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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Well-Being Module, April, June, July, August and September, 2011

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 10
2 Higher managerial occupations 132
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 197
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 129
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 36
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 8
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 573
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 66
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 51
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 10
5 Lower managerial occupations 164
6 Higher supervisory occupations 139
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 412
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 148
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 69
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 16
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 67
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 8
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 285
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 20
10 Lower supervisory occupations 176
11.1 Lower technical craft 120
11.2 Lower technical process operative 22
12.1 Semi-routine sales 234
12.2 Semi-routine service 292
12.3 Semi-routine technical 58
12.4 Semi-routine operative 78
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 71
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 27
13.1 Routine sales and service 89
13.2 Routine production 95
13.3 Routine technical 204
13.4 Routine operative 252
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 121
14.2 Long-term unemployed 38
15 Full-time students 165
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 17
9998 Refusal 1
Sysmiss 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Well-Being Module, April, June, July, August and September, 2011
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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