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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Quality of Life Module, December 2007 and January 2008

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC full classification
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 6
2 Higher managerial occupations 47
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 42
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 22
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 18
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 128
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 8
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 15
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 69
6 Higher supervisory occupations 34
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 65
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 49
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 18
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 22
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 48
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 76
11.1 Lower technical craft 22
11.2 Lower technical process operative 8
12.1 Semi-routine sales 65
12.2 Semi-routine service 66
12.3 Semi-routine technical 13
12.4 Semi-routine operative 23
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 18
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 12
13.1 Routine sales and service 26
13.2 Routine production 15
13.3 Routine technical 33
13.4 Routine operative 57
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 30
14.2 Long-term unemployed 4
15 Full-time students 46
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refused 0
9999 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Quality of Life Module, December 2007 and January 2008
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification).
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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