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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSECM1
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 39
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2615
11.1 Lower technical craft 793
11.2 Lower technical process operative 148
12.1 Semi routine sales 1653
12.2 Semi routine services 1976
12.3 Semi routine technical 340
12.4 Semi routine operative 513
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 73
12.6 Semi routine clerical 518
12.7 Semi routine childcare 599
13.1 Routine sales and service 621
13.2 Routine production 390
13.3 Routine technical 1363
13.4 Routine operative 1562
13.5 Routine agricultural 54
14.1 Never worked 1381
14.2 Long-term unemployed 297
15.0 Full-time students 2478
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4587
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 15
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1877
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1766
3.2 Higher professional new employee 703
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 420
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 91
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4900
4.2 Lower professional new employee 267
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 494
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 35
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2653
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1475
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2157
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1601
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 461
7.4 Intermediate engineering 116
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 676
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 50
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2529
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 150
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 959
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2008
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