Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, October 2009

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 37
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 45
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 13
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 11
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 126
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 10
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 15
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 56
6 Higher supervisory occupations 44
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 62
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 36
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 10
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 6
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 18
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 75
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 67
11.1 Lower technical craft 23
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 47
12.2 Semi-routine service 58
12.3 Semi-routine technical 15
12.4 Semi-routine operative 12
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 14
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 8
13.1 Routine sales and service 13
13.2 Routine production 16
13.3 Routine technical 34
13.4 Routine operative 40
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 Never worked 48
14.2 Long-term unemployed 7
15 Full-time students 43
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 3
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 2
9998 Refusal 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, October 2009
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.