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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, 2017

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large orgs 5
2 Higher managerial occupations 188
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 284
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 180
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 61
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 22
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (trad) - emp 725
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - emp 113
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - se 98
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - se 15
5 Lower managerial occupations 248
6 Higher supervisory occupations 170
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 403
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 171
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 73
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 24
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 55
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 9
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 400
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 27
10 Lower supervisory occupations 232
11.1 Lower technical craft 117
11.2 Lower technical process operative 23
12.1 Semi-routine sales 189
12.2 Semi-routine service 286
12.3 Semi-routine technical 43
12.4 Semi-routine operative 68
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 7
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 52
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 35
13.1 Routine sales and service 88
13.2 Routine production 58
13.3 Routine technical 137
13.4 Routine operative 192
13.5 Routine agricultural 16
14.1 Never worked 191
14.2 Long-term unemployed 28
15 Full-time students 264
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 1825
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, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC full classification
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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