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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Drinking Module, April 2008 and April and May 2009

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 37
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 53
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 13
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 10
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 139
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 6
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 18
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 80
6 Higher supervisory occupations 45
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 53
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 47
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 14
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 5
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 23
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 69
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 71
11.1 Lower technical craft 17
11.2 Lower technical process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine sales 48
12.2 Semi-routine service 66
12.3 Semi-routine technical 10
12.4 Semi-routine operative 21
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 17
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 27
13.2 Routine production 15
13.3 Routine technical 46
13.4 Routine operative 48
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 4
15 Full-time students 17
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 4
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 83
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Drinking Module, April 2008 and April and May 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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