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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variablesec1r
LabelSEC1 - NS-SEC Full Operational Categories (Respondent)
Responses
1 L1: Employers in large organisations 666
2 L2: Higher managerial 9107
3 L3.1: Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 7952
4 L3.2: Higher professionals (new) - employees 2845
5 L3.3: Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 1899
6 L3.4: Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 444
7 L4.1: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 27780
8 L4.2: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - emplo 1365
9 L4.3: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 3323
10 L4.4: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self- 195
11 L5: Lower managerial 11518
12 L6: Higher supervisory 11750
13 L7.1: Intermediate clerical and administrative 11061
14 L7.2: Intermediate sales and service 6724
15 L7.3: Intermediate technical and auxiliary 1933
16 L7.4: Intermediate engineering 484
17 L8.1: Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 4423
18 L8.2: Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 471
19 L9.1: Own account workers (non- professional) 11144
20 L9.2: Own account workers (agriculture) 914
21 L10: Lower supervisory 17264
22 L11.1: Lower technical craft 3056
23 L11.2: Lower technical process operative 918
24 L12.1: Semi-routine sales 5610
25 L12.2: Semi-routine service 7812
26 L12.3: Semi-routine technical 1329
27 L12.4: Semi-routine operative 1963
28 L12.5: Semi-routine agriculture 276
29 L12.6: Semi-routine clerical 2435
30 L12.7: Semi-routine childcare 2577
31 L13.1: Routine sales and service 2650
32 L13.2: Routine production 2317
33 L13.3: Routine technical 4138
34 L13.4: Routine operative 5174
35 L13.5: Routine agricultural 211
36 L14.1: Never worked 1409
37 L14.2: Long-term unemployed 4055
38 L15: Full-time students 6400
39 L16: Occupations not stated or inadequately described 5195
40 L17: Not classifiable for other reasons 538
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2007-2008
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