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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July 2014 - February 2015

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 21
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 42
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 27
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 11
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 2
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 76
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 12
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 11
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 45
6 Higher supervisory occupations 21
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 50
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 29
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 14
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 9
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 57
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 2
10 Lower supervisory occupations 14
11.1 Lower technical craft 17
11.2 Lower technical process operative 4
12.1 Semi-routine sales 29
12.2 Semi-routine service 47
12.3 Semi-routine technical 2
12.4 Semi-routine operative 6
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 8
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 5
13.1 Routine sales and service 16
13.2 Routine production 6
13.3 Routine technical 28
13.4 Routine operative 27
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 33
14.2 Long-term unemployed 9
15 Full-time students 35
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 252
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July 2014 - February 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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