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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_hnssec14
LabelHRP Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC based on SOC2010): Operational Categories
Responses
1 Employers in large establishments 3
2 Higher managerial and administrative occupations 126
3.1 Higher professional occupations: Traditional employees 169
3.2 Higher professional occupations: New employees 132
3.3 Higher professional occupations: Traditional self-employed 26
3.4 Higher professional occupations: New self-employed 14
4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 453
4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New emp 67
4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: Traditi 51
4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations: New sel 12
5 Lower managerial and administrative occupations 228
6 Higher supervisory occupations 106
7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative occupations 275
7.2 Intermediate service occupations 87
7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary occupations 39
7.4 Intermediate engineering occupations 19
8.1 Employers in small establishments in industry, commerce, ser 82
8.2 Employers in small establishments in agriculture 9
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 243
9.2 Own account workers in agriculture 12
10 Lower supervisory occupations 172
11.1 Lower technical craft occupations 131
11.2 Lower technical process operative occupations 24
12.1 Semi-routine sales occupations 127
12.2 Semi-routine service occupations 192
12.3 Semi-routine technical occupations 56
12.4 Semi-routine operative occupations 47
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural occupations 4
12.6 Semi-routine clerical occupations 32
12.7 Semi-routine childcare occupations 8
13.1 Routine sales and service occupations 43
13.2 Routine production occupations 55
13.3 Routine technical occupations 175
13.4 Routine operative occupations 159
13.5 Routine agricultural occupations 7
14.1 Never worked 55
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 41
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 151
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 35
-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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