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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

Variableansseca
LabelNS Socio Economic Classification - respondent
Responses
-1 Skip, not applicable 0
1 Large employers and higher managerial occupations 0
1.10000002384186 Large employers and higher managerial occupations 0
1.20000004768372 Higher professional occupations 0
2 Higher professional occupations 82
3 Lower managerial and professional occupations 244
4 Intermediate occupations 132
5 Small employers and own account workers 122
6 Lower supervisory and technical occupations 102
7 Semi-routine occupations 241
8 Routine occupations 188
9 Never worked and long-term unemployed 0
-2 Skip, not applicable 70
10 Not classified 34
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset
Interviewer InstructionsNational Statistics Socio Economic Classification (NS SEC)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The teaching dataset was created as part of a single project.
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