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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

Variablehnssec14
LabelHRP Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 32
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 367
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 490
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 355
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 98
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 34
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 1283
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 196
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 155
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 34
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 625
6 Higher supervisory occupations 289
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 751
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 244
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 105
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 58
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 209
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 24
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 808
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 38
10 Lower supervisory occupations 437
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 369
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 60
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 336
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 568
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 156
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 186
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 17
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 92
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 29
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 114
13.2 Routine production occupations 135
13.3 Routine technical occupations 469
13.4 Routine operative occupations 440
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 7
14.1 Never worked 188
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 145
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 227
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1
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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