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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, 2017

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large orgs 0
2 Higher managerial occupations 23
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 44
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 24
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 9
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 0
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (trad) - emp 77
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - emp 16
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - se 14
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - se 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 33
6 Higher supervisory occupations 28
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 57
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 22
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 9
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 2
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 9
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 47
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 3
10 Lower supervisory occupations 29
11.1 Lower technical craft 15
11.2 Lower technical process operative 2
12.1 Semi-routine sales 22
12.2 Semi-routine service 39
12.3 Semi-routine technical 5
12.4 Semi-routine operative 4
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 1
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 6
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 6
13.1 Routine sales and service 20
13.2 Routine production 9
13.3 Routine technical 20
13.4 Routine operative 22
13.5 Routine agricultural 4
14.1 Never worked 26
14.2 Long-term unemployed 6
15 Full-time students 33
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 221
9998 Refusal 0
Sysmiss 6212
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, 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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