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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2005 - March 2006

Variable Details

Variablensecm1
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 45
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2914
11.1 Lower technical craft 891
11.2 Lower technical process operative 189
12.1 Semi routine sales 1690
12.2 Semi routine services 1904
12.3 Semi routine technical 384
12.4 Semi routine operative 624
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 66
12.6 Semi routine clerical 492
12.7 Semi routine childcare 553
13.1 Routine sales and service 627
13.2 Routine production 429
13.3 Routine technical 1350
13.4 Routine operative 1514
13.5 Routine agricultural 51
14.1 Never worked 1128
14.2 Long-term unemployed 261
15.0 Full-time students 3273
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2717
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 20
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1924
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1789
3.2 Higher professional new employee 723
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 459
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 88
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 5055
4.2 Lower professional new employee 263
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 472
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 38
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2715
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1676
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2202
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1669
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 448
7.4 Intermediate engineering 150
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 656
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 44
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2503
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 165
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 1051
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2005 - March 2006
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