Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, May 2012

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 25
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 31
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 22
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 6
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 102
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 22
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 17
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 38
6 Higher supervisory occupations 31
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 60
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 46
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 15
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 2
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 14
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 60
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 4
10 Lower supervisory occupations 27
11.1 Lower technical craft 19
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 32
12.2 Semi-routine service 48
12.3 Semi-routine technical 6
12.4 Semi-routine operative 12
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 2
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 4
13.1 Routine sales and service 16
13.2 Routine production 13
13.3 Routine technical 26
13.4 Routine operative 38
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 25
14.2 Long-term unemployed 11
15 Full-time students 34
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 293
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, May 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.