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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_hnssec14
LabelHRP Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 6
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 76
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 109
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 89
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 21
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 7
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 295
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 44
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 31
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 9
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 152
6 Higher supervisory occupations 62
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 178
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 52
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 27
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 12
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 42
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 145
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 98
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 94
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 14
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 58
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 134
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 31
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 48
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 6
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 20
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 7
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 26
13.2 Routine production occupations 27
13.3 Routine technical occupations 97
13.4 Routine operative occupations 93
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 4
14.1 Never worked 28
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 27
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 116
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 38
-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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