Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1993

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 42
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 424
102 102 gen managers - local government 317
103 103 administrators - national government 185
110 110 production,works managers 768
111 111 building/contract managers 276
112 112 clerks of works 21
113 113 mining & energy managers 34
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 242
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1238
122 122 purchasing managers 82
123 123 advertising etc managers 128
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 264
125 125 organisational managers 31
126 126 computer systems etc managers 273
127 127 company secretaries 229
130 130 credit controllers 124
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 264
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 226
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 662
140 140 transport managers 177
141 141 stores controllers 156
142 142 warehouse etc managers 183
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 72
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 8
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 29
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 27
154 154 prison principal officers and above 6
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 635
169 169 other farming etc managers 56
170 170 property & estate managers 131
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 117
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 37
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 239
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 359
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 211
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 127
177 177 travel agency managers 69
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 70
179 179 service industry managers etc 1757
190 190 trade union etc officials 91
191 191 education registrars etc 71
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 531
200 200 chemists 103
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 142
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 49
209 209 other natural scientists nes 70
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 210
211 211 mechanical engineers 174
212 212 electrical engineers 103
213 213 electronic engineers 90
214 214 software engineers 162
215 215 chemical engineers 19
216 216 design & development engineers 211
217 217 process & production engineers 67
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 201
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 175
220 220 medical practitioners 321
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 80
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 19
223 223 dental practitioners 63
224 224 veterinarians 29
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 231
231 231 further education teachers etc 333
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 49
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 1009
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 940
235 235 special education teachers etc 154
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 173
240 240 judges & officers of the court 22
241 241 barristers & advocates 34
242 242 solicitors 220
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 482
251 251 management accountants 103
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 85
253 253 management,business consultants etc 109
260 260 architects 98
261 261 town planners 39
262 262 general practice surveyors 141
270 270 librarians 43
271 271 archivists & curators 26
290 290 psychologists 23
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 8
292 292 clergy 119
293 293 social workers,probation officers 369
300 300 laboratory technicians 241
301 301 engineering technicians 122
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 58
303 303 architectural etc technicians 52
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 33
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 160
310 310 draughtspersons 183
311 311 building inspectors 15
312 312 quantity surveyors 114
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 8
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 494
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 13
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 29
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 55
340 340 nurses 1397
341 341 midwives 92
342 342 medical radiographers 44
343 343 physiotherapists 82
344 344 chiropodists 26
345 345 dispensing opticians 20
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 81
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 126
348 348 environmental health officers 34
349 349 other health professionals nes 35
350 350 legal service & related occupations 87
360 360 estimators,valuers 106
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 397
362 362 taxation experts 69
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 160
364 364 organisational etc officers 86
370 370 matrons,houseparents 142
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 231
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 252
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 241
382 382 industrial designers 49
383 383 clothing designers 15
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 145
385 385 musicians 53
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 129
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 91
390 390 information officers 83
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 206
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 65
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 73
394 394 factory inspectors etc 19
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 21
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 41
399 399 other associate professionals nes 77
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 578
401 401 local government clerical staff 479
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1810
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 984
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 110
420 420 filing and record clerks 845
421 421 library assistants etc 93
430 430 clerks nes 1661
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 128
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 849
450 450 medical secretaries 94
451 451 legal secretaries 157
452 452 typists & word processor operators 323
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1511
460 460 receptionists 385
461 461 reception telephonists 246
462 462 telephone operators 118
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 65
490 490 computer etc operators 494
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 8
500 500 bricklayers,masons 280
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 105
502 502 plasterers 102
503 503 glaziers 49
504 504 builders,building contractors 344
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 60
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 86
507 507 painters & decorators 408
509 509 other construction trades nes 142
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 65
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 21
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 25
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 24
514 514 press setters,operators 11
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 78
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 994
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 81
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 19
519 519 other setters,operators nes 105
520 520 electrical production fitters 57
521 521 electricians etc 744
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 9
523 523 telephone fitters 161
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 61
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 62
526 526 computer engineers etc 91
529 529 other electrical trades nes 182
530 530 smiths & forge workers 25
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 35
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 391
533 533 sheet metal workers 89
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 68
535 535 steel erectors 53
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 14
537 537 welding trades 281
540 540 motor mechanics etc 556
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 33
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 72
543 543 auto electricians 38
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 26
550 550 weavers 20
551 551 knitters 42
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 48
553 553 sewing machinists etc 449
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 73
555 555 shoe repairers etc 102
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 45
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 39
559 559 other textile workers nes 29
560 560 originators & compositors 56
561 561 printers 54
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 35
563 563 screen printers 25
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 162
570 570 carpenters & joiners 686
571 571 cabinet makers 75
572 572 case & box makers 6
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 12
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 33
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 119
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 152
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 45
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 107
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 58
592 592 dental technicians 22
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 9
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 320
595 595 horticultural trades 137
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 104
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 56
598 598 other machinery mechanics 23
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 69
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 222
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 35
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 412
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 128
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 72
613 613 customs,immigration officers 30
614 614 traffic wardens 17
615 615 security guards etc 351
619 619 other security personnel nes 83
620 620 chefs,cooks 659
621 621 waiters,waitresses 391
622 622 bar staff 449
630 630 travel & flight attendants 109
631 631 railway station staff 20
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 615
641 641 hospital ward assistants 89
642 642 ambulance staff 63
643 643 dental nurses 85
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1006
650 650 nursery nurses 199
651 651 playgroup leaders 61
652 652 educational assistants 235
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 639
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 415
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 51
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 44
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 21
672 672 caretakers 218
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 135
690 690 undertakers 18
691 691 bookmakers 31
699 699 other personal services nes 206
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 37
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 113
702 702 importers & exporters 25
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 22
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 596
719 719 other sales representatives nes 371
720 720 sales assistants 3194
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 560
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 33
730 730 collectors & credit agents 74
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 220
732 732 market,street traders etc 86
733 733 scrap dealers etc 14
790 790 merchandisers 56
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 56
792 792 telephone salespersons 95
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 77
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 11
802 802 tobacco process operatives 10
809 809 other food etc process operatives 310
810 810 tannery production operatives 17
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 12
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 21
813 813 winders,reelers 27
814 814 other textiles operatives 57
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 191
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 42
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 26
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 9
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 60
825 825 plastic operatives etc 166
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 5
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 47
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 23
831 831 metal drawers 13
832 832 rollers 8
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 8
834 834 electroplaters etc 19
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 46
840 840 machine tool operatives 216
841 841 automatic machine operatives 69
842 842 metal polishers 13
843 843 metal dressing operatives 14
844 844 shot blasters 12
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 275
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 185
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 134
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 204
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 137
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 478
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 69
864 864 routine laboratory testers 51
869 869 other routine operatives nes 51
870 870 bus inspectors 5
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 20
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1254
873 873 bus & coach drivers 310
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 363
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 42
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 41
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 59
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 14
884 884 shunters & points operatives 12
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 128
886 886 crane drivers 57
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 234
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 78
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 6
891 891 printing machine minders 146
892 892 water etc plant attendants 37
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 43
894 894 lubricators etc 23
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 31
896 896 construction operatives 185
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 89
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 40
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 272
900 900 farm workers 361
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 42
902 902 other related farming occupations 106
903 903 fishing & related workers 34
904 904 forestry workers 44
910 910 coal mine labourers 19
911 911 foundry labourers 13
912 912 engineering etc labourers 59
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 68
919 919 making,processing labourers 68
920 920 woodworkers mates 20
921 921 building trade mates 46
922 922 rail construction etc workers 42
923 923 road construction etc workers 76
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 11
929 925 other building etc labourers 277
930 930 stevedores,dockers 29
931 931 goods porters 207
932 932 slingers 8
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 54
934 934 drivers mates 6
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 444
941 941 messengers,couriers 233
950 950 hospital porters 54
951 951 hotel porters 23
952 952 Kitchen porters 450
953 953 catering assistants 577
954 954 shelf fillers 140
955 955 lift & car park attendants 18
956 956 window cleaners 82
957 957 road sweepers 22
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2270
959 959 other sales,service occupations 41
990 990 all other labourers etc 282
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 21
-9 Does not apply 92693
-8 No answer 180
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1993