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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2005

Variable Details

Variablensecm1
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 51
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2915
11.1 Lower technical craft 923
11.2 Lower technical process operative 185
12.1 Semi routine sales 1619
12.2 Semi routine services 1881
12.3 Semi routine technical 417
12.4 Semi routine operative 619
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 69
12.6 Semi routine clerical 458
12.7 Semi routine childcare 587
13.1 Routine sales and service 604
13.2 Routine production 484
13.3 Routine technical 1340
13.4 Routine operative 1490
13.5 Routine agricultural 58
14.1 Never worked 1125
14.2 Long-term unemployed 258
15.0 Full-time students 2985
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2754
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 20
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1918
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1720
3.2 Higher professional new employee 694
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 404
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 104
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4968
4.2 Lower professional new employee 247
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 476
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 38
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2617
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1677
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2236
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1604
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 427
7.4 Intermediate engineering 148
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 692
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 46
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2405
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 154
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 1049
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2005
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