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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, February 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 47
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 56
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 15
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 4
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 134
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 9
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 9
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 66
6 Higher supervisory occupations 41
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 62
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 46
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 1
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 20
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 67
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 66
11.1 Lower technical craft 23
11.2 Lower technical process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine sales 39
12.2 Semi-routine service 52
12.3 Semi-routine technical 10
12.4 Semi-routine operative 16
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 17
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 17
13.1 Routine sales and service 20
13.2 Routine production 17
13.3 Routine technical 35
13.4 Routine operative 46
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 59
14.2 Long-term unemployed 9
15 Full-time students 45
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 12
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, February 2008
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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