Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableA094
LabelNS-SEC 8 Class of Household Reference Person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Large Employers & Higher Managerial 264
2 Higher Professionals 433
3 Lower Managerial & Professionals 1044
4 Intermediate 290
5 Small Employers and Own Account Workers 363
6 Lower Supervisory & Technical 388
7 Semi-Routine 421
8 Routine 376
9 Never Worked and Long-Term Unemployed 123
10 Students 58
11 Occupation not stated 82
12 Not classifiable for other reasons 2001
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.