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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February and March, 2014

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial occupations 93
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 121
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 78
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 19
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 6
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 289
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 38
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 41
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 109
6 Higher supervisory occupations 87
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 158
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 87
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 41
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 7
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 32
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 185
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 12
10 Lower supervisory occupations 102
11.1 Lower technical craft 52
11.2 Lower technical process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine sales 90
12.2 Semi-routine service 128
12.3 Semi-routine technical 25
12.4 Semi-routine operative 25
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 24
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 18
13.1 Routine sales and service 42
13.2 Routine production 21
13.3 Routine technical 67
13.4 Routine operative 81
13.5 Routine agricultural 2
14.1 Never worked 76
14.2 Long-term unemployed 27
15 Full-time students 143
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 717
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Internet Access Module, January, February and March, 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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