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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2003 - December 2004

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 9
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 651
11.1 Lower technical craft 166
11.2 Lower technical process operative 48
12.1 Semi routine sales 343
12.2 Semi routine services 395
12.3 Semi routine technical 93
12.4 Semi routine operative 149
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 17
12.6 Semi routine clerical 118
12.7 Semi routine childcare 116
13.1 Routine sales and service 135
13.2 Routine production 100
13.3 Routine technical 268
13.4 Routine operative 366
13.5 Routine agricultural 13
14.1 Never worked 207
14.2 Long-term unemployed 55
15.0 Full-time students 501
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 1232
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 409
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 318
3.2 Higher professional new employee 126
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 95
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 26
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 984
4.2 Lower professional new employee 58
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 106
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 12
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 555
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 359
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 533
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 328
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 106
7.4 Intermediate engineering 29
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 149
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 6
9.1 Own account workers non professional 523
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 34
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 149
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2003 - December 2004
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