Variable : Social Grade (simplified)

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:
V_SOCIAL_GRADE
Name:
Social Grade (simplified)
Type:
Variable (V)
Text:
This classification is currently defined by the Market Research Society, but is closely related to the set of five numbered Social Classes originally defined by the Registrar-General in the 1930s but no longer used by the Office for National Statistics.

Variable " Social Grade (simplified) " is contained within:


Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID Entity Name
T_SOC Social Structure

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID Entity Name
N_SOCIAL_GRADE Social Grade



Variable " Social Grade (simplified) " contains:


Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID Entity Name
C_SOCIAL_GRADE_1 Grade A/B
C_SOCIAL_GRADE_2 Grade C
C_SOCIAL_GRADE_3 Grade D/E