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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, March 2011

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 50
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 48
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 19
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 15
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 134
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 7
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 10
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 76
6 Higher supervisory occupations 56
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 73
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 57
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 13
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 2
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 20
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 59
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 66
11.1 Lower technical craft 18
11.2 Lower technical process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine sales 40
12.2 Semi-routine service 73
12.3 Semi-routine technical 14
12.4 Semi-routine operative 16
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 12
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 10
13.1 Routine sales and service 24
13.2 Routine production 11
13.3 Routine technical 41
13.4 Routine operative 43
13.5 Routine agricultural 6
14.1 Never worked 31
14.2 Long-term unemployed 14
15 Full-time students 27
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 14
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, 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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