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Applicant and accepted applicant socio-economic analysis over six years

UCAS will not be providing SEC data for 2009 onwards:
We have taken the decision to publish the data around the participation in higher education using POLAR2. This method uses the home postcodes of applications and therefore provides good coverage of the population.

We are committed to ensuring that our data and analysis continues to improve and have an ongoing programme of investment in the systems and methodology we use.

Applicants
Socio-economic status 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Higher managerial and professional occupations 69,700 70,059 69,631 67,250 70,817 71,544
Lower managerial and professional occupations 100,465 102,737 105,698 97,668 102,428 108,498
Intermediate occupations 49,803 50,500 52,423 46,518 48,657 54,873
Small employers and own account workers 24,616 24,663 25,394 24,524 26,014 27,583
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 16,540 16,054 16,348 15,113 15,685 16,299
Semi-routine occupations 44,834 45,789 50,563 45,661 49,962 66,393
Routine occupations 19,243 19,358 20,392 19,490 20,894 24,679
Not classified / unknown 84,767 84,174 104,181 115,972 119,691 132,592
Total 409,968 413,334 444,630 432,196 454,148 502,461


Accepted applicants
Socio-economic status 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Higher managerial and professional occupations 59,472 59,679 59,670 57,010 60,492 60,708
Lower managerial and professional occupations 83,113 84,628 87,107 79,777 84,075 88,455
Intermediate occupations 40,576 40,790 42,222 37,190 39,020 44,071
Small employers and own account workers 19,992 19,881 20,668 19,771 20,926 22,403
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 13,457 13,114 13,454 12,258 12,757 13,195
Semi-routine occupations 35,254 35,516 38,866 34,949 38,081 51,277
Routine occupations 15,183 15,199 16,062 15,267 16,182 19,520
Not classified / unknown 66,895 65,488 82,195 89,342 93,011 105,395
Total 333,942 334,295 360,244 345,564 364,544 405,024


Applicants - expressed as percentages
Socio-economic status 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Higher managerial and professional occupations 17.0% 17.0% 15.7% 15.6% 15.6% 14.2%
Lower managerial and professional occupations 24.5% 24.9% 23.8% 22.6% 22.6% 21.6%
Intermediate occupations 12.2% 12.2% 11.8% 10.8% 10.7% 10.9%
Small employers and own account workers 6.0% 6.0% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 5.5%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 4.0% 3.9% 3.7% 3.5% 3.5% 3.2%
Semi-routine occupations 10.9% 11.1% 11.4% 10.6% 11.0% 13.2%
Routine occupations 4.7% 4.7% 4.6% 4.5% 4.6% 4.9%
Not classified / unknown 20.7% 20.4% 23.4% 26.8% 26.4% 26.4%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages
Socio-economic status 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Higher managerial and professional occupations 17.8% 17.9% 16.6% 16.5% 16.6% 15.0%
Lower managerial and professional occupations 24.9% 25.3% 24.2% 23.1% 23.1% 21.8%
Intermediate occupations 12.2% 12.2% 11.7% 10.8% 10.7% 10.9%
Small employers and own account workers 6.0% 6.0% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 5.5%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 4.0% 3.9% 3.7% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3%
Semi-routine occupations 10.6% 10.6% 10.8% 10.1% 10.4% 12.7%
Routine occupations 4.6% 4.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.4% 4.8%
Not classified / unknown 20.0% 19.6% 22.8% 25.9% 25.5% 26.0%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


Note
2008 question: If you are in full-time education, please state the occupation of the highest-earning family member of the household in which you live. If he or she is retired or unemployed, give their most recent occupation. If you are not in full-time education, please state just your own occupation.

Question (excluding 2008): If you are under 21, please state the occupation of the highest-earning family member of the household in which you live. If he or she is retired or unemployed, give their most recent occupation. If you are 21 or over, please state just your own occupation.



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