The codes for the SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION based on the Office for National Statistics socio-economic classification.
National Codes:
| L1 | Employers in large organisations |
| L2 | Higher managerial occupations |
| L3 | Higher professional occupations |
| L4 | Lower professional and higher technical occupations |
| L5 | Lower managerial occupations |
| L6 | Higher supervisory occupations |
| L7 | Intermediate Occupations |
| L8 | Employers in small organisations |
| L9 | Own account workers |
| L10 | Lower supervisory occupations |
| L11 | Lower technical occupations |
| L12 | Semi-routine occupations |
| L13 | Routine occupations |
| L14 | Never worked and long-term unemployed |
| L15 | Full time student |
| L16 | Occupations not stated or inadequately described |
| L17 | Not classifiable for other reasons such as home carer (i.e. looking after children, family or home), sick or disabled and unable to work |
| 090 | Non-employed |
Further guidance on coding can be found at the Office for National Statistics - The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION CODES |