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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Activity Histories, 1974-2008

Variable Details

VariableJNSSEC
LabelActivity NS-SEC (long version - s7,s8 work activities)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial 858
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 621
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 257
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 200
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 46
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) – employees 2459
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 157
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) - self-emp 283
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-emp 25
5 Lower managerial 1747
6 Higher supervisory 827
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1041
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 664
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 206
7.4 Intermediate engineering 76
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 455
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 29
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 1104
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 59
10 Lower supervisory 1380
11 Lower technical craft 0
11.1 410
11.2 Lower technical process operative 82
12.1 Semi-routine sales 579
12.2 Semi-routine service 780
12.3 Semi-routine technical 158
12.4 Semi-routine operative 235
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 34
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 243
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 329
13.1 Routine sales and service 184
13.2 Routine production 169
13.3 Routine technical 606
13.4 Routine operative 514
13.5 Routine agricultural 25
-9 Refused/ other missing 0
-8 Don't know/ Not enough info. 65415
-1 Not applicable 29559
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Activity Histories, 1974-2008
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born in one particular week in March 1958.;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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