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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey

Variable Details

Variabley27
LabelWhich best describes what your spouse or partner does, or what they did last time they was working
Question text Please look at this card and give me the number beside the one which best describes what your spouse or partner does, or what they did last time they was working.
Responses
-999 Not stated 0
-1 Don't know 21
1 Modern professional occupations 325
2 Clerical and intermediate occupations 196
3 Senior managers or administrators 193
4 Technical and craft occupations 209
5 Semi-routine manual and service occupations 183
6 Routine manual and service occupations 241
7 Middle or junior managers 87
8 Traditional professional occupations 137
9 Never worked 45
Sysmiss 1350
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD 32
UniverseBritish Electorate (eligible voters);National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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