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Socio-economics
From 2002 entry, Socio-economic status (NS-SEC) replaced Social class in UCAS data.
UCAS now uses the Standard Occupational Classification 2000, which replaces the Standard Occupational Classification 1990 used up to and including 2001 entry. UCAS assigns Socio-economic status based on an applicant's parental occupation (or the occupation of the person contributing the highest income to the household if the applicant is aged 21 years or over) and uses a simplified version of the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) since UCAS does not collect employment status or size of organisation from applicants.
Provision of this information is voluntary and it is not passed to institutions until after the selection process. Socio-economic status (and Social class) data are only available for home (UK domiciled) applicants.
To enable comparisons with previous years, Socio-economic status (NS-SEC) is provided for earlier years, and has been derived using the matrix published by the Office for National Statistics.
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Summary statistics
The numbers of applicants and accepted applicants by Socio-economic status.
Applicants
Socio-economic status |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Higher managerial and professional occupations |
74,882 |
71,054 |
69,700 |
70,059 |
69,631 |
Lower managerial and professional occupations |
106,541 |
99,404 |
100,465 |
102,737 |
105,698 |
Intermediate occupations |
45,455 |
51,002 |
49,803 |
50,500 |
52,423 |
Small employers and own account workers |
22,257 |
24,535 |
24,616 |
24,663 |
25,394 |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations |
19,302 |
15,559 |
16,540 |
16,054 |
16,348 |
Semi-routine occupations |
37,644 |
43,485 |
44,834 |
45,789 |
50,563 |
Routine occupations |
21,478 |
19,905 |
19,243 |
19,358 |
20,392 |
Unknown |
72,086 |
76,910 |
84,767 |
84,174 |
104,181 |
Total |
399,645 |
401,854 |
409,968 |
413,334 |
444,630 |
Accepted Applicants
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
Higher managerial and professional occupations |
64,599 |
61,419 |
59,472 |
59,679 |
59,670 |
Lower managerial and professional occupations |
88,476 |
83,476 |
83,113 |
84,628 |
87,107 |
Intermediate occupations |
37,028 |
42,112 |
40,576 |
40,790 |
42,222 |
Small employers and own account workers |
17,873 |
20,056 |
19,992 |
19,881 |
20,668 |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations |
15,706 |
12,830 |
13,457 |
13,114 |
13,454 |
Semi-routine occupations |
29,355 |
34,647 |
35,254 |
35,516 |
38,866 |
Routine occupations |
16,725 |
15,855 |
15,183 |
15,199 |
16,062 |
Unknown |
55,710 |
61,330 |
66,895 |
65,488 |
82,195 |
Total |
325,472 |
331,725 |
333,942 |
334,295 |
360,244 |
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Data to match your precise requirements
If you want more detailed data you can use our simple statistical enquiry service to devise your own tables showing Socio-economic status (or Social class) by any of the following:
Age
Sex
Ethnicity
Qualification
Educational background
HE subject
You can also filter by UK country and course type (Degree/HND).
More flexibility
You can create your own multi-dimensional tables (ie Socio-economics by Age AND Ethnicity) using our annual datasets. These are free downloadable spreadsheet files that enable you to undertake more sophisticated analysis of the data we provide using pivot tables. Using these, you can still plot Socio-economics against any of the above, and you can also include one or more additional variables from the list.
Additional data
If you require more specialised data, our statistical enquiries team may be able to help. While we do make a cost-recovery charge for custom-built data, we are always happy to discuss your requirements with no-obligation. You can complete the enquiry request form and post, fax or email it to us, or contact stats@ucas.ac.uk tel: 01242 544896. Please quote EW5.
Analysis
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