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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Working Conditions Module, March and April, 2010

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 41
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 40
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 18
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 10
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 130
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 5
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 14
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 75
6 Higher supervisory occupations 41
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 75
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 44
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 16
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 56
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 66
11.1 Lower technical craft 16
11.2 Lower technical process operative 3
12.1 Semi-routine sales 35
12.2 Semi-routine service 70
12.3 Semi-routine technical 10
12.4 Semi-routine operative 9
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 19
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 16
13.1 Routine sales and service 22
13.2 Routine production 11
13.3 Routine technical 33
13.4 Routine operative 58
13.5 Routine agricultural 5
14.1 Never worked 31
14.2 Long-term unemployed 6
15 Full-time students 42
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Working Conditions Module, March and April, 2010
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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