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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2015-2016

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 1
2 Higher managerial 32
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - employees 60
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 40
5 Higher professional (traditional ) – self-employed 15
6 Higher professional (new ) – self-employed 2
7 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) - empl 108
8 Lower professional and higher technical (new) - employees 20
9 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) – self 16
10 Lower professional and higher technical (new) – self-employe 3
11 Lower managerial 67
12 Higher supervisory 28
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 49
14 Intermediate sales and service 30
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 7
16 Intermediate engineering 7
17 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 6
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 3
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 74
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 6
21 Lower supervisory 28
22 Lower technical craft 33
23 Lower technical process operative 3
24 Semi-routine sales 25
25 Semi-routine service 37
26 Semi-routine technical 13
27 Semi-routine operative 21
28 Semi-routine agricultural 1
29 Semi-routine clerical 9
30 Semi-routine childcare 2
31 Routine sales and service 16
32 Routine production 13
33 Routine technical 39
34 Routine operative 27
35 Routine agricultural 4
36 Never worked 17
37 Long-term unemployed 5
38 Full-time students 27
39 Occupations not stated 5
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 421
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2015-2016
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