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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Activity Histories, 1986-2008

Variable Details

VariableJNSSEC
LabelActivity NS-SEC (long version - s7,s8 work activities)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial 869
3.1 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 1055
3.2 Higher professionals (new) - employees 587
3.3 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 144
3.4 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 59
4.1 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) – employees 2803
4.2 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 244
4.3 Lower professionals and higher technical (trad) - self-emp 303
4.4 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-emp 19
5 Lower managerial 2022
6 Higher supervisory 966
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 1373
7.2 Intermediate sales and service 1038
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 242
7.4 Intermediate engineering 113
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 402
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 16
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 1176
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 56
10 Lower supervisory 1547
11 Lower technical craft 0
11.1 504
11.2 Lower technical process operative 89
12.1 Semi-routine sales 758
12.2 Semi-routine service 878
12.3 Semi-routine technical 230
12.4 Semi-routine operative 345
12.5 Semi-routine agriculture 49
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 284
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 337
13.1 Routine sales and service 377
13.2 Routine production 234
13.3 Routine technical 683
13.4 Routine operative 625
13.5 Routine agricultural 29
-9 Refused/ other missing 0
-8 Don't know/ Not enough info. 31556
-1 Not applicable 34844
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Activity Histories, 1986-2008
UniverseAll children in England, Scotland and Wales born in one week in April, 1970.;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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