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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2002

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 61
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 4088
11.1 Lower technical craft 1215
11.2 Lower technical process operative 290
12.1 Semi routine sales 2298
12.2 Semi routine services 2494
12.3 Semi routine technical 604
12.4 Semi routine operative 954
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 113
12.6 Semi routine clerical 695
12.7 Semi routine childcare 621
13.1 Routine sales and service 923
13.2 Routine production 767
13.3 Routine technical 1867
13.4 Routine operative 2281
13.5 Routine agricultural 88
14.1 Never worked 1374
14.2 Long-term unemployed 356
15.0 Full-time students 3133
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 6116
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 7
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 2262
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1939
3.2 Higher professional new employee 808
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 503
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 97
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 6012
4.2 Lower professional new employee 384
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 568
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 56
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 3170
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 2316
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 3255
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1989
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 613
7.4 Intermediate engineering 185
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 965
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 59
9.1 Own account workers non professional 3056
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 183
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 1010
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2002
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