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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variableaq73_1
LabelR's Occupation
Question text From this card please tell me which best describes the sort of work you do. (If you are not working now, please tell me what you did in your last job). The showcard looks like this: 1. Professional or higher technical work Eg, Work that requires at least degree-level qualifications, for example, doctor, accountant, schoolteacher, university lecturer, social worker, systems analyst 2. Manager or senior administrator Eg, company director, finance manager, personnel manager, senior sales manager, senior local government officer 3. Clerical Eg, clerk, secretary 4. Sales or services Eg, commercial traveller, shop assistant, nursery nurse, care assistant, paramedic 5. Small business owner Eg, shop owner, small builder, restaurant owner 6. Foreman or supervisor of other workers Eg, building site foreman, supervisor of cleaning workers 7. Skilled manual work Eg, plumber, electrician, fitter, train driver, cook, hairdresser 8. Semi-skilled or unskilled manual work Eg, machine operator, assembler, postman, waitress, cleaner, labourer, driver, bar-worker, call-centre worker 9. Other (PLEASE SAY WHAT) 10. Never worked
Responses
-2 Refused 9
-1 Don't know 3
1 Professional or higher technical work 402
2 Manager or senior administrator 246
3 Clerical 225
4 Sales or services 211
5 Small business owner 105
6 Foreman or supervisor of other workers 44
7 Skilled manual work 241
8 Semi-skilled or unskilled manual work 339
9 Other (WRITE IN) 43
10 Never worked 67
Sysmiss 1577
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsCARD NN 1
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Electors resident in Great Britain during 2005.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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