Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, March 2012

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 26
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 35
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 38
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 7
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 101
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 16
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 9
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 40
6 Higher supervisory occupations 17
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 58
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 29
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 12
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 2
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 9
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 49
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 24
11.1 Lower technical craft 25
11.2 Lower technical process operative 2
12.1 Semi-routine sales 26
12.2 Semi-routine service 52
12.3 Semi-routine technical 8
12.4 Semi-routine operative 12
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 5
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 7
13.1 Routine sales and service 11
13.2 Routine production 14
13.3 Routine technical 25
13.4 Routine operative 28
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 26
14.2 Long-term unemployed 13
15 Full-time students 33
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 249
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, March 2012
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.