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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Crime Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variablerespsec
LabelRespondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 85
2 Higher managerial occupations 1796
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 1510
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 566
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 297
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 76
4.1 Lower professional and technical: Traditional employees 5137
4.2 Lower professional and technical: New employees 268
4.3 Lower professional and technical: Traditional self-employed 522
4.4 Lower professional and technical: New-self employed 35
5 Lower managerial occupations 2997
6 Higher supervisory occupations 1960
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 2645
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 2022
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 490
7.4 Intermediate engineering 167
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 918
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 85
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 3126
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 230
10 Lower supervisory occupations 3191
11.1 Lower technical craft 1058
11.2 Lower technical process operative 317
12.1 Semi-routine sales 2067
12.2 Semi-routine service 2587
12.3 Semi-routine technical 517
12.4 Semi-routine operative 871
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 110
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 570
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 544
13.1 Routine sales and service 957
13.2 Routine production 921
13.3 Routine technical 1686
13.4 Routine operative 2266
13.5 Routine agricultural 70
14.1 Never worked 1567
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 1804
16 Occupation not stated/inadequately described 180
17 Not classed for other reasons 71
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Crime Survey, 2008-2009
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