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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2005

Variable Details

Variablensecm2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 53
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2935
11.1 Lower technical craft 957
11.2 Lower technical process operative 184
12.1 Semi routine sales 1632
12.2 Semi routine services 1810
12.3 Semi routine technical 417
12.4 Semi routine operative 587
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 69
12.6 Semi routine clerical 475
12.7 Semi routine childcare 591
13.1 Routine sales and service 648
13.2 Routine production 463
13.3 Routine technical 1343
13.4 Routine operative 1545
13.5 Routine agricultural 59
14.1 Never worked 1028
14.2 Long-term unemployed 295
15.0 Full-time students 3382
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2895
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 8
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1936
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1827
3.2 Higher professional new employee 670
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 396
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 103
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 5018
4.2 Lower professional new employee 274
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 479
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 41
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2719
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1723
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2256
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1617
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 408
7.4 Intermediate engineering 144
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 697
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 34
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2504
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 141
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 847
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2005
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