Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableS2OpCat
LabelNS-SEC operational category [spouse or partner] Q1342
Responses
-4 Skip, never had a paid job 0
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 17
3 Higher professional occupations 133
4 Lower professional & higher technical occups 245
5 Lower managerial occupations 136
6 Higher supervisory occupations 73
7 Intermediate occupations 153
8 Employers in small organisation 0
9 Own account workers 176
10 Lower supervisory occupations 118
11 Lower technical occupations 40
12 Semi-routine occupations 179
13 Routine occupations 108
16 Occup not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable 38
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 0
-3 Skip, not working nor waiting to take up work 790
-1 Skip, not married or living as married 1918
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.