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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2013

Variable Details

VariableRNSSEC
LabelR NS-SEC - long version :Q525
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 70
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 142
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 92
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 41
3.4 Higher prof: new'self-employed 7
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 471
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 56
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 55
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 11
5 Lower managerial occupations 112
6 Higher supervisory occupations 108
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 282
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 137
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 39
7.4 Intermed: engineering 21
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 78
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 6
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 196
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 158
11.1 Lower techn: craft 104
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 15
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 156
12.2 Semi-routine: service 220
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 41
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 40
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 4
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 33
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 17
13.1 Routine: sales and service 81
13.2 Routine: production 52
13.3 Routine: technical 127
13.4 Routine: operative 126
13.5 Routine: agriculture 6
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 4
999.9 18
9999 Refusal 0
-1 111
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsRespondent/Spouse NS-SEC Socio-economic Class (analytic class level)
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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