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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variablesec1h
LabelSEC1 - NS-SEC Full Operational Categories (HRP)
Responses
1 L1: Employers in large organisations 902
2 L2: Higher managerial 12365
3 L3.1: Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 10246
4 L3.2: Higher professionals (new) - employees 3254
5 L3.3: Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 2713
6 L3.4: Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 593
7 L4.1: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 26925
8 L4.2: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - emplo 1470
9 L4.3: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 3026
10 L4.4: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self- 218
11 L5: Lower managerial 15501
12 L6: Higher supervisory 10517
13 L7.1: Intermediate clerical and administrative 8554
14 L7.2: Intermediate sales and service 5367
15 L7.3: Intermediate technical and auxiliary 1887
16 L7.4: Intermediate engineering 748
17 L8.1: Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 5681
18 L8.2: Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 588
19 L9.1: Own account workers (non- professional) 12753
20 L9.2: Own account workers (agriculture) 998
21 L10: Lower supervisory 16635
22 L11.1: Lower technical craft 4192
23 L11.2: Lower technical process operative 1095
24 L12.1: Semi-routine sales 4310
25 L12.2: Semi-routine service 6908
26 L12.3: Semi-routine technical 1562
27 L12.4: Semi-routine operative 2274
28 L12.5: Semi-routine agriculture 331
29 L12.6: Semi-routine clerical 1930
30 L12.7: Semi-routine childcare 1712
31 L13.1: Routine sales and service 1728
32 L13.2: Routine production 1883
33 L13.3: Routine technical 5911
34 L13.4: Routine operative 4820
35 L13.5: Routine agricultural 202
36 L14.1: Never worked 80
37 L14.2: Long-term unemployed 278
38 L15: Full-time students 109
39 L16: Occupations not stated or inadequately described 13355
40 L17: Not classifiable for other reasons 326
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2008-2009
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