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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

Variableint4_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 82
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 136
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 91
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 32
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 11
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 495
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 41
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 64
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 12
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 186
6 Higher supervisory occupations 119
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 338
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 93
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 54
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 20
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 47
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 265
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 172
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 96
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 27
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 153
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 222
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 52
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 73
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 50
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 19
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 61
13.2 Routine production occupations 70
13.3 Routine technical occupations 142
13.4 Routine operative occupations 170
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 4
14.1 Never worked 63
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 58
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 27
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 7
Sysmiss 4949
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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