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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variabler2nssec
LabelNS-SEC of R -current/last job<long> Q649
Responses
-4 Skp,R nvr worked 36
-3 Skp,Spouse asked 98
1 Employers large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 45
3.1 Hi prof:traditional employees 51
3.2 Hi prof:new employees 18
3.3 Hi prof:traditional self-employed 17
3.4 Hi prof:new'self-employed 1
4.1 Lo prof&higher tech: traditional employees 208
4.2 Lo prof&higher tech: new employees 8
4.3 Lo prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 13
4.4 Lo prof&higher tech: new self-employed 0
5 Lo managerial occupations 68
6 Hi supervisory occupations 86
7.1 Intermed:clerical+administrative 83
7.2 Intermed:sales+services 47
7.3 Intermed:technical+auxiliary 24
7.4 Intermed:engineering 3
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 42
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 9
9.1 Own account workers:non-professional 55
9.2 Own account workers:agriculture 10
10 Lower supervisory occupations 143
11.1 Lower techn: craft 23
11.2 Lower techn:process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine:sales 74
12.2 Semi-routine:service 84
12.3 Semi-routine:technical 12
12.4 Semi-routine:operative 16
12.5 Semi-routine:agriculture 3
12.6 Semi-routine:clerical 23
12.7 Semi-routine:childcare 16
13.1 Routine:sales and service 25
13.2 Routine:production 38
13.3 Routine:technical 72
13.4 Routine:operative 81
13.5 Routine:agriculture 2
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated/inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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