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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Crime Survey, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variablerespsec
LabelRespondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 7
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 47
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 38
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 1
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 1
4.1 Lower professional and technical: Traditional employees 276
4.2 Lower professional and technical: New employees 29
4.3 Lower professional and technical: Traditional self-employed 14
4.4 Lower professional and technical: New-self employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 165
6 Higher supervisory occupations 89
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 221
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 287
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 41
7.4 Intermediate engineering 15
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 9
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 111
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 259
11.1 Lower technical craft 180
11.2 Lower technical process operative 14
12.1 Semi-routine sales 408
12.2 Semi-routine service 236
12.3 Semi-routine technical 40
12.4 Semi-routine operative 83
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 10
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 66
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 39
13.1 Routine sales and service 223
13.2 Routine production 87
13.3 Routine technical 139
13.4 Routine operative 219
13.5 Routine agricultural 13
14.1 Never worked 317
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 2384
16 Occupation not stated/inadequately described 13
17 Not classed for other reasons 12
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Crime Survey, 2007-2008
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