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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, December 2005

Variable Details

Variablenssecb
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classified)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 50
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 50
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 26
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 12
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 6
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 156
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 6
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 17
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 67
6 Higher supervisory occupations 44
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 78
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 53
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 18
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 79
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 1
10 Lower supervisory occupations 59
11.1 Lower technical craft 24
11.2 Lower technical process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine sales 54
12.2 Semi-routine service 65
12.3 Semi-routine technical 15
12.4 Semi-routine operative 11
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 19
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 5
13.1 Routine sales and service 22
13.2 Routine production 18
13.3 Routine technical 36
13.4 Routine operative 59
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 33
14.2 Long-term unemployed 2
15 Full-time students 55
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, December 2005
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC - long version (Operational categories). CODE IF: In employment or has had a paid job
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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