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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2014-2015; Adult and Child Data

Variable Details

Variableint4_hnssec14
LabelHRP Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 10
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 87
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 141
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 107
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 36
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 9
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 388
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 40
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 48
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 7
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 169
6 Higher supervisory occupations 89
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 213
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 63
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 34
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 18
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 51
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 237
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 8
10 Lower supervisory occupations 130
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 101
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 23
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 91
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 160
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 51
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 64
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 28
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 5
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 27
13.2 Routine production occupations 49
13.3 Routine technical occupations 134
13.4 Routine operative occupations 127
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 4
14.1 Never worked 44
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 16
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 20
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 4
Sysmiss 4623
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationTaking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2014-2015; Adult and Child Data
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