Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, December 2009

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 31
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 35
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 17
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 8
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 100
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 3
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 66
6 Higher supervisory occupations 18
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 50
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 25
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 8
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 17
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 49
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 57
11.1 Lower technical craft 23
11.2 Lower technical process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine sales 47
12.2 Semi-routine service 47
12.3 Semi-routine technical 7
12.4 Semi-routine operative 17
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 6
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 14
13.2 Routine production 9
13.3 Routine technical 39
13.4 Routine operative 33
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 34
14.2 Long-term unemployed 4
15 Full-time students 29
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, December 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.