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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February and March, 2011

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 7
2 Higher managerial occupations 153
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 128
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 40
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 35
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 7
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 369
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 16
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 32
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 197
6 Higher supervisory occupations 150
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 199
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 128
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 42
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 11
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 57
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 216
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 205
11.1 Lower technical craft 46
11.2 Lower technical process operative 22
12.1 Semi-routine sales 140
12.2 Semi-routine service 202
12.3 Semi-routine technical 34
12.4 Semi-routine operative 55
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 44
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 56
13.1 Routine sales and service 67
13.2 Routine production 48
13.3 Routine technical 100
13.4 Routine operative 150
13.5 Routine agricultural 12
14.1 Never worked 90
14.2 Long-term unemployed 28
15 Full-time students 154
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 31
9998 Refusal 2
Sysmiss 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February and March, 2011
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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