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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Cancer Awareness Module, October and November, 2014

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial occupations 40
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 78
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 55
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 19
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 5
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 160
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 24
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 22
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 1
5 Lower managerial occupations 74
6 Higher supervisory occupations 50
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 124
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 64
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 22
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 10
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 18
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 107
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 6
10 Lower supervisory occupations 40
11.1 Lower technical craft 39
11.2 Lower technical process operative 6
12.1 Semi-routine sales 62
12.2 Semi-routine service 97
12.3 Semi-routine technical 6
12.4 Semi-routine operative 15
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 13
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 7
13.1 Routine sales and service 34
13.2 Routine production 13
13.3 Routine technical 52
13.4 Routine operative 58
13.5 Routine agricultural 3
14.1 Never worked 68
14.2 Long-term unemployed 20
15 Full-time students 73
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 497
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Cancer Awareness Module, October and November, 2014
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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