Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variabler_nssec
LabelNational Statistics socio-economic classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 17
2 Higher managerial 394
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 649
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 177
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 128
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 29
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 1980
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 93
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 159
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 9
5 Lower managerial 990
6 Higher supervisory 605
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 687
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 741
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 176
7.4 Intermediate engineering 43
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 238
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 26
9.1 Own account workers (non- professional) 745
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 105
10 Lower supervisory 1192
11.1 Lower technical craft 358
11.2 Lower technical process operative 75
12.1 Semi-routine sales 652
12.2 Semi-routine service 1024
12.3 Semi-routine technical 115
12.4 Semi-routine operative 203
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 36
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 180
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 179
13.1 Routine sales and service 327
13.2 Routine production 153
13.3 Routine technical 561
13.4 Routine operative 705
13.5 Routine agricultural 29
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
Sysmiss 13458
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2007-2008
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study