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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active Lives Survey, 2015-2016

Variable Details

VariableGendNSSEC7
LabelGender by NS-SEC 5 main categories self coded within valid age range
Responses
1 Male; Managerial, administrative and professional occupation 41929
2 Male; Intermediate occupations 2887
3 Male; Small employers and own account workers 7419
4 Male; Lower supervisory and technical occupations 9804
5 Male; Semi-routine and routine occupations 8168
6 Male; Long term unemployed or never worked 1562
7 Male; Full-time student 2778
8 Male; Aged 16-74 and unknown NSSEC 3399
9 Male; Aged <16 or 75+ 10950
10 Female; Managerial, administrative and professional occupati 53735
11 Female; Intermediate occupations 17116
12 Female; Small employers and own account workers 4514
13 Female; Lower supervisory and technical occupations 3572
14 Female; Semi-routine and routine occupations 10712
15 Female; Long term unemployed or never worked 2474
16 Female; Full-time student 4232
17 Female; Aged 16-74 and unknown NSSEC 4762
18 Female; Aged <16 or 75+ 11102
-99 Missing, should have been answered 0
-98 Not applicable: Survey routing 455
-97 Incorrectly multicoded 0
-96 Out of range 7
-95 Cannot give an estimate / Don't know 0
-94 Prefer not to say 0
-93 Not applicable: Postal response 0
-92 Not applicable: Phase 1 case 0
-91 Not applicable: Phase 2 case 0
-90 Not applicable: Not asked to this group 0
Sysmiss 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive Lives Survey, 2015-2016
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