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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, August 2012

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 17
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 36
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 29
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 4
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 105
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 11
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 16
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 31
6 Higher supervisory occupations 29
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 54
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 24
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 14
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 2
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 11
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 66
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 19
11.1 Lower technical craft 16
11.2 Lower technical process operative 1
12.1 Semi-routine sales 36
12.2 Semi-routine service 41
12.3 Semi-routine technical 15
12.4 Semi-routine operative 9
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 8
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 6
13.1 Routine sales and service 11
13.2 Routine production 14
13.3 Routine technical 27
13.4 Routine operative 28
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 28
14.2 Long-term unemployed 12
15 Full-time students 21
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 236
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, August 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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