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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 28
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2664
11.1 Lower technical craft 827
11.2 Lower technical process operative 160
12.1 Semi routine sales 1602
12.2 Semi routine services 1935
12.3 Semi routine technical 323
12.4 Semi routine operative 489
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 68
12.6 Semi routine clerical 486
12.7 Semi routine childcare 635
13.1 Routine sales and service 596
13.2 Routine production 365
13.3 Routine technical 1335
13.4 Routine operative 1580
13.5 Routine agricultural 46
14.1 Never worked 1097
14.2 Long-term unemployed 382
15.0 Full-time students 3143
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4853
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 6
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1898
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1763
3.2 Higher professional new employee 687
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 462
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 90
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4917
4.2 Lower professional new employee 267
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 493
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 43
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2758
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1521
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2117
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1590
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 456
7.4 Intermediate engineering 116
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 696
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 50
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2546
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 170
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 704
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2008 - March 2009
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