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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variablea_jbseg_dv
LabelCurrent job: Socio-economic Group
Responses
-9 missing 220
-8 inapplicable 22680
1 employers,large 40
2 managers,large 1282
3 employers,small 513
4 managers,small 2164
5 professional self-employed 309
6 professional employees 1445
7 int. non-manual,workers 5659
8 int. non-man,foreman 586
9 junior non-manual 5482
10 personal service wrkrs 1165
11 foreman manual 1362
12 skilled manual wkrs 1880
13 semi-skilled manual wkrs 2778
14 unskilled manual wkrs 1055
15 own account wkrs 2145
16 farmers - employers,managers 46
17 farmers - own account 118
18 agricultural workers 65
19 members of armed forces 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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