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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, October and November 2015 and January and May 2016

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large orgs 5
2 Higher managerial occupations 105
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 153
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 112
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 26
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 6
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (trad) - emp 405
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - emp 44
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - se 58
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - se 17
5 Lower managerial occupations 133
6 Higher supervisory occupations 101
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 203
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 113
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 44
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 10
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 30
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 3
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 234
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 20
10 Lower supervisory occupations 122
11.1 Lower technical craft 56
11.2 Lower technical process operative 12
12.1 Semi-routine sales 103
12.2 Semi-routine service 175
12.3 Semi-routine technical 22
12.4 Semi-routine operative 30
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 3
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 26
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 23
13.1 Routine sales and service 48
13.2 Routine production 24
13.3 Routine technical 81
13.4 Routine operative 108
13.5 Routine agricultural 5
14.1 Never worked 104
14.2 Long-term unemployed 20
15 Full-time students 139
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1001
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Well-Being Module, October and November 2015 and January and May 2016
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC full classification
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.
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