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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablens_sec
LabelNS-SEC occupational classification
Responses
10 Employers in large establishments 20
20 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 103
31 L3.1 Traditional employees 95
32 L3.2 New employees 75
33 L3.3 Traditional self-employed 16
34 L3.4 New self-employed 10
41 L4.1 Traditional employees 409
42 L4.2 New employees 40
43 L4.3 Traditional self-employed 42
44 L4.4 New self-employed 6
50 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 129
60 Higher supervisory occupations 87
71 L7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 250
72 L7.2 Intermediate sales and service occupations 95
73 L7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 40
74 L7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 9
80 Employers in small organisations 0
81 L8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce 59
82 L8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 7
90 Own account workers 0
91 L9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 184
92 L9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 11
100 Lower supervisory occupations 157
111 L11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 102
112 L11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 10
121 L12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 113
122 L12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 172
123 L12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 26
124 L12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 29
125 L12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 4
126 L12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 45
127 L12.7 Semi routine childcare occupations 4
131 L13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 51
132 L13.2 Routine production occupations 43
133 L13.3 Routine technical occupations 146
134 L13.4 Routine operative occupations 125
135 L13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 2
141 L14.1 Never worked 177
142 L14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
150 Full-time students 0
160 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 94
170 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey
UniverseBritish Electorate (eligible voters);National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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