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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCMAJL
LabelMajor occupation group (last job)
Responses
1 1 Managers and administrators 2361
2 2 Professional occupations 1358
3 3 Associate prof & tech occupations 1409
4 4 Clerical,secretarial occupations 3362
5 5 Craft and related occupations 2917
6 6 Personal,protective occupations 2729
7 7 Sales occupations 2111
8 8 Plant and machine operatives 2755
9 9 Other occupations 3271
-10 No answer/Does not apply 131940
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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