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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2005-2006

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - Household Reference Person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial 281
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - emp 250
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 105
5 Higher professional (traditional ) - sel 47
6 Higher professional (new ) - self-employ 8
7 Lower professional & higher technical (t 584
8 Lower professional & higher technical (n 44
9 Lower professional & higher technical (t 51
10 Lower professional & higher technical (n 6
11 Lower managerial 366
12 Higher supervisory 168
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 169
14 Intermediate sales and service 120
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 60
16 Intermediate engineering 24
17 Employers (small organisations, non-prof 62
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 6
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 329
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 25
21 Lower supervisory 268
22 Lower technical craft 142
23 Lower technical process operative 24
24 Semi-routine sales 98
25 Semi-routine service 186
26 Semi-routine technical 56
27 Semi-routine operative 67
28 Semi-routine agricultural 10
29 Semi-routine clerical 42
30 Semi-routine childcare 39
31 Routine sales and service 44
32 Routine production 33
33 Routine technical 199
34 Routine operative 155
35 Routine agricultural 5
36 Never worked 122
37 Long-term unemployed 30
38 Full-time students 90
39 Occupations not stated 56
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 2412
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2005-2006
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2005-2006.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The 2001-2002 survey is the first in the annual EFS series.
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