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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2005-2006

Variable Details

Variableh_nssec
LabelNational Statistics socio-economic classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 30
2 Higher managerial 333
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 1042
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 306
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 230
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 27
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 2684
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 159
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 232
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 17
5 Lower managerial 2415
6 Higher supervisory 957
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 572
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 783
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 232
7.4 Intermediate engineering 102
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 365
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 40
9.1 Own account workers (non- professional) 1075
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 135
10 Lower supervisory 1905
11.1 Lower technical craft 711
11.2 Lower technical process operative 162
12.1 Semi-routine sales 648
12.2 Semi-routine service 1165
12.3 Semi-routine technical 190
12.4 Semi-routine operative 418
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 77
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 152
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 168
13.1 Routine sales and service 294
13.2 Routine production 199
13.3 Routine technical 1148
13.4 Routine operative 939
13.5 Routine agricultural 32
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 83
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2005-2006
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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