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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

Variableint5_rnssec14
LabelAdult respondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 3
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 69
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 90
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 53
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 24
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 5
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 326
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 38
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 46
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 7
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 111
6 Higher supervisory occupations 87
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 247
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 69
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 38
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 11
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 37
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 1
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 180
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 14
10 Lower supervisory occupations 95
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 62
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 16
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 97
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 162
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 32
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 40
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 33
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 14
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 34
13.2 Routine production occupations 38
13.3 Routine technical occupations 95
13.4 Routine operative occupations 122
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 2
14.1 Never worked 43
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 21
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 17
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 0
Sysmiss 6151
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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