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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 77
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 72
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 24
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 45
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 228
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 13
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 62
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 7
5 Lower managerial occupations 146
6 Higher supervisory occupations 76
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 122
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 85
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 33
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 100
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 5
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 337
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 19
10 Lower supervisory occupations 121
11.1 Lower technical craft 44
11.2 Lower technical process operative 13
12.1 Semi-routine sales 99
12.2 Semi-routine service 132
12.3 Semi-routine technical 18
12.4 Semi-routine operative 30
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 29
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 32
13.1 Routine sales and service 45
13.2 Routine production 35
13.3 Routine technical 66
13.4 Routine operative 102
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 62
14.2 Long-term unemployed 18
15 Full-time students 80
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 9
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 6
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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