Variable : NS Socio-economic Classfication (4 way)

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:
V_NS_SEC_4WAY
Name:
NS Socio-economic Classfication (4 way)
Type:
Variable (V)
Text:
This greatly simplified version of the National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication is defined in Table 3, "Eight-, five- and three- class versions", of The National Statistics Socio-economic classification (NS-SEC).

Variable "NS Socio-economic Classfication (4 way)" is contained within:


Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID Entity Name
T_SOC Social Structure

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID Entity Name
N_NS_SEC_4WAY NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

Variables, defining what data was gathered for:

Entity ID Entity Name
V_NS_SEC_TOTALS NS Socio-economic Classfication totals


Variable "NS Socio-economic Classfication (4 way)" contains:


Variables, defining what data was gathered for :

Entity ID Entity Name
V_NS_SEC_15WAY NS Socio-economic Classfication (15 way)
V_SEG Socio-Economic Groups
V_RGSOC_DIV Registrar General's Social Class

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID Entity Name
C_NS_SEC_4WAY_1 Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations
C_NS_SEC_4WAY_2 Intermediate occupations
C_NS_SEC_4WAY_3 Routine & manual occupations
C_NS_SEC_4WAY_4 Never worked & long-term unemployed