Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Electric Vehicles Module, February 2014 and February 2015

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 28
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 36
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 24
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 8
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 78
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 13
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 4
5 Lower managerial occupations 32
6 Higher supervisory occupations 25
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 59
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 32
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 13
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 10
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 57
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 32
11.1 Lower technical craft 21
11.2 Lower technical process operative 1
12.1 Semi-routine sales 30
12.2 Semi-routine service 43
12.3 Semi-routine technical 5
12.4 Semi-routine operative 8
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 2
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 2
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 6
13.1 Routine sales and service 15
13.2 Routine production 9
13.3 Routine technical 15
13.4 Routine operative 23
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 Never worked 25
14.2 Long-term unemployed 9
15 Full-time students 45
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 227
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Electric Vehicles Module, February 2014 and February 2015
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.