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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, May 2005

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 59
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 33
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 21
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 8
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 137
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 5
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 6
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 67
6 Higher supervisory occupations 52
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 88
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 35
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 20
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 23
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 57
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 92
11.1 Lower technical craft 26
11.2 Lower technical process operative 8
12.1 Semi-routine sales 60
12.2 Semi-routine service 73
12.3 Semi-routine technical 10
12.4 Semi-routine operative 31
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 20
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 37
13.2 Routine production 20
13.3 Routine technical 48
13.4 Routine operative 64
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 28
14.2 Long-term unemployed 6
15 Full-time students 37
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, May 2005
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC - long version (Operational categories).
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.
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