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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, September 2011 - 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 74
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 112
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 48
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 15
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 6
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 272
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 33
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 19
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 7
5 Lower managerial occupations 102
6 Higher supervisory occupations 62
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 214
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 60
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 42
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 6
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 31
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 4
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 138
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 78
11.1 Lower technical craft 51
11.2 Lower technical process operative 16
12.1 Semi-routine sales 99
12.2 Semi-routine service 130
12.3 Semi-routine technical 25
12.4 Semi-routine operative 31
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 31
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 11
13.1 Routine sales and service 49
13.2 Routine production 37
13.3 Routine technical 64
13.4 Routine operative 104
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 55
14.2 Long-term unemployed 24
15 Full-time students 94
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 8
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 7
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, September 2011 - March 2012
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC full classification
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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