Eating Well Choosing Better Tracker Survey Wave 8 2022

EWCB 2022: Appendix 3 - Socio-economic groupings

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Appendix 3: Socio-economic groupings

Last updated: 12 April 2023

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Table 7: Explanation of socio-economic groupings

Grade	General description.	Examples of occupations	Retiree description.
A	These are professional people, or are very senior in business or commerce or are top level civil servants.	Coroner General Practitioner if in own practice or partner in practice Film Producer University Professor Self Employed electrician with over 25 employees Chief Officer in fire service Police Commissioner Bishop Chartered Accountant with own practice Editor of national newspaper	Retired people, previously grade A, and their widows.
B.	Middle management executives in large organisations, with appropriate qualifications Top management or owners of small business.	Editor of provincial newspaper Self-employed electrician with under 24 staff Self-employed window cleaner with 25+ staff Fully qualified doctor who is not in own practice or a consultant Hospital sister/charge nurse grades F & G Health visitor Computer programmer Civil engineer with professional qualifications University lecturer Teacher in secondary school Television producer Lawyer not in own practice Detective Inspector (police)	Retired people, previously grade B, and their widows.
C1	Junior management owners of small establishments: and all others in non-manual positions Jobs in this group have very varied responsibilities and educational needs	Primary school teacher Students living away from home Nurse – State Enrolled Nurse, State Registered Nurse, Midwife Student Nurses Typist Travel courier Telephone operator Detective Sergeant Police Constable Self employed electrician with 1-4 employees Self employed window cleaner with 5-24 employees Market Research interviewer Television production assistant	Retired people previously grade C1 and their widows.
C2	All skilled manual workers, and those manual workers with responsibility for other people	Electrician Plumber Panel beater Thatcher Tailor Cobbler Coach Driver HGV Driver Ambulance Driver Prison officer Weaver Welder Typesetter Computer engineer Joiner London black cab driver	Retired people previously grade C2 with a pension from their job Widows if receiving pensions from their late husband’s job
D	All semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, and apprentices and trainees to skilled workers	Window cleaner Taxi driver – provinces Nursing auxiliary Porter Fork lift truck driver Warehouseman Road worker Road sweeper Waiter Machine tool operator Child minder Chambermaid Farm worker – no qualifications	Retired people previously grade D with a pension from their job Widows if receiving pensions from their late husband’s job
E	All those entirely dependent on the state long term, through sickness, unemployment, old age, or other reasons. Those unemployed for a period exceeding 6 months (otherwise classify on previous occupation) Casual workers and those without a regular income Only households without a chief wage earner will be coded in this group	Unemployed longer than 6 months Living off state benefits only Pensioners with no private/occupational pension Pensioners with occupational pension retain their social grade Widows with pension from their husbands’ occupation retain the Social Grade of their husband. Divorcees living off maintenance from their husbands’ employment are graded on their husbands’ occupation.	N/A

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