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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 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 34
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 51
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 12
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 10
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 0
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 117
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 4
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 9
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 56
6 Higher supervisory occupations 26
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 36
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 35
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 12
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 1
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 13
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 59
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 41
11.1 Lower technical craft 10
11.2 Lower technical process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine sales 43
12.2 Semi-routine service 41
12.3 Semi-routine technical 7
12.4 Semi-routine operative 11
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 10
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 8
13.1 Routine sales and service 13
13.2 Routine production 9
13.3 Routine technical 25
13.4 Routine operative 33
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 Never worked 65
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 271
9998 Refusal 1
Sysmiss 899
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Quality of Life Module, December 2007 and January 2008
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC 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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