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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 2010

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 6
2 Higher managerial occupations 198
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 234
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 67
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 51
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 587
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 44
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 54
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 301
6 Higher supervisory occupations 175
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 310
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 223
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 69
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 16
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 76
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 8
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 304
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 314
11.1 Lower technical craft 109
11.2 Lower technical process operative 27
12.1 Semi-routine sales 228
12.2 Semi-routine service 270
12.3 Semi-routine technical 52
12.4 Semi-routine operative 90
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 10
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 70
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 66
13 1
13.1 Routine sales and service 69
13.2 Routine production 77
13.3 Routine technical 177
13.4 Routine operative 251
13.5 Routine agricultural 7
14.1 Never worked 188
14.2 Long-term unemployed 29
15 Full-time students 208
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 3
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 26
9998 Refusal 7
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 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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