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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, June 2007

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classified)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 45
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 37
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 18
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 10
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 122
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 9
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 7
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 70
6 Higher supervisory occupations 44
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 77
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 47
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 21
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 59
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 69
11.1 Lower technical craft 15
11.2 Lower technical process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine sales 55
12.2 Semi-routine service 75
12.3 Semi-routine technical 7
12.4 Semi-routine operative 23
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 16
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 14
13.1 Routine sales and service 24
13.2 Routine production 27
13.3 Routine technical 42
13.4 Routine operative 56
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 31
14.2 Long-term unemployed 4
15 Full-time students 40
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, June 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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