Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableROpCat
LabelNS-SEC operational category [respondent]dv :Q496
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 69
3 Higher professional occupations 289
4 Lower professional & higher technical occups 568
5 Lower managerial occupations 130
6 Higher supervisory occupations 117
7 Intermediate occupations 414
8 Employers in small organisation 90
9 Own account workers 188
10 Lower supervisory occupations 193
11 Lower technical occupations 124
12 Semi-routine occupations 547
13 Routine occupations 393
16 Occup not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable 9
-1 Not applicable 117
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC operational category [respondent OR spouse]
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.