| CLASS codes Column number: 1. Age of respondent 2. Age left full-time education; 14 means 14 or younger, and 21 means 21 or older 3. Number of children in the family 4. Chronic illness; the variable indicates whether respondents have any long-standing illness, disability or infirmity, and, if so, whether it limits their activities in any way: 0 no chronic illness
1 yes but not limiting
2 yes and limits activity
5. Current social class of respondent (combined socio-economic
groups): 1 professional
6. Respondent's opinion of own health in last year: 2 managers and employers 3 intermediate and junior non-manual 4 skilled manual 5 semi-skilled manual 6 unskilled manual 1 good
7. Highest educational qualification obtained: 2 fairly good 3 not good 0 no qualifications
8. Standard Industrial Classification of job: 1 apprenticeship 2 CSE, 1-4 O-levels 3 5 or more O-levels 4 A-levels 5 HND, teaching or nursing qualifications 6 degree 1 consumer goods
9. Satisfaction with 'the job as a whole'; the question was only
asked two men who worked more than 10 hours per week at their main job:
2 raw-materials 3 capital goods 4 construction 5 utilities 6 distributive 7 professional financial 8 administration and defence 1 very satisfied
10. Length of time with current employer (or length of time
self-employed): 2 fairly satisfied 3 not satisfied or dissatisfied 4 rather dissatisfied 5 very dissatisfied 1 less than three months
11. Marital status (common-law marriages included): 2 between three and 12 months 3 more than 12 months but less than five years 4 five years or more 1 married
12. Hours of overtime worked each week 2 single 3 widowed 4 divorced 5 separated 13. Tenure of accommodation: 1 owns or is buying on a mortgage
14. Current or last social class of father for respondents aged under
50. Codes as in column five 2 rents or lives rent-free 15. Gross weekly pain pounds; amount last paid before deducting income tax, National Insurance, pensions etc [NB the survey was taken in 1979]. 16. Whether employer runs a pension scheme; only asked of employees: 1 no pension scheme
17. Socio-economic group of respondent's job: 2 pension scheme exists but respondent not in it 3 belongs to a pension scheme 1 employer with 25 or more
workers
18. Self-employed or employee: 2 manager and establishment of 25 or more workers 3 employer with fewer than 25 workers 4 manager and establishment with fewer than 25 workers 5 self-employed professional 6 employee professional 7 ancillary occupations, artists etc 8 non-manual foreman or supervisor 9 junior non-manual 10 personal service worker 11 manual foreman or supervisor 12 skilled manual 13 semi-skilled manual 14 unskilled manual 15 own account worker, non-professional 16 farmers -- employers and managers 17 Farmers -- own account 19 [sic] agricultural workers 1 employee
19. Whether respondent is paid by employer wins six; only asked of
those who worked more than 10 hours per week at their main job: 2 self-employed 1 yes
20. And your unearned income in pounds. Includes income from property,
investments and building society accounts. 2 no 21 age of wife, if married 22. Current social class of wife, if married. Codes as in column five 23. Where the wife does paid work: 0 wife not in paid work
24. Highest educational qualification obtained by wife. Codes as in
column 71 10 hours per week or less 2 11-30 hours per week 3 more than 30 hours per week |