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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Smoking Module, February and March, 2009

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 51
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 42
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 17
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 5
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 131
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 7
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 8
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 72
6 Higher supervisory occupations 45
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 74
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 34
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 18
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 18
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 71
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 50
11.1 Lower technical craft 23
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 63
12.2 Semi-routine service 50
12.3 Semi-routine technical 8
12.4 Semi-routine operative 24
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 11
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 17
13.1 Routine sales and service 19
13.2 Routine production 16
13.3 Routine technical 38
13.4 Routine operative 43
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 3
15 Full-time students 26
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 61
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Smoking Module, February and March, 2009
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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