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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2002 - December 2003

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 13
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 637
11.1 Lower technical craft 214
11.2 Lower technical process operative 53
12.1 Semi routine sales 438
12.2 Semi routine services 416
12.3 Semi routine technical 111
12.4 Semi routine operative 163
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 20
12.6 Semi routine clerical 139
12.7 Semi routine childcare 116
13.1 Routine sales and service 137
13.2 Routine production 143
13.3 Routine technical 312
13.4 Routine operative 372
13.5 Routine agricultural 12
14.1 Never worked 178
14.2 Long-term unemployed 58
15.0 Full-time students 524
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 1192
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 2
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 391
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 291
3.2 Higher professional new employee 139
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 95
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 22
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 996
4.2 Lower professional new employee 64
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 110
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 10
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 560
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 383
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 553
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 286
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 111
7.4 Intermediate engineering 38
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 155
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 16
9.1 Own account workers non professional 527
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 33
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 165
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2002 - December 2003
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