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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

Variableint1_rnssec14
LabelAdult respondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 4
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 57
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 81
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 63
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 16
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 9
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 299
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 43
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 46
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 8
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 122
6 Higher supervisory occupations 77
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 226
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 66
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 28
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 7
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 32
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 2
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 159
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 7
10 Lower supervisory occupations 93
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 68
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 10
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 78
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 152
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 32
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 42
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 23
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 11
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 37
13.2 Routine production occupations 35
13.3 Routine technical occupations 81
13.4 Routine operative occupations 86
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 3
14.1 Never worked 32
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 147
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 41
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 6
-5 Not in questionnaire at this time 6198
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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