2001 Individual Licensed SAR Variables

nssec — NS-SEC Socio-Economic Classifications

Value Label Count Percentage
-9 Not classified (students living away or not aged 16 to 74) 385767 n/a% n/a%
1 Employers in large organisations 4011 0.22% 0.22%
2 Higher managerial 41663 2.26% 2.26%
3 Higher professionals (traditional) - employees 39656 2.15% 2.15%
4 Higher professionals (new) - employees 14985 0.81% 0.81%
5 Higher professionals (traditional) - self-employed 11256 0.61% 0.61%
6 Higher professionals (new) - self-employed 2545 0.14% 0.14%
7 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - emp 117811 6.39% 6.39%
8 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - employees 10942 0.59% 0.59%
9 Lower professionals and higher technical (traditional) - sel 12918 0.70% 0.70%
10 Lower professionals and higher technical (new) - self-employ 1538 0.08% 0.08%
11 Lower managerial 73638 3.99% 3.99%
12 Higher supervisory 41575 2.26% 2.26%
13 Intermediate clerical and administrative 64084 3.48% 3.48%
14 Intermediate sales and service 52420 2.84% 2.84%
15 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 11258 0.61% 0.61%
16 Intermediate engineering 4723 0.26% 0.26%
17 Employers in small organisations (non-professional) 32278 1.75% 1.75%
18 Employers in small organisations (agriculture) 2519 0.14% 0.14%
19 Own account workers (non-professional) 57571 3.12% 3.12%
20 Own account workers (agriculture) 4863 0.26% 0.26%
21 Lower supervisory 69576 3.77% 3.77%
22 Lower technical aircraft 27757 1.51% 1.51%
23 Lower technical process operative 6720 0.36% 0.36%
24 Semi-routine sales 48835 2.65% 2.65%
25 Semi-routine service 55996 3.04% 3.04%
26 Semi-routine technical 12101 0.66% 0.66%
27 Semi-routine operative 22892 1.24% 1.24%
28 Semi-routine agriculture 2757 0.15% 0.15%
29 Semi-routine clerical 16383 0.89% 0.89%
30 Semi-routine childcare 8870 0.48% 0.48%
31 Routine sales and service 18710 1.01% 1.01%
32 Routine production 19034 1.03% 1.03%
33 Routine technical 41750 2.26% 2.26%
34 Routine operative 53990 2.93% 2.93%
35 Routine agricultural 1544 0.08% 0.08%
36 Never worked 36645 1.99% 1.99%
37 Long-term unemployed 13961 0.76% 0.76%
38 Full time students 94043 5.10% 5.10%
39 Not known for reason other than student 166972 9.06% 9.06%
40 Not known for other reason 136968 7.43% 7.43%

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Notes

The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) has been introduced by the Government to replace Social Class based on Occupation (also known as the Registrar General's Social Class) and Socio-Economic Groups (SEG). For more information see the National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/methods_quality/ns_sec. Economically active full-time students are coded as 'full-time students'.

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