Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableS2NSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version Q1054
Responses
-3 Skp,not work/wait 2748
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 13
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 87
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 21
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 23
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 11
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 217
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 10
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 28
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 152
6 Higher supervisory occupations 66
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 78
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 71
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 14
7.4 Intermed: engineering 10
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 0
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 0
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 167
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 117
11.1 Lower techn: craft 44
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 52
12.2 Semi-routine: service 78
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 15
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 25
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 3
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 22
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 21
13.1 Routine: sales and service 9
13.2 Routine: production 16
13.3 Routine: technical 64
13.4 Routine: operative 53
13.5 Routine: agriculture 0
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 3
99 Not answered 33
-1 Skp,not mar/liv as 0
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.