
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 19
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) – employees 777
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 62
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) - self-emp 74
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-emp 17
5 Lower managerial 789
6 Higher supervisory 274
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 345
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 291
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 71
7.4 Intermediate engineering 26
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 140
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 12
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 362
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 24
10 Lower supervisory 415
11.1 Lower technical craft 173
11.2 Lower technical process operative 34
12.1 Semi-routine sales 169
12.2 Semi-routine service 221
12.3 Semi-routine technical 67
12.4 Semi-routine operative 102
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 9
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 42
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 58
13.1 Routine sales and service 62
13.2 Routine production 46
13.3 Routine technical 242
13.4 Routine operative 161
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
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 3977
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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