Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableS2NSSEC
LabelNS-SEC of spouse or partner - long version Q1355
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 17
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 73
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 38
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 16
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 6
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 201
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 11
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 32
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 136
6 Higher supervisory occupations 73
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 70
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 63
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 13
7.4 Intermed: engineering 7
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 0
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 0
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 165
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 11
10 Lower supervisory occupations 118
11.1 Lower techn: craft 36
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 46
12.2 Semi-routine: service 69
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 11
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 22
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 1
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 12
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 18
13.1 Routine: sales and service 17
13.2 Routine: production 10
13.3 Routine: technical 46
13.4 Routine: operative 35
13.5 Routine: agriculture 0
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 Spouse emp status unknown 38
-3 Not married/living with a partner or Never had a paid job of 1918
-1 Not working nor waiting to take up work 790
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.