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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February, March and April, 2010

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 8
2 Higher managerial occupations 174
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 165
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 67
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 41
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 10
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 487
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 21
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 44
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 8
5 Lower managerial occupations 281
6 Higher supervisory occupations 154
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 257
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 150
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 66
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 11
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 65
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 9
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 225
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 26
10 Lower supervisory occupations 249
11.1 Lower technical craft 69
11.2 Lower technical process operative 22
12.1 Semi-routine sales 158
12.2 Semi-routine service 221
12.3 Semi-routine technical 41
12.4 Semi-routine operative 57
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 18
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 68
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 58
13.1 Routine sales and service 84
13.2 Routine production 60
13.3 Routine technical 127
13.4 Routine operative 213
13.5 Routine agricultural 16
14.1 Never worked 123
14.2 Long-term unemployed 23
15 Full-time students 192
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February, 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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