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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, August, September and October, 2012

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 84
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 111
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 87
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 21
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 7
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 304
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 44
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 34
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 5
5 Lower managerial occupations 106
6 Higher supervisory occupations 77
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 169
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 72
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 35
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 9
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 27
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 6
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 170
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 11
10 Lower supervisory occupations 76
11.1 Lower technical craft 54
11.2 Lower technical process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine sales 95
12.2 Semi-routine service 126
12.3 Semi-routine technical 28
12.4 Semi-routine operative 18
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 24
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 35
13.2 Routine production 28
13.3 Routine technical 79
13.4 Routine operative 88
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 67
14.2 Long-term unemployed 36
15 Full-time students 119
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 716
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, August, September and October, 2012
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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