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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_hnssec14
LabelHRP Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 11
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 117
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 172
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 130
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 41
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 13
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 479
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 51
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 63
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 10
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 207
6 Higher supervisory occupations 119
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 274
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 83
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 43
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 21
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 69
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 4
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 287
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 10
10 Lower supervisory occupations 168
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 130
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 28
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 120
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 194
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 60
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 79
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 5
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 36
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 6
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 33
13.2 Routine production occupations 61
13.3 Routine technical occupations 177
13.4 Routine operative occupations 159
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 4
14.1 Never worked 53
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 24
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 39
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 4
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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