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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, March 2007

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 8
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 11
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 1
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 3
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 0
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 44
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 1
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 3
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 15
6 Higher supervisory occupations 13
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 35
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 17
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 6
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 5
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 12
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 14
11.1 Lower technical craft 3
11.2 Lower technical process operative 0
12.1 Semi-routine sales 16
12.2 Semi-routine service 25
12.3 Semi-routine technical 2
12.4 Semi-routine operative 6
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 4
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 11
13.1 Routine sales and service 10
13.2 Routine production 6
13.3 Routine technical 4
13.4 Routine operative 20
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 14
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 5
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, March 2007
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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