This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living in Wales: Household Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variablesv3
LabelNational Statistics socio-economic classification (derived variable)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 73
2 Higher managerial 259
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 524
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 104
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 83
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 15
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 1551
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 48
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 91
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 0
5 Lower managerial 968
6 Higher supervisory 281
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 556
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 630
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 131
7.4 Intermediate engineering 37
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 543
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 122
9.1 Own account workers (non- professional) 217
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 81
10 Lower supervisory 621
11.1 Lower technical craft 406
11.2 Lower technical process operative 114
12.1 Semi-routine sales 594
12.2 Semi-routine service 827
12.3 Semi-routine technical 169
12.4 Semi-routine operative 263
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 32
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 148
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 97
13.1 Routine sales and service 242
13.2 Routine production 347
13.3 Routine technical 585
13.4 Routine operative 619
13.5 Routine agricultural 18
18 Not classified (14.1 to 17.0 combined) 1102
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving in Wales: Household Survey, 2005
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.