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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2005-2006

Variable Details

Variabler_nssec
LabelNational Statistics socio-economic classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 13
2 Higher managerial 343
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 721
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 208
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 62
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 7
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 2208
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 126
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 101
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 4
5 Lower managerial 1304
6 Higher supervisory 784
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 774
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 873
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 261
7.4 Intermediate engineering 70
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 177
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 17
9.1 Own account workers (non- professional) 358
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 49
10 Lower supervisory 1301
11.1 Lower technical craft 496
11.2 Lower technical process operative 121
12.1 Semi-routine sales 904
12.2 Semi-routine service 1242
12.3 Semi-routine technical 126
12.4 Semi-routine operative 293
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 61
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 203
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 224
13.1 Routine sales and service 431
13.2 Routine production 194
13.3 Routine technical 769
13.4 Routine operative 920
13.5 Routine agricultural 27
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 49
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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