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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSECM2
LabelNS-SEC category (main job)
Responses
1.0 Employers in large organisations 40
10.0 Lower supervisory occupations 2702
11.1 Lower technical craft 739
11.2 Lower technical process operative 136
12.1 Semi routine sales 1653
12.2 Semi routine services 1916
12.3 Semi routine technical 352
12.4 Semi routine operative 537
12.5 Semi routine agricultural 72
12.6 Semi routine clerical 494
12.7 Semi routine childcare 601
13.1 Routine sales and service 588
13.2 Routine production 392
13.3 Routine technical 1260
13.4 Routine operative 1562
13.5 Routine agricultural 54
14.1 Never worked 1289
14.2 Long-term unemployed 320
15.0 Full-time students 2413
16.0 Not classified or inadequately stated 4832
17.0 Not classifiable for other reasons 11
2.0 Higher managerial occupations 1875
3.1 Higher professional traditional employee 1707
3.2 Higher professional new employee 687
3.3 Higher professional traditional self emp 452
3.4 Higher professional new self emp 109
4.1 Lower professional traditional employee 4769
4.2 Lower professional new employee 229
4.3 Lower professional traditional self emp 488
4.4 Lower professional new self emp 30
5.0 Lower managerial occupations 2626
6.0 Higher supervisory occupations 1526
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2134
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1569
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 442
7.4 Intermediate engineering 101
8.1 Employers in small orgs non-professional 659
8.2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 47
9.1 Own account workers non professional 2484
9.2 Own account workers agriculture 142
-8 No answer 0
-9 Does not apply 685
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2008
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