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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, December 2012

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 23
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 31
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 36
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 10
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 1
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 108
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 9
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 11
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 35
6 Higher supervisory occupations 19
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 49
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 26
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 10
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 6
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 42
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 29
11.1 Lower technical craft 14
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 27
12.2 Semi-routine service 46
12.3 Semi-routine technical 8
12.4 Semi-routine operative 7
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 10
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 4
13.1 Routine sales and service 12
13.2 Routine production 7
13.3 Routine technical 20
13.4 Routine operative 20
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 28
14.2 Long-term unemployed 13
15 Full-time students 26
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 247
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, December 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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