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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variablesec1r
LabelSEC1 - NS-SEC Full Operational Categories (Respondent)
Responses
1 L1: Employers in large organisations 567
2 L2: Higher managerial 9957
3 L3.1: Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 8293
4 L3.2: Higher professionals (new) - employees 2586
5 L3.3: Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 1962
6 L3.4: Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 459
7 L4.1: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 28142
8 L4.2: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - emplo 1433
9 L4.3: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 3117
10 L4.4: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self- 200
11 L5: Lower managerial 13037
12 L6: Higher supervisory 10716
13 L7.1: Intermediate clerical and administrative 11367
14 L7.2: Intermediate sales and service 6860
15 L7.3: Intermediate technical and auxiliary 2204
16 L7.4: Intermediate engineering 532
17 L8.1: Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 4149
18 L8.2: Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 431
19 L9.1: Own account workers (non- professional) 11359
20 L9.2: Own account workers (agriculture) 846
21 L10: Lower supervisory 15605
22 L11.1: Lower technical craft 2975
23 L11.2: Lower technical process operative 933
24 L12.1: Semi-routine sales 6235
25 L12.2: Semi-routine service 7981
26 L12.3: Semi-routine technical 1284
27 L12.4: Semi-routine operative 1883
28 L12.5: Semi-routine agriculture 284
29 L12.6: Semi-routine clerical 2554
30 L12.7: Semi-routine childcare 2689
31 L13.1: Routine sales and service 2637
32 L13.2: Routine production 2126
33 L13.3: Routine technical 4171
34 L13.4: Routine operative 5031
35 L13.5: Routine agricultural 224
36 L14.1: Never worked 1209
37 L14.2: Long-term unemployed 4143
38 L15: Full-time students 6623
39 L16: Occupations not stated or inadequately described 6575
40 L17: Not classifiable for other reasons 568
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2008-2009
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