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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Drinking Module, 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 orgs 13
2 Higher managerial occupations 216
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 305
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 215
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 71
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 19
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (trad) - emp 785
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - emp 90
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - se 121
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - se 19
5 Lower managerial occupations 279
6 Higher supervisory occupations 180
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 411
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 223
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 66
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 19
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 78
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 6
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 420
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 29
10 Lower supervisory occupations 219
11.1 Lower technical craft 152
11.2 Lower technical process operative 22
12.1 Semi-routine sales 215
12.2 Semi-routine service 337
12.3 Semi-routine technical 41
12.4 Semi-routine operative 54
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 7
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 73
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 27
13.1 Routine sales and service 100
13.2 Routine production 58
13.3 Routine technical 147
13.4 Routine operative 191
13.5 Routine agricultural 9
14.1 Never worked 225
14.2 Long-term unemployed 35
15 Full-time students 296
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 2
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1938
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Drinking Module, 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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