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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial 254
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - emp 204
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 76
5 Higher professional (traditional ) - sel 58
6 Higher professional (new ) - self-employ 16
7 Lower professional & higher technical (t 411
8 Lower professional & higher technical (n 27
9 Lower professional & higher technical (t 51
10 Lower professional & higher technical (n 5
11 Lower managerial 291
12 Higher supervisory 129
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 114
14 Intermediate sales and service 110
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 35
16 Intermediate engineering 9
17 Employers (small organisations, non-prof 56
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 4
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 244
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 22
21 Lower supervisory 219
22 Lower technical craft 82
23 Lower technical process operative 20
24 Semi-routine sales 67
25 Semi-routine service 138
26 Semi-routine technical 34
27 Semi-routine operative 49
28 Semi-routine agricultural 7
29 Semi-routine clerical 29
30 Semi-routine childcare 25
31 Routine sales and service 19
32 Routine production 21
33 Routine technical 137
34 Routine operative 112
35 Routine agricultural 3
36 Never worked 59
37 Long-term unemployed 36
38 Full-time students 100
39 Occupations not stated 140
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1847
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2010
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.
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