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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, March, May, August and November, 2014

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial occupations 114
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 169
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 116
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 28
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 12
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 394
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 53
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 63
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 6
5 Lower managerial occupations 133
6 Higher supervisory occupations 102
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 235
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 120
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 47
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 18
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 41
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 228
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 17
10 Lower supervisory occupations 123
11.1 Lower technical craft 76
11.2 Lower technical process operative 9
12.1 Semi-routine sales 114
12.2 Semi-routine service 184
12.3 Semi-routine technical 46
12.4 Semi-routine operative 39
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 37
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 13
13.1 Routine sales and service 64
13.2 Routine production 22
13.3 Routine technical 97
13.4 Routine operative 114
13.5 Routine agricultural 5
14.1 Never worked 106
14.2 Long-term unemployed 36
15 Full-time students 169
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1028
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, March, May, August and November, 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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