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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2011

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 6
2 Higher managerial 156
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - emp 245
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 194
5 Higher professional (traditional ) - sel 58
6 Higher professional (new ) - self-employ 9
7 Lower professional & higher technical (t 523
8 Lower professional & higher technical (n 82
9 Lower professional & higher technical (t 58
10 Lower professional & higher technical (n 13
11 Lower managerial 196
12 Higher supervisory 118
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 180
14 Intermediate sales and service 118
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 55
16 Intermediate engineering 20
17 Employers (small organisations, non-prof 53
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 2
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 282
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 17
21 Lower supervisory 127
22 Lower technical craft 138
23 Lower technical process operative 27
24 Semi-routine sales 95
25 Semi-routine service 164
26 Semi-routine technical 45
27 Semi-routine operative 43
28 Semi-routine agricultural 5
29 Semi-routine clerical 30
30 Semi-routine childcare 11
31 Routine sales and service 27
32 Routine production 27
33 Routine technical 125
34 Routine operative 123
35 Routine agricultural 3
36 Never worked 64
37 Long-term unemployed 50
38 Full-time students 100
39 Occupations not stated 127
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1975
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2011
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2011.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.
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