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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Identity Assurance Module, January, February and April, 2016

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNational Statistics Socioeconomic Classification (full classification)
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial occupations 73
3.1 Higher professional, traditional - employees 132
3.2 Higher professional, new - employees 81
3.3 Higher professional, traditional - self-employed 25
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 11
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 280
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 38
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 45
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 9
5 Lower managerial occupations 121
6 Higher supervisory occupations 60
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 149
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 86
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 25
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 4
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 25
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 158
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 11
10 Lower supervisory occupations 82
11.1 Lower technical craft 55
11.2 Lower technical process operative 10
12.1 Semi-routine sales 85
12.2 Semi-routine service 125
12.3 Semi-routine technical 13
12.4 Semi-routine operative 20
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 27
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 14
13.1 Routine sales and service 34
13.2 Routine production 20
13.3 Routine technical 54
13.4 Routine operative 61
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 70
14.2 Long-term unemployed 19
15 Full-time students 117
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 692
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Identity Assurance Module, January, February and April, 2016
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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