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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableS2SOC21G
LabelSOC 2010 Sub-Major Group - Partner:dv
Responses
11 Corporate managers and directors 185
12 Other managers and proprietors 39
21 Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 72
22 Health professionals 22
23 Teaching and educational professionals 81
24 Business, media and public service professionals 70
31 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals 14
32 Health and social care associate professionals 67
33 Protective service occupations 18
34 Culture, media and sports occupations 31
35 Business and public service associate professionals 78
41 Administrative occupations 94
42 Secretarial and related occupations 32
51 Skilled agricultural and related trades 26
52 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 56
53 Skilled construction and building trades 56
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 31
61 Caring personal service occupations 76
62 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations 24
71 Sales occupations 64
72 Customer service occupations 5
81 Process, plant and machine operatives 45
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 61
91 Elementary trades and related occupations 31
92 Elementary administration and service occupations 91
99 can't compute 0
-9 Refusal 1
-8 Don't know 29
-4 skip, spouse never had a job >10 hours per week 0
-3 skip, not married / living with 0
-1 skip, spouse not working and not waiting for work 2929
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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