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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 6
2 Higher managerial 160
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - employees 257
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 198
5 Higher professional (traditional ) – self-employed 31
6 Higher professional (new ) – self-employed 11
7 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) - empl 456
8 Lower professional and higher technical (new) - employees 76
9 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) – self 36
10 Lower professional and higher technical (new) – self-employe 17
11 Lower managerial 232
12 Higher supervisory 118
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 192
14 Intermediate sales and service 96
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 39
16 Intermediate engineering 18
17 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 38
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 1
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 274
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 21
21 Lower supervisory 135
22 Lower technical craft 122
23 Lower technical process operative 15
24 Semi-routine sales 90
25 Semi-routine service 163
26 Semi-routine technical 34
27 Semi-routine operative 46
28 Semi-routine agricultural 4
29 Semi-routine clerical 24
30 Semi-routine childcare 14
31 Routine sales and service 54
32 Routine production 26
33 Routine technical 138
34 Routine operative 131
35 Routine agricultural 4
36 Never worked 54
37 Long-term unemployed 23
38 Full-time students 68
39 Occupations not stated 27
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1463
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2015-2016
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