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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, October 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 45
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 43
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 17
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 14
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 127
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 4
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 85
6 Higher supervisory occupations 38
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 66
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 42
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 21
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 22
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 58
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 69
11 1
11.1 Lower technical craft 32
11.2 Lower technical process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine sales 45
12.2 Semi-routine service 71
12.3 Semi-routine technical 13
12.4 Semi-routine operative 12
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 13
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 15
13.2 Routine production 21
13.3 Routine technical 42
13.4 Routine operative 63
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 1
15 Full-time students 26
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refusal 1
Sysmiss 48
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, October 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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