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LS variable metadata
| NSSP0 |
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| Table | ME01 2001 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | National Statistics socio-economic classification (NSSEC). 2001. |
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| Source | 2001 Census. |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Employers in large organisation |
| 2 | Higher managerial |
| 3 | Higher professionals (traditional) - employees |
| 4 | Higher professionals (new) - employees |
| 5 | Higher professionals (traditional) - self employed |
| 6 | Higher professionals (new) - self employed |
| 7 | Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - employees |
| 8 | Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees |
| 9 | Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - self employed |
| 10 | Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self employed |
| 11 | Lower managerial |
| 12 | Higher supervisory |
| 13 | Intermediate clerical and administrative |
| 14 | Intermediate sales and service |
| 15 | Intermediate technical and auxiliary |
| 16 | Intermediate engineering |
| 17 | Employers in small organisations (non-professional) |
| 18 | Employers in small organisations (agriculture) |
| 19 | Own account workers (non-professional) |
| 20 | Own account workers (agriculture) |
| 21 | Lower supervisory |
| 22 | Lower technical craft |
| 23 | Lower technical process operative |
| 24 | Semi-routine sales |
| 25 | Semi-routine service |
| 26 | Semi-routine technical |
| 27 | Semi-routine operative |
| 28 | Semi-routine agriculture |
| 29 | Semi-routine clerical |
| 30 | Semi-routine childcare |
| 31 | Routine sales and service |
| 32 | Routine production |
| 33 | Routine technical |
| 34 | Routine operative |
| 35 | Routine agricultural |
| 36 | Never worked |
| 37 | Long-term unemployed |
| 38 | Full-time students |
| 39 | Occupations not coded |
| 40 | Not classifiable for other reasons |
| space | Missing (initial extract only record) |
| XX | No code required |
| -6 | Missing (unable to derive due to initial extract only input record) |
| -9 | No code required |
References
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 2773 |
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| m204name | PAABME01 |
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| fullname | (ME01)NSSP0 |
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| description | The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) provides an indication of socio-economic position, based on occupation. It is an Office for National Statistics standard classification. |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 2001 Census. |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | Applicability : All people aged 16 to 74 who have ever worked. |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME01 |
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