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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2005

Variable Details

Variablensecm2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 56
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2997
11.1 Lower technical craft 891
11.2 Lower technical process operative 180
12.1 Semi routine sales 1687
12.2 Semi routine services 1818
12.3 Semi routine technical 393
12.4 Semi routine operative 611
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 68
12.6 Semi routine clerical 489
12.7 Semi routine childcare 560
13.1 Routine sales and service 609
13.2 Routine production 475
13.3 Routine technical 1343
13.4 Routine operative 1472
13.5 Routine agricultural 49
14.1 Never worked 979
14.2 Long-term unemployed 265
15.0 Full-time students 3023
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2701
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1951
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1717
3.2 Higher professional new employee 707
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 436
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 95
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 5000
4.2 Lower professional new employee 256
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 503
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 35
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2641
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1772
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2252
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1597
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 452
7.4 Intermediate engineering 148
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 693
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 50
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2520
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 154
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 765
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2005
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