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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablensecm2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 40
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2899
11.1 Lower technical craft 865
11.2 Lower technical process operative 183
12.1 Semi routine sales 1680
12.2 Semi routine services 1880
12.3 Semi routine technical 382
12.4 Semi routine operative 617
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 56
12.6 Semi routine clerical 483
12.7 Semi routine childcare 569
13.1 Routine sales and service 634
13.2 Routine production 426
13.3 Routine technical 1342
13.4 Routine operative 1497
13.5 Routine agricultural 51
14.1 Never worked 1027
14.2 Long-term unemployed 290
15.0 Full-time students 3420
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 2894
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 9
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1934
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1794
3.2 Higher professional new employee 722
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 466
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 89
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 5084
4.2 Lower professional new employee 257
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 494
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 38
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2782
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1722
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2177
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1632
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 443
7.4 Intermediate engineering 145
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 651
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 53
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2515
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 158
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 812
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2005 - March 2006
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