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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2015-2016

Variable Details

Variablesec1r
LabelSec1 - NS-SEC full operational categories (respondent)
Responses
1 L1: Employers in large organisations 646
2 L2: Higher managerial 8341
3 L3.1: Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 7176
4 L3.2: Higher professionals (new) - employees 1999
5 L3.3: Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 2055
6 L3.4: Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 362
7 L4.1: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 23435
8 L4.2: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - emplo 904
9 L4.3: Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) 2949
10 L4.4: Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self- 121
11 L5: Lower managerial 12299
12 L6: Higher supervisory 8333
13 L7.1: Intermediate clerical and administrative 9597
14 L7.2: Intermediate sales and service 5221
15 L7.3: Intermediate technical and auxiliary 1733
16 L7.4: Intermediate engineering 333
17 L8.1: Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 3912
18 L8.2: Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 425
19 L9.1: Own account workers (non- professional) 10912
20 L9.2: Own account workers (agriculture) 867
21 L10: Lower supervisory 12534
22 L11.1: Lower technical craft 2376
23 L11.2: Lower technical process operative 630
24 L12.1: Semi-routine sales 5282
25 L12.2: Semi-routine service 7028
26 L12.3: Semi-routine technical 1104
27 L12.4: Semi-routine operative 1545
28 L12.5: Semi-routine agriculture 254
29 L12.6: Semi-routine clerical 1918
30 L12.7: Semi-routine childcare 2177
31 L13.1: Routine sales and service 1874
32 L13.2: Routine production 1911
33 L13.3: Routine technical 3544
34 L13.4: Routine operative 3813
35 L13.5: Routine agricultural 161
36 L14.1: Never worked 533
37 L14.2: Long-term unemployed 3700
38 L15: Full-time students 3404
39 L16: Occupations not stated or inadequately described 6977
40 L17: Not classifiable for other reasons 680
-1 1393
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2015-2016
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