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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2015-2016; Adult and Child Data

Variable Details

Variableint3_rnssec14
LabelAdult respondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 10
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 150
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 225
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 139
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 39
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 18
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 741
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 71
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 91
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 11
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 276
6 Higher supervisory occupations 168
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 502
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 169
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 84
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 26
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 91
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 398
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 25
10 Lower supervisory occupations 272
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 150
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 37
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 260
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 351
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 70
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 95
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 10
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 79
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 30
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 89
13.2 Routine production occupations 91
13.3 Routine technical occupations 234
13.4 Routine operative occupations 259
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 9
14.1 Never worked 88
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 133
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 61
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 7
Sysmiss 2971
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationTaking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2015-2016; Adult and Child Data
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