The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC)
- Claudia Alioto
Reference
Rose, D., & Pevalin, D. J. (2003). A researcher's guide to the National Statistic Socio-economic Classification. SAGE Publications, Ltd. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857024725
List of questions
Question number | Question | Original 8-item version | 7-item version (1) | 7-item version (2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | What did the firm/organisation you worked for mainly make or do (at the place where you worked)? | ✓ |  | ✓ |
2 | What was your (main) job? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3 | What did you mainly do in your job? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
4 | Were you working as an employee or where you self-employed? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
5 | In your job, did you have any formal responsibility for supervising the work of other employees? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
6 | How many people worked for your employer at the place where you worked? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
7 | Where you working on your own or did you have employees? | ✓ | ✓ |  |
8 | How many people did you employ at the place where you worked? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
Original 8-item version | Next Steps | 2007 | Next Steps Age 17 Main Parent Questionnaire 2007 | |
Original 8-item version | Next Steps | 2007 | Next Steps Age 17 Second Parent Questionnaire 2007 | |
Original 8-item version | Next Steps | 2015 | Next Steps Age 25 Activities and Employment Module 2015 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2004 | Next Steps Age 14 Main Parent Questionnaire 2004 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2004 | Next Steps Age 14 Second Parent Questionnaire 2004 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2005 | Next Steps Age 15 Main Parent Questionnaire 2005 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2005 | Next Steps Age 15 Second Parent Questionnaire 2005 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2006 | Next Steps Age 16 Main Parent Questionnaire 2006 | |
7-item version (1) | Next Steps | 2006 | Next Steps Age 16 Second Parent Questionnaire 2006 | |
7-item version (2) | Next Steps | 2006 | Next Steps Age 16 Young Person Questionnaire 2006 | |
7-item version (2) | Next Steps | 2008 | Next Steps Age 18 Young Person Respondent - Jobs and Training Questionnaire 2008 | |
7-item version (2) | Next Steps | 2008 | Next Steps Age 18 Young person - Household Information Questionnaire 2008 | |
7-item version (2) | Next Steps | 2009 | Next Steps Age 19 Jobs and Training Questionnaire 2009 | |
7-item version (2) | Next Steps | 2010 | Next Steps Age 20 Jobs and Training Questionnaire 2010 |