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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2008 - March 2009

Variable Details

VariableNSECM1
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 34
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2533
11.1 Lower technical craft 834
11.2 Lower technical process operative 173
12.1 Semi routine sales 1667
12.2 Semi routine services 2003
12.3 Semi routine technical 340
12.4 Semi routine operative 530
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 66
12.6 Semi routine clerical 502
12.7 Semi routine childcare 625
13.1 Routine sales and service 587
13.2 Routine production 376
13.3 Routine technical 1361
13.4 Routine operative 1619
13.5 Routine agricultural 52
14.1 Never worked 1230
14.2 Long-term unemployed 307
15.0 Full-time students 3016
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4388
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 18
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1893
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1764
3.2 Higher professional new employee 709
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 463
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 92
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4953
4.2 Lower professional new employee 278
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 488
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 42
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2730
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1473
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2198
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1623
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 467
7.4 Intermediate engineering 125
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 690
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 53
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2564
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 174
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 924
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2008 - March 2009
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