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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2007 - March 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 39
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2572
11.1 Lower technical craft 796
11.2 Lower technical process operative 153
12.1 Semi routine sales 1468
12.2 Semi routine services 1698
12.3 Semi routine technical 347
12.4 Semi routine operative 543
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 68
12.6 Semi routine clerical 424
12.7 Semi routine childcare 618
13.1 Routine sales and service 552
13.2 Routine production 335
13.3 Routine technical 1249
13.4 Routine operative 1423
13.5 Routine agricultural 45
14.1 Never worked 977
14.2 Long-term unemployed 293
15.0 Full-time students 3392
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2691
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 2
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1938
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1692
3.2 Higher professional new employee 682
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 420
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 95
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4694
4.2 Lower professional new employee 232
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 481
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 39
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2625
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1511
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1956
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1475
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 436
7.4 Intermediate engineering 123
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 643
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 40
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2332
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 154
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 768
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2007 - March 2008
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