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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2017-2018

Variable Details

VariableA091
LabelSocio-economic group - household reference person
Responses
0 Not recorded 0
1 Employers in large organisations 6
2 Higher managerial 198
3 Higher professional (traditional ) - employees 294
4 Higher professional (new ) - employees 223
5 Higher professional (traditional ) – self-employed 41
6 Higher professional (new ) – self-employed 10
7 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) - empl 529
8 Lower professional and higher technical (new) - employees 102
9 Lower professional and higher technical (traditional) – self 56
10 Lower professional and higher technical (new) – self-employe 14
11 Lower managerial 239
12 Higher supervisory 144
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 193
14 Intermediate sales and service 117
15 Intermediate technical and auxilary 41
16 Intermediate engineering 19
17 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) 40
18 Employers (small - agricultural) 5
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 299
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 26
21 Lower supervisory 155
22 Lower technical craft 108
23 Lower technical process operative 14
24 Semi-routine sales 99
25 Semi-routine service 178
26 Semi-routine technical 38
27 Semi-routine operative 47
28 Semi-routine agricultural 3
29 Semi-routine clerical 26
30 Semi-routine childcare 15
31 Routine sales and service 34
32 Routine production 30
33 Routine technical 135
34 Routine operative 136
35 Routine agricultural 3
36 Never worked 55
37 Long-term unemployed 22
38 Full-time students 73
39 Occupations not stated 23
40 Not classifiable for other reasons 1617
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2017-2018
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