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As a result of a review conducted by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the two previous government social classifications (Social Class based on Occupation and Socio-economic Groups) were replaced in 2001 by a new classification: the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). This book arises from original research, including primary data collection, undertaken by ESRC for ONS. This book introduces researchers to all aspects of the new classification.
The Problem of Lower Sales, Service and Clerical Occupations
The Problem of Lower Sales, Service and Clerical Occupations
Introduction
In allocating occupation by employment status units to NS-SEC classes, of especial concern to us, and Chapter 4 highlights this, was how best to allocate low-grade clerical, sales and service occupations. In Chapter 4, Mills and Evans suggested that occupations such as these appeared to be outliers of Class 3. Our own analysis of LFS data suggested that they did not belong with the intermediate occupations in ...
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