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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, June 2011

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial occupations 28
3 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 41
4 Higher professional (new) - employees 27
5 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 7
6 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
7 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 147
8 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 12
9 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 9
10 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 3
11 Lower managerial occupations 46
12 Higher supervisory occupations 36
13 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 113
14 Intermediate - sales and service 41
15 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 18
16 Intermediate - engineering 2
17 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 29
18 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 4
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 66
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 7
21 Lower supervisory occupations 59
22 Lower technical craft 25
23 Lower technical process operative 5
24 Semi-routine sales 66
25 Semi-routine service 78
26 Semi-routine technical 19
27 Semi-routine operative 13
28 Semi-routine agricultural 3
29 Semi-routine clerical 18
30 Semi-routine childcare 6
31 Routine sales and service 21
32 Routine production 27
33 Routine technical 60
34 Routine operative 66
35 Routine agricultural 0
36 Never worked 28
37 Long-term unemployed 11
38 Full-time students 42
39 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 4
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, June 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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