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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

Variableint2_rnssec14
LabelAdult respondent Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 2
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 93
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 140
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 97
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 16
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 12
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 467
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 52
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 63
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 12
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 198
6 Higher supervisory occupations 105
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 348
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 122
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 41
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 17
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 69
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 6
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 246
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 10
10 Lower supervisory occupations 166
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 105
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 24
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 146
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 210
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 47
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 40
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 45
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 14
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 59
13.2 Routine production occupations 59
13.3 Routine technical occupations 150
13.4 Routine operative occupations 165
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 4
14.1 Never worked 50
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 205
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 51
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 7
-5 Not in questionnaire at this time 4866
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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