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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2008

Variable Details

Variablehrpsoc2b
LabelSOC2000 (with DOTS)
Responses
11 Corporate managers 3269
12 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 896
21 Science and technology professionals 807
22 Health professionals 261
23 Teaching and research professionals 1026
24 Business and public service professionals 765
31 Science and technology associate professionals 415
32 Health and social welfare associate professionals 722
33 Protective service occupations 315
34 Culture, media and sports occupations 323
35 974
41 Administrative occupations 1413
42 Secretarial and related occupations 415
51 Skilled agricultural trades 259
52 Skilled metal and electrical trades 1296
53 Skilled construction and building trades 1094
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 454
61 Caring personal service occupations 985
62 Leisure and other personal service occupations 364
71 Sales occupations 938
72 Customer service occupations 173
81 Process, plant and machine operatives 1041
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 1061
91 Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 884
92 Elementary administration and service occupations 1706
-9 No answer/refused 44
-8 Don't know 18
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 705
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2008
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2008.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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