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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

VariableS2NSSEC
LabelNS-SEC-long version<2.0-13.5>spouseQ1340
Responses
-6 Skp,not working 814
-3 Skp,nvr had job 35
-1 Skp,not mar/liv as 1891
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 14
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 88
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 29
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 36
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 213
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 15
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 30
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 145
6 Higher supervisory occupations 87
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 78
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 65
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 24
7.4 Intermed: engineering 8
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 0
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 0
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 162
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 8
10 Lower supervisory occupations 110
11.1 Lower techn: craft 45
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 43
12.2 Semi-routine: service 78
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 18
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 31
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 1
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 15
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 11
13.1 Routine: sales and service 12
13.2 Routine: production 11
13.3 Routine: technical 56
13.4 Routine: operative 47
13.5 Routine: agriculture 2
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
99 Not answered 34
998 Don't know 0
999 Not answered 0
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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