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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

English Housing Survey, 2008: Housing Stock Data

Variable Details

VariableNSSEC
LabelNational Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) - long version
Responses
1 employers in large organisations 12
2 higher managerial 540
3 higher professional occupations - Class 1.2 0
3.1 higher professional (traditional) - employees 535
3.2 higher professional (new) - employees 194
3.3 higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 99
3.4 higher professional (new) - self-employed 28
4.1 lower profsnl & higher technical (tradtnl)employees 1403
4.2 lower profsnl & higher technical (new) employees 88
4.3 lower profsnl & higher technical (tradtnl) self-employed 145
4.4 lower profsnl & higher technical (new) self-employed 18
5 lower managerial 781
6 higher supervisory 437
7.1 intermediate clerical and administrative 747
7.2 intermediate sales and service 569
7.3 intermediate technical and auxiliary 172
7.4 intermediate engineering 45
8.1 employers (small organisations, non-professional) 165
8.2 employers (small - agriculture) 11
9.1 own account workers (non-professional) 756
9.2 own account workers (agriculture) 37
10 lower supervisory 838
11.1 lower technical craft 318
11.2 lower technical process operative 86
12 semi-routine occupations - class 6 0
12.1 semi-routine sales 774
12.2 semi-routine service 897
12.3 semi-routine technical 172
12.4 semi-routine operative 284
12.5 semi-routine agricultural 44
12.6 semi-routine clerical 192
12.7 semi-routine childcare 217
13 routine occupations - Class 7 0
13.1 routine sales and service 320
13.2 routine production 284
13.3 routine technical 564
13.4 routine operative 805
13.5 routine agricultural 27
16 occupations not stated/inadqtly described 0
-9 does not apply 5693
-8 no answer 117
Sysmiss 9035
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEnglish Housing Survey, 2008: Housing Stock Data
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