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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 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 5
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 0
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 0
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 60
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 0
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 0
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 76
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 15
5 Lower managerial occupations 0
6 Higher supervisory occupations 0
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 0
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 0
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 0
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 99
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 10
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 445
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 24
10 Lower supervisory occupations 0
11.1 Lower technical craft 0
11.2 Lower technical process operative 0
12.1 Semi-routine sales 0
12.2 Semi-routine service 0
12.3 Semi-routine technical 0
12.4 Semi-routine operative 0
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 0
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 0
13.1 Routine sales and service 0
13.2 Routine production 0
13.3 Routine technical 0
13.4 Routine operative 0
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 5
15 Full-time students 10
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 1
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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