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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version: Q838
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 148
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 165
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 50
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 37
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 9
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 533
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 35
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 48
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 213
6 Higher supervisory occupations 228
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 235
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 183
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 57
7.4 Intermed: engineering 21
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 132
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 10
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 225
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 365
11.1 Lower techn: craft 95
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 21
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 219
12.2 Semi-routine: service 269
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 48
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 81
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 5
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 68
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 45
13.1 Routine: sales and service 60
13.2 Routine: production 59
13.3 Routine: technical 126
13.4 Routine: operative 187
13.5 Routine: agriculture 7
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 0
99 Not answered 22
-1 Skip, never had a job 98
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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