Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, December 2011

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 31
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 42
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 41
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 11
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 140
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 22
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 0
5 Lower managerial occupations 35
6 Higher supervisory occupations 29
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 108
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 35
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 20
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 4
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 74
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 51
11.1 Lower technical craft 34
11.2 Lower technical process operative 8
12.1 Semi-routine sales 50
12.2 Semi-routine service 56
12.3 Semi-routine technical 16
12.4 Semi-routine operative 23
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 13
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 6
13.1 Routine sales and service 28
13.2 Routine production 25
13.3 Routine technical 53
13.4 Routine operative 45
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 31
14.2 Long-term unemployed 10
15 Full-time students 38
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 5
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, December 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.