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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Tobacco Consumption and E-Cigarettes Modules, January - February, April - May, July - August and October - November, 2016

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large organisations 4
2 Higher managerial occupations 211
3.1 Higher professional (traditional) - employees 334
3.2 Higher professional (new) - employees 214
3.3 Higher professional (traditional) - self-employed 59
3.4 Higher professional (new) - self-employed 21
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - employees 855
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - employees 98
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - self-employed 122
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - self-employed 17
5 Lower managerial occupations 290
6 Higher supervisory occupations 192
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 409
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 224
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 88
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 18
8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 80
8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 7
9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) 490
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 22
10 Lower supervisory occupations 252
11.1 Lower technical craft 146
11.2 Lower technical process operative 18
12.1 Semi-routine sales 243
12.2 Semi-routine service 345
12.3 Semi-routine technical 53
12.4 Semi-routine operative 65
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 13
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 57
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 34
13.1 Routine sales and service 95
13.2 Routine production 51
13.3 Routine technical 176
13.4 Routine operative 252
13.5 Routine agricultural 11
14.1 Never worked 182
14.2 Long-term unemployed 53
15 Full-time students 314
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 1
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 2023
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Tobacco Consumption and E-Cigarettes Modules, January - February, April - May, July - August and October - November, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC full classification
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.
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