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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2004-2007

Variable Details

Variables2nssec1
LabelRespondent's NSSEC
Responses
-9 Not answered (9999) 0
-8 Refusal (9998) 0
-2 No Sweep 2 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 2
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 9
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 6
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 0
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 0
4.1 Lower professional & higher technical (traditional) - employ 91
4.2 Lower professional & higher technical (new) - employees 8
4.3 Lower professional & higher technical (traditional) - self-e 7
4.4 Lower professional & higher technical (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial 21
6 Higher supervisory 66
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 175
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 215
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 23
7.4 Intermediate engineering 9
8.1 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 6
8.2 Employers (small - agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 45
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 570
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 173
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 7
12 2
12.1 Semi routine - sales 2068
12.2 Semi routine - service 541
12.3 Semi routine - technical 12
12.4 Semi routine - operative 39
12.5 Semi routine - agricultural 14
12.6 Semi routine - clerical 108
12.7 Semi routine - childcare 56
13.1 Routine - sales and service 772
13.2 Routine - production 45
13.3 Routine - technical 122
13.4 Routine - operative 188
13.5 Routine - agricultural 31
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 10
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 43
17 Not classifiable for other reason 11
20 1
31.2 1
Sysmiss 8503
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYouth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2004-2007
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