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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variablesec1h
LabelSEC1 - NS-SEC Full Operational Categories (HRP)
Responses
1 L1: Employers in large organisations 984
2 L2: Higher managerial 11158
3 L3.1: Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 9811
4 L3.2: Higher professionals (new) - employees 3488
5 L3.3: Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 2605
6 L3.4: Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 625
7 L4.1: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 26373
8 L4.2: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - emplo 1436
9 L4.3: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 3228
10 L4.4: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self- 205
11 L5: Lower managerial 13650
12 L6: Higher supervisory 11510
13 L7.1: Intermediate clerical and administrative 8188
14 L7.2: Intermediate sales and service 5264
15 L7.3: Intermediate technical and auxiliary 1726
16 L7.4: Intermediate engineering 720
17 L8.1: Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 5964
18 L8.2: Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 634
19 L9.1: Own account workers (non- professional) 12543
20 L9.2: Own account workers (agriculture) 1120
21 L10: Lower supervisory 18638
22 L11.1: Lower technical craft 4187
23 L11.2: Lower technical process operative 1150
24 L12.1: Semi-routine sales 3876
25 L12.2: Semi-routine service 6749
26 L12.3: Semi-routine technical 1684
27 L12.4: Semi-routine operative 2432
28 L12.5: Semi-routine agriculture 323
29 L12.6: Semi-routine clerical 1813
30 L12.7: Semi-routine childcare 1599
31 L13.1: Routine sales and service 1728
32 L13.2: Routine production 2087
33 L13.3: Routine technical 5933
34 L13.4: Routine operative 4957
35 L13.5: Routine agricultural 186
36 L14.1: Never worked 66
37 L14.2: Long-term unemployed 268
38 L15: Full-time students 158
39 L16: Occupations not stated or inadequately described 11963
40 L17: Not classifiable for other reasons 296
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2007-2008
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