Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1995

Variable Details

VariableSOCMAIN
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 33
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 364
102 102 gen managers - local government 318
103 103 administrators - national government 153
110 110 production,works managers 841
111 111 building/contract managers 323
112 112 clerks of works 22
113 113 mining & energy managers 25
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 239
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1256
122 122 purchasing managers 81
123 123 advertising etc managers 167
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 285
125 125 organisational managers 30
126 126 computer systems etc managers 327
127 127 company secretaries 207
130 130 credit controllers 110
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 253
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 178
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 715
140 140 transport managers 163
141 141 stores controllers 137
142 142 warehouse etc managers 177
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 54
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 9
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 39
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 23
154 154 prison principal officers and above 3
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 4
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 631
169 169 other farming etc managers 53
170 170 property & estate managers 128
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 144
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 44
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 200
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 350
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 250
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 126
177 177 travel agency managers 63
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 49
179 179 service industry managers etc 1534
190 190 trade union etc officials 87
191 191 education registrars etc 81
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 552
200 200 chemists 88
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 140
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 44
209 209 other natural scientists nes 61
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 188
211 211 mechanical engineers 139
212 212 electrical engineers 78
213 213 electronic engineers 81
214 214 software engineers 185
215 215 chemical engineers 17
216 216 design & development engineers 202
217 217 process & production engineers 69
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 173
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 178
220 220 medical practitioners 341
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 90
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 23
223 223 dental practitioners 65
224 224 veterinarians 21
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 248
231 231 further education teachers etc 387
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 32
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 945
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 883
235 235 special education teachers etc 148
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 201
240 240 judges & officers of the court 19
241 241 barristers & advocates 27
242 242 solicitors 231
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 438
251 251 management accountants 81
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 48
253 253 management,business consultants etc 140
260 260 architects 105
261 261 town planners 25
262 262 general practice surveyors 146
270 270 librarians 55
271 271 archivists & curators 14
290 290 psychologists 25
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 10
292 292 clergy 121
293 293 social workers,probation officers 352
300 300 laboratory technicians 263
301 301 engineering technicians 153
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 61
303 303 architectural etc technicians 51
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 33
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 163
310 310 draughtspersons 159
311 311 building inspectors 9
312 312 quantity surveyors 87
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 17
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 459
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 14
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 26
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 40
340 340 nurses 1289
341 341 midwives 93
342 342 medical radiographers 47
343 343 physiotherapists 70
344 344 chiropodists 29
345 345 dispensing opticians 16
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 88
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 115
348 348 environmental health officers 41
349 349 other health professionals nes 41
350 350 legal service & related occupations 75
360 360 estimators,valuers 106
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 403
362 362 taxation experts 55
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 130
364 364 organisational etc officers 82
370 370 matrons,houseparents 118
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 243
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 246
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 250
382 382 industrial designers 39
383 383 clothing designers 22
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 139
385 385 musicians 58
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 121
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 87
390 390 information officers 87
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 161
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 48
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 77
394 394 factory inspectors etc 24
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 20
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 46
399 399 other associate professionals nes 97
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 579
401 401 local government clerical staff 420
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1672
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 864
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 104
420 420 filing and record clerks 811
421 421 library assistants etc 90
430 430 clerks nes 1566
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 96
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 842
450 450 medical secretaries 110
451 451 legal secretaries 157
452 452 typists & word processor operators 223
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1451
460 460 receptionists 436
461 461 reception telephonists 214
462 462 telephone operators 94
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 58
490 490 computer etc operators 386
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 5
500 500 bricklayers,masons 236
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 81
502 502 plasterers 75
503 503 glaziers 43
504 504 builders,building contractors 342
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 57
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 93
507 507 painters & decorators 367
509 509 other construction trades nes 134
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 58
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 9
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 19
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 19
514 514 press setters,operators 14
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 89
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 947
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 79
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 20
519 519 other setters,operators nes 81
520 520 electrical production fitters 56
521 521 electricians etc 673
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 11
523 523 telephone fitters 127
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 40
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 64
526 526 computer engineers etc 107
529 529 other electrical trades nes 186
530 530 smiths & forge workers 24
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 27
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 384
533 533 sheet metal workers 69
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 40
535 535 steel erectors 63
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 5
537 537 welding trades 227
540 540 motor mechanics etc 472
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 36
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 63
543 543 auto electricians 39
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 37
550 550 weavers 15
551 551 knitters 37
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 36
553 553 sewing machinists etc 368
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 59
555 555 shoe repairers etc 79
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 23
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 45
559 559 other textile workers nes 29
560 560 originators & compositors 58
561 561 printers 54
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 38
563 563 screen printers 22
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 172
570 570 carpenters & joiners 615
571 571 cabinet makers 76
572 572 case & box makers 6
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 6
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 42
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 68
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 135
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 40
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 89
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 49
592 592 dental technicians 29
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 319
595 595 horticultural trades 89
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 107
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 27
598 598 other machinery mechanics 12
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 65
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 231
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 35
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 392
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 91
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 67
613 613 customs,immigration officers 27
614 614 traffic wardens 18
615 615 security guards etc 352
619 619 other security personnel nes 86
620 620 chefs,cooks 623
621 621 waiters,waitresses 412
622 622 bar staff 440
630 630 travel & flight attendants 106
631 631 railway station staff 30
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 453
641 641 hospital ward assistants 62
642 642 ambulance staff 66
643 643 dental nurses 76
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1165
650 650 nursery nurses 218
651 651 playgroup leaders 85
652 652 educational assistants 294
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 642
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 405
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 51
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 38
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 24
672 672 caretakers 195
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 114
690 690 undertakers 20
691 691 bookmakers 34
699 699 other personal services nes 164
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 26
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 101
702 702 importers & exporters 17
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 14
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 540
719 719 other sales representatives nes 354
720 720 sales assistants 3170
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 579
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 29
730 730 collectors & credit agents 54
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 126
732 732 market,street traders etc 74
733 733 scrap dealers etc 7
790 790 merchandisers 34
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 51
792 792 telephone salespersons 118
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 94
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 18
802 802 tobacco process operatives 7
809 809 other food etc process operatives 292
810 810 tannery production operatives 10
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 19
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 24
813 813 winders,reelers 21
814 814 other textiles operatives 58
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 168
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 41
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 20
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 12
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 57
825 825 plastic operatives etc 181
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 9
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 39
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 17
831 831 metal drawers 6
832 832 rollers 7
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 7
834 834 electroplaters etc 25
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 58
840 840 machine tool operatives 223
841 841 automatic machine operatives 78
842 842 metal polishers 15
843 843 metal dressing operatives 20
844 844 shot blasters 5
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 285
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 177
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 142
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 191
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 124
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 484
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 41
864 864 routine laboratory testers 68
869 869 other routine operatives nes 50
870 870 bus inspectors 12
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 20
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1286
873 873 bus & coach drivers 268
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 354
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 34
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 23
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 63
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 16
884 884 shunters & points operatives 4
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 112
886 886 crane drivers 46
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 240
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 79
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 9
891 891 printing machine minders 107
892 892 water etc plant attendants 21
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 36
894 894 lubricators etc 15
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 39
896 896 construction operatives 178
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 84
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 35
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 210
900 900 farm workers 328
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 43
902 902 other related farming occupations 107
903 903 fishing & related workers 23
904 904 forestry workers 36
910 910 coal mine labourers 4
911 911 foundry labourers 10
912 912 engineering etc labourers 47
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 34
919 919 making,processing labourers 48
920 920 woodworkers mates 18
921 921 building trade mates 32
922 922 rail construction etc workers 19
923 923 road construction etc workers 72
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 13
929 925 other building etc labourers 291
930 930 stevedores,dockers 25
931 931 goods porters 208
932 932 slingers 3
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 39
934 934 drivers mates 5
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 367
941 941 messengers,couriers 209
950 950 hospital porters 41
951 951 hotel porters 31
952 952 Kitchen porters 380
953 953 catering assistants 615
954 954 shelf fillers 191
955 955 lift & car park attendants 19
956 956 window cleaners 66
957 957 road sweepers 34
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2038
959 959 other sales,service occupations 50
990 990 all other labourers etc 278
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 32
-9 No answer 86139
-8 Does not apply 117
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1995