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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

2011 Census Microdata Individual Safeguarded Sample (Local Authority)

Variable Details

Variablensshuk11
LabelHousehold reference person NS-SEC
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1062
2 Higher managerial and administrative occs 92446
3.1 Higher professional occs: Traditional employees 146475
3.2 Higher professional occs: New employees 96087
3.3 Higher professional occs: Traditional self-employed 41213
3.4 Higher professional occs: New self-employed 7910
4.1 Lower prof and higher tech occs: Trad employees 275339
4.2 Lower prof and higher tech occs: New employees 48702
4.3 Lower prof and higher tech occs: Trad self-employed 40331
4.4 Lower prof and higher tech occs: New self-employed 10548
5 Lower managerial and administrative occs 177345
6 Higher supervisory occs 85601
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occs 167725
7.2 Intermediate sales and service occs 80250
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occs 25926
7.4 Intermediate engineering occs 17643
8.1 Employers in small estab: industry/commerce/servs etc. 94499
8.2 Employers in small estab:agriculture 5970
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 243033
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 13049
10 Lower supervisory occs 127814
11.1 Lower technical craft occs 103440
11.2 Lower technical process operative occs 14419
12.1 Semi routine sales occs 88004
12.2 Semi routine service occs 141089
12.3 Semi routine technical occs 35091
12.4 Semi routine operative occs 59629
12.5 Semi routine agricultural occs 4617
12.6 Semi routine clerical occs 26216
12.7 Semi routine childcare occs 7891
13.1 Routine sales and service occs 35028
13.2 Routine production occs 33733
13.3 Routine technical occs 131378
13.4 Routine operative occs 137024
13.5 Routine agricultural occs 2432
14.1 Never worked 72155
14.2 Long-term unemployed/FT students 43121
15 FT students 58024
-9 Not applicable 55890
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location2011 Census Microdata Individual Safeguarded Sample (Local Authority)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: These data comprise a 5% sample of anonymised individual 2011 Census records.
SamplingStratified sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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