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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial 178
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - emp 218
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 191
5 Higher professional (traditional ) - sel 45
6 Higher professional (new ) - self-employ 16
7 Lower professional & higher technical (t 525
8 Lower professional & higher technical (n 80
9 Lower professional & higher technical (t 43
10 Lower professional & higher technical (n 9
11 Lower managerial 251
12 Higher supervisory 121
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 231
14 Intermediate sales and service 128
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 50
16 Intermediate engineering 20
17 Employers (small organisations, non-prof 45
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 3
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 292
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 16
21 Lower supervisory 158
22 Lower technical craft 149
23 Lower technical process operative 19
24 Semi-routine sales 117
25 Semi-routine service 190
26 Semi-routine technical 39
27 Semi-routine operative 58
28 Semi-routine agricultural 7
29 Semi-routine clerical 25
30 Semi-routine childcare 12
31 Routine sales and service 46
32 Routine production 34
33 Routine technical 155
34 Routine operative 156
35 Routine agricultural 2
36 Never worked 53
37 Long-term unemployed 51
38 Full-time students 115
39 Occupations not stated 37
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1707
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2012
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2012.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
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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