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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 organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 52
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 72
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 64
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 15
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 8
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 222
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 27
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 21
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 78
6 Higher supervisory occupations 55
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 95
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 48
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 16
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 19
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 120
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 62
11.1 Lower technical craft 33
11.2 Lower technical process operative 3
12.1 Semi-routine sales 74
12.2 Semi-routine service 94
12.3 Semi-routine technical 17
12.4 Semi-routine operative 17
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 16
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 5
13.1 Routine sales and service 29
13.2 Routine production 17
13.3 Routine technical 53
13.4 Routine operative 64
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 45
14.2 Long-term unemployed 19
15 Full-time students 93
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 556
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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