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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, January, February, April and May, 2015

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large orgs 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 56
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 91
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 48
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 12
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof and higher tech (trad) - emp 219
4.2 Lower prof and higher tech (new) - emp 26
4.3 Lower prof and higher tech (traditional) - se 30
4.4 Lower prof and higher tech (new) - se 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 66
6 Higher supervisory occupations 42
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 100
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 53
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 28
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 6
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 23
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 132
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 6
10 Lower supervisory occupations 64
11.1 Lower technical craft 35
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 49
12.2 Semi-routine service 83
12.3 Semi-routine technical 15
12.4 Semi-routine operative 15
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 17
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 6
13.1 Routine sales and service 21
13.2 Routine production 14
13.3 Routine technical 44
13.4 Routine operative 67
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 40
14.2 Long-term unemployed 12
15 Full-time students 91
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 520
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, January, February, April and May, 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.
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