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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 33
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2661
11.1 Lower technical craft 801
11.2 Lower technical process operative 155
12.1 Semi routine sales 1659
12.2 Semi routine services 1984
12.3 Semi routine technical 345
12.4 Semi routine operative 512
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 66
12.6 Semi routine clerical 524
12.7 Semi routine childcare 624
13.1 Routine sales and service 603
13.2 Routine production 396
13.3 Routine technical 1335
13.4 Routine operative 1576
13.5 Routine agricultural 53
14.1 Never worked 1112
14.2 Long-term unemployed 315
15.0 Full-time students 2820
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4596
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1870
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1760
3.2 Higher professional new employee 721
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 446
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 88
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4930
4.2 Lower professional new employee 264
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 492
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 35
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2671
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1533
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2135
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1584
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 454
7.4 Intermediate engineering 112
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 668
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 49
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2546
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 155
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 707
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2008
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