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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableRSOC21sm
LabelDV: SOC 2010 Sub-Major Group - Respondent
Responses
11 Corporate managers and directors 215
12 Other managers and proprietors 123
21 Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 182
22 Health professionals 169
23 Teaching and educational professionals 264
24 Business, media and public service professionals 172
31 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals 60
32 Health and social care associate professionals 80
33 Protective service occupations 36
34 Culture, media and sports occupations 64
35 Business and public service associate professionals 246
41 Administrative occupations 334
42 Secretarial and related occupations 145
51 Skilled agricultural and related trades 44
52 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 164
53 Skilled construction and building trades 104
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 116
61 Caring personal service occupations 333
62 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations 102
71 Sales occupations 270
72 Customer service occupations 61
81 Process, plant and machine operatives 177
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 151
91 Elementary trades and related occupations 95
92 Elementary administration and service occupations 457
99 can't compute 0
-8 Don't know 17
-1 never had a job > 10 hrs per week 147
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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