Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableS2OpCat
LabelNS-SEC operational category [spouse or partner] dv:Q1307
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 13
3 Higher professional occupations 122
4 Lower professional & higher technical occups 175
5 Lower managerial occupations 141
6 Higher supervisory occupations 46
7 Intermediate occupations 117
8 Employers in small organisation 0
9 Own account workers 166
10 Lower supervisory occupations 89
11 Lower technical occupations 42
12 Semi-routine occupations 175
13 Routine occupations 109
16 Occup not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable 20
-4 Skip, Not working or waiting for work 655
-1 Skip, not married/ civil partner/ living as 1551
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.