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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablensecm2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 53
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 3074
11.1 Lower technical craft 926
11.2 Lower technical process operative 178
12.1 Semi routine sales 1650
12.2 Semi routine services 1862
12.3 Semi routine technical 406
12.4 Semi routine operative 624
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 72
12.6 Semi routine clerical 469
12.7 Semi routine childcare 582
13.1 Routine sales and service 638
13.2 Routine production 474
13.3 Routine technical 1339
13.4 Routine operative 1501
13.5 Routine agricultural 59
14.1 Never worked 1175
14.2 Long-term unemployed 234
15.0 Full-time students 2773
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2761
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 6
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1967
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1732
3.2 Higher professional new employee 691
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 422
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 101
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4969
4.2 Lower professional new employee 259
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 476
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 39
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2657
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1741
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2234
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1588
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 442
7.4 Intermediate engineering 149
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 686
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 45
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2481
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 154
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 777
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2005
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