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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2020

Variable Details

VariableEmpOCC
LabelWhich of the following best describes the sort of work you do in your current job? If you are not working now, please select which best described what you did in your last job?
Responses
1 Modern professional occupations 1178
2 Clerical and intermediate occupations 555
3 Senior managers and administrators usually responsible for p 392
4 Technical and craft occupations 268
5 Semi-routine manual and service occupations 282
6 Routine manual and service occupations 282
7 Middle or junior managers 318
8 Traditional professional occupations 512
98 Don't know 43
99 Prefer not to answer 17
-1 Not applicable 117
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2020
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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