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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelNS-SEC - long version :Q508
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 69
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 159
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 96
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 30
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 465
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 49
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 49
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 5
5 Lower managerial occupations 130
6 Higher supervisory occupations 117
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 253
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 92
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 52
7.4 Intermed: engineering 17
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 83
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 7
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 174
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 193
11.1 Lower techn: craft 103
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 21
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 176
12.2 Semi-routine: service 216
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 35
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 60
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 5
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 37
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 18
13.1 Routine: sales and service 75
13.2 Routine: production 52
13.3 Routine: technical 120
13.4 Routine: operative 143
13.5 Routine: agriculture 3
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 12
999.9 Refusal 8
-1 skip, not in work 106
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
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.
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