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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 41
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2712
11.1 Lower technical craft 766
11.2 Lower technical process operative 148
12.1 Semi routine sales 1592
12.2 Semi routine services 1895
12.3 Semi routine technical 368
12.4 Semi routine operative 565
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 82
12.6 Semi routine clerical 507
12.7 Semi routine childcare 649
13.1 Routine sales and service 595
13.2 Routine production 377
13.3 Routine technical 1274
13.4 Routine operative 1582
13.5 Routine agricultural 50
14.1 Never worked 1101
14.2 Long-term unemployed 292
15.0 Full-time students 3110
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4988
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 7
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1890
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1778
3.2 Higher professional new employee 606
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 449
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 100
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4885
4.2 Lower professional new employee 210
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 517
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 36
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2605
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1562
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2137
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1595
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 475
7.4 Intermediate engineering 134
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 660
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 49
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2501
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 153
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 736
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2008
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