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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, April, July and October, 2014

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 88
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 114
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 91
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 32
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 8
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 278
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 37
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 43
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 117
6 Higher supervisory occupations 69
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 171
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 97
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 36
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 13
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 31
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 4
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 176
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 12
10 Lower supervisory occupations 74
11.1 Lower technical craft 57
11.2 Lower technical process operative 13
12.1 Semi-routine sales 88
12.2 Semi-routine service 138
12.3 Semi-routine technical 16
12.4 Semi-routine operative 26
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 33
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 15
13.1 Routine sales and service 33
13.2 Routine production 24
13.3 Routine technical 90
13.4 Routine operative 91
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 92
14.2 Long-term unemployed 27
15 Full-time students 113
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 749
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, April, July and October, 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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