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This dataset is about Socio-economic Classification. It shows the usual resident population in England and Wales aged 16 to 74 by their socio-economic classification. The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) was introduced by the Government to replace Social Class based on Occupation (also known as the Registrar General's Social Class) and Socio-Economic Groups (SEG).
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NS-SeC (51 categories)
'Not classifiable for other reasons' includes people whose occupation has not been coded and those who cannot be allocated to an NS-SeC category.
For long-term unemployed year last worked is 1999 or earlier.
In the NS-SeC classification, all full-time students are recorded in the 'full-time students' category regardless of whether they are economically active or not.
NS-SeC stands for National Statistics Socio-economic Classification.
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