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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q726
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 157
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 181
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 54
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 39
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 545
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 30
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 65
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 8
5 Lower managerial occupations 230
6 Higher supervisory occupations 209
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 255
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 177
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 64
7.4 Intermed: engineering 16
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 122
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 8
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 212
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 19
10 Lower supervisory occupations 411
11.1 Lower techn: craft 99
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 23
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 225
12.2 Semi-routine: service 249
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 41
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 63
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 10
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 61
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 45
13.1 Routine: sales and service 85
13.2 Routine: production 77
13.3 Routine: technical 144
13.4 Routine: operative 205
13.5 Routine: agriculture 8
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
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 21
-1 Skp,nvr had job 120
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2006
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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