"Published jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Office for National Statistics, this comprehensive report describes the background to the development of the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC), including how it was rebased to take account of the new Standard Occupational Classification of 2000." "The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification: Origins, Development and Use is an important book for researchers implementing NS-SEC in new data collection. It will also be useful for anyone working with NS-SEC-based statistics or studying and researching the social sciences."--Jacket.