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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC8
LabelNS-SEC - Eight-class version
Responses
-9 DNA 31
-8 NA 0
-6 CHILD/NO INT/PROXY 4967
1.1 Large employers and higher managerial occs 234
1.2 Higher professiona occs 1223
2 Lower Managerial and professional occs 4663
3 Intermediate occupations 2155
4 Small employers and own account workers 1431
5 Lower supervisory and technical occupations 1511
6 Semi-routine occupations 2904
7 Routine occupations 2190
8 Never worked and long term unemployed 664
97 Not classified 951
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2006
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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