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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2003 - March 2004

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 60
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 3618
11.1 Lower technical craft 994
11.2 Lower technical process operative 232
12.1 Semi routine sales 2049
12.2 Semi routine services 2333
12.3 Semi routine technical 525
12.4 Semi routine operative 788
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 105
12.6 Semi routine clerical 677
12.7 Semi routine childcare 625
13.1 Routine sales and service 799
13.2 Routine production 603
13.3 Routine technical 1596
13.4 Routine operative 1947
13.5 Routine agricultural 66
14.1 Never worked 1090
14.2 Long-term unemployed 288
15.0 Full-time students 3660
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 5970
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 8
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 2183
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1803
3.2 Higher professional new employee 777
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 517
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 118
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 5819
4.2 Lower professional new employee 327
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 576
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 62
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 3092
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 2053
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2824
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1856
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 603
7.4 Intermediate engineering 178
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 865
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 48
9.1 Own account workers non professional 3016
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 202
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 883
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2003 - March 2004
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