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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Family Resources Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelSocial-Economic Classifications
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 14
2 Higher managerial occupations 1452
3.1 Higher professional occupations - Traditional employee 1312
3.2 Higher professional occupations - New employee 515
3.3 Higher prof. occupations - Traditional self-employed 290
3.4 Higher professional occupations - New self-employed 53
4.1 Lower prof. & higher technical - Traditional employee 3585
4.2 Lower professional & higher technical - New employee 198
4.3 Lower prof. & higher technical - Traditional self-emp 376
4.4 Lower prof. & higher technical - New self-employed 23
5 Lower managerial occupations 2032
6 Higher supervisory occupations 870
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1474
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1280
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 354
7.4 Intermediate engineering 88
8.1 Employers in small organisations - non-professional 315
8.2 Employers in small organisations - agriculture 42
9.1 Own account workers - non-professional 1842
9.2 Own account workers - agriculture 142
10 Lower supervisory occupations 1565
11.1 Lower technical craft 729
11.2 Lower technical process operative 143
12.1 Semi-routine sales 1150
12.2 Semi-routine service 1506
12.3 Semi-routine technical 272
12.4 Semi-routine operative 446
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 44
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 356
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 433
13.1 Routine sales and service 404
13.2 Routine production 274
13.3 Routine technical 1122
13.4 Routine operative 996
13.5 Routine agricultural 36
14.1 Never worked 1774
14.2 Long term unemployed 284
15 Full-time student 1227
16 Not classified or inadequately stated 54
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 14525
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFamily Resources Survey, 2008-2009
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