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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableS2OpCat
LabelNS-SEC operational category [spouse or partner] dv:Q1277
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 15
3 Higher professional occupations 157
4 Lower professional & higher technical occups 259
5 Lower managerial occupations 122
6 Higher supervisory occupations 94
7 Intermediate occupations 177
8 Employers in small organisation 0
9 Own account workers 189
10 Lower supervisory occupations 139
11 Lower technical occupations 47
12 Semi-routine occupations 181
13 Routine occupations 141
16 Occup not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable 27
98 Don't know 0
99 Refusal 0
-3 Not working nor waiting to take up work 877
-1 Not married/living with a partner or Never had a paid job of 2061
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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