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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, May - December, 2013 and January and February 2014

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 15
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 40
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 24
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 7
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 91
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 12
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 14
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 25
6 Higher supervisory occupations 18
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 52
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 26
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 14
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 3
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 7
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 56
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 0
10 Lower supervisory occupations 30
11.1 Lower technical craft 21
11.2 Lower technical process operative 2
12.1 Semi-routine sales 25
12.2 Semi-routine service 32
12.3 Semi-routine technical 7
12.4 Semi-routine operative 8
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 2
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 8
13.1 Routine sales and service 18
13.2 Routine production 8
13.3 Routine technical 22
13.4 Routine operative 36
13.5 Routine agricultural 0
14.1 Never worked 13
14.2 Long-term unemployed 13
15 Full-time students 31
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 268
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, May - December, 2013 and January and February 2014
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
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. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.
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