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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, January - May, July - August, October - November, 2014 and January and February 2015

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 7
2 Higher managerial occupations 310
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 430
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 321
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 89
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 33
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 1072
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 141
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 151
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 21
5 Lower managerial occupations 400
6 Higher supervisory occupations 281
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 608
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 319
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 127
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 38
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 114
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 7
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 647
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 41
10 Lower supervisory occupations 330
11.1 Lower technical craft 199
11.2 Lower technical process operative 31
12.1 Semi-routine sales 344
12.2 Semi-routine service 507
12.3 Semi-routine technical 92
12.4 Semi-routine operative 99
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 15
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 99
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 47
13.1 Routine sales and service 156
13.2 Routine production 80
13.3 Routine technical 278
13.4 Routine operative 322
13.5 Routine agricultural 14
14.1 Never worked 291
14.2 Long-term unemployed 104
15 Full-time students 461
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 2824
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, January - May, July - August, October - November, 2014 and January and February 2015
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
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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