Careers & Employment - General & Miscellaneous, European Studies - Great Britain

The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification: Origins, Development and Use

Name: The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification: Origins, Development and Use
Author: Office for National Statistics
ISBN: 9781403996480

by Office for National Statistics, David J. Pevalin, Karen O'Reilly (With), Economic & Social Research Council

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Overview

This work describes in detail the development of the NS-SEC, the UK government standard classification system, including the rebasing following changes to the Standard Occupation Classification in 2000. It will be invaluable for anyone using statistics based on NS-SEC or implementing the system into a new data collection, and for anyone researching generally in the social sciences.

Synopsis

About the Author, Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government department that provides UK statistical and registration services. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them.