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LS variable metadata
| NSSEC9 | |
|---|---|
| Table | ME91 1991 Census - LS members |
| Short description | National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NSSeC). 1991. |
| Source | 1991 Census. |
| Code notes | Coded to operational categories and sub-categories. Analytic categories are formed by combining operational categories and sub-categories. 1.1 - Large employers and higher managerial occupations - 1.0,2.0 1.2 - Higher professional occupations - 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4 2 - Lower managerial and professional occupations - 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,5,6 3 - Intermediate occupations - 7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4 4 - Small employers and own account workers - 8.1,8.2,9.1,9.2 5 - Lower supervisory and technical occupations - 10,11.1,11.2 6 - Semi-routine occupations -12.1,12.2,12.3,12.4,12.5,12.6,12.7 7 - Routine occupations - 13.1,13.2,13.3,13.4,13.5 |
Variable coding
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Employers in large organisations |
| 2 | 2 Higher managerial occupations |
| 3 | 3.1 Higher professional occupations (traditional) - employees |
| 4 | 3.2 Higher professional occupations (new) - employees |
| 5 | 3.3 Higher professional occupations (traditional) - self-employed |
| 6 | 3.4 Higher professional occupations (new) - self-employed |
| 7 | 4.1 Lower professional and higher technical occupations (traditional) - employees |
| 8 | 4.2 Lower professional and higher technical occupations (new) - employees |
| 9 | 4.3 Lower professional and higher technical occupations (traditional) - self-employed |
| 10 | 4.4 Lower professional and higher technical occupations (new) - self-employed |
| 11 | 5 Lower managerial occupations |
| 12 | 6 Higher supervisory occupations |
| 13 | 7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative |
| 14 | 7.2 Intermediate sales and service |
| 15 | 7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary |
| 16 | 7.4 Intermediate engineering |
| 17 | 8.1 Employers (small organisations, non-professional) |
| 18 | 8.2 Employers (small - agriculture) |
| 19 | 9.1 Own account workers (non-professional) |
| 20 | 9.2 Own account workers (agriculture) |
| 21 | 10 Lower supervisory occupations |
| 22 | 11.1 Lower technical craft |
| 23 | 11.2 Lower technical process operative |
| 24 | 12.1 Semi-routine sales |
| 25 | 12.2 Semi-routine service |
| 26 | 12.3 Semi-routine technical |
| 27 | 12.4 Semi-routine operative |
| 28 | 12.5 Semi-routine agricultural |
| 29 | 12.6 Semi-routine clerical |
| 30 | 12.7 Semi-routine childcare |
| 31 | 13.1 Routine sales and service |
| 32 | 13.2 Routine production |
| 33 | 13.3 Routine technical |
| 34 | 13.4 Routine operative |
| 35 | 13.5 Routine agricultural |
| -9 | Missing (full-time student, never worked, long-term unemployed, inadequately described, other) |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
|---|---|
| 230 | 2001 Census Appendix 75 |
| 824 | NS-SEC Derivation Tables |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| id | 1505 |
| m204name | LSLOAD only |
| fullname | (ME91)NSSEC9 |
| description | NS-SEC using 1991 occupations coded to SOC90 |
| codedas | MAIN |
| source | 1991 Census. |
| derived | Y |
| derivation | Source variables: EMPST9, SOC909, INDSIZE9 Official ONS lookup for deriving NS-SEC based on SOC90 using the Full Method to derive NS-SEC Operational Categories. Closed derivation. |
| codelist | Y |
| notes | Applicability: People aged 16 and over who had worked in the last 10 years The missing categories available for 2001 NSSEC (e.g. long-term unemployed) cannot be constructed using 1991 data. |
| issueflag | Not in Idealist |
| restricted | N |
| format | Numeric |
| length | 2 |
| keyword | Socio-economic |
| classification | |
| comvarind | |
| comvartime | |
| field0 | ME91 |