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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q1014
Responses
-1 Skp,nvr had job 104
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 151
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 182
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 61
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 40
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 543
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 27
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 53
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 7
5 Lower managerial occupations 194
6 Higher supervisory occupations 240
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 244
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 173
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 50
7.4 Intermed: engineering 12
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 118
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 10
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 211
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 12
10 Lower supervisory occupations 477
11.1 Lower techn: craft 75
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 21
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 185
12.2 Semi-routine: service 253
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 41
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 90
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 17
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 65
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 59
13.1 Routine: sales and service 77
13.2 Routine: production 78
13.3 Routine: technical 134
13.4 Routine: operative 222
13.5 Routine: agriculture 7
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
998 Don't know 0
999 Not answered 23
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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