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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Train Satisfaction Module, February 2018

Variable Details

VariableNSSECB
LabelNS-SEC Socio-economic Class (full classification)- derived variable
Responses
1 Employers in large orgs 2
2 Higher managerial occupations 19
3.1 Higher prof (traditional) - employees 36
3.2 Higher prof (new) - employees 28
3.3 Higher prof (traditional) - self-employed 7
3.4 Higher prof (new) - self-employed 3
4.1 Lower prof & higher tech (trad) - emp 74
4.2 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - emp 9
4.3 Lower prof & higher tech (traditional) - se 18
4.4 Lower prof & higher tech (new) - se 2
5 Lower managerial occupations 33
6 Higher supervisory occupations 16
7.1 Intermediate - clerical and administrative 39
7.2 Intermediate - sales and service 18
7.3 Intermediate - technical and auxiliary 6
7.4 Intermediate - engineering 0
8.1 Employers in small orgs (non-prof) 5
8.2 Employers in small orgs (agriculture) 0
9.1 Own account workers (non-prof) 45
9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) 5
10 Lower supervisory occupations 19
11.1 Lower technical craft 14
11.2 Lower technical process operative 0
12.1 Semi-routine sales 17
12.2 Semi-routine service 30
12.3 Semi-routine technical 2
12.4 Semi-routine operative 3
12.5 Semi-routine agricultural 0
12.6 Semi-routine clerical 6
12.7 Semi-routine childcare 4
13.1 Routine sales and service 10
13.2 Routine production 1
13.3 Routine technical 25
13.4 Routine operative 22
13.5 Routine agricultural 1
14.1 Never worked 14
14.2 Long-term unemployed 2
15 Full-time students 37
16 Occupations not stated or inadequately described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reasons 261
9998 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Train Satisfaction Module, February 2018
Interviewer InstructionsNS-SEC full classification
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
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