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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2016-2017

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 3
2 Higher managerial 186
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - employees 263
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 193
5 Higher professional (traditional ) – self-employed 54
6 Higher professional (new ) – self-employed 12
7 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) - empl 457
8 Lower professional and higher technical (new) - employees 105
9 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) – self 57
10 Lower professional and higher technical (new) – self-employe 13
11 Lower managerial 194
12 Higher supervisory 124
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 150
14 Intermediate sales and service 100
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 44
16 Intermediate engineering 16
17 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 34
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 3
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 279
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 15
21 Lower supervisory 147
22 Lower technical craft 105
23 Lower technical process operative 22
24 Semi-routine sales 120
25 Semi-routine service 173
26 Semi-routine technical 33
27 Semi-routine operative 33
28 Semi-routine agricultural 3
29 Semi-routine clerical 27
30 Semi-routine childcare 11
31 Routine sales and service 48
32 Routine production 24
33 Routine technical 134
34 Routine operative 121
35 Routine agricultural 5
36 Never worked 60
37 Long-term unemployed 18
38 Full-time students 46
39 Occupations not stated 23
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1586
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2016-2017
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