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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2004 - September 2005

Variable Details

VariableNSECM5
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 6
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 620
11.1 Lower technical craft 175
11.2 Lower technical process operative 35
12.1 Semi routine sales 339
12.2 Semi routine services 403
12.3 Semi routine technical 86
12.4 Semi routine operative 108
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 13
12.6 Semi routine clerical 120
12.7 Semi routine childcare 133
13.1 Routine sales and service 116
13.2 Routine production 87
13.3 Routine technical 269
13.4 Routine operative 350
13.5 Routine agricultural 10
14.1 Never worked 190
14.2 Long-term unemployed 37
15.0 Full-time students 512
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 1153
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 381
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 362
3.2 Higher professional new employee 99
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 87
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 21
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 999
4.2 Lower professional new employee 56
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 89
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 8
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 538
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 354
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 489
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 316
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 93
7.4 Intermediate engineering 29
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 134
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 5
9.1 Own account workers non professional 523
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 26
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2004 - September 2005
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