Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCLAST
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 7
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 71
102 102 gen managers - local government 56
103 103 administrators - national government 34
110 110 production,works managers 163
111 111 building/contract managers 81
112 112 clerks of works 21
113 113 mining & energy managers 9
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 33
121 121 marketing & sales managers 190
122 122 purchasing managers 16
123 123 advertising etc managers 20
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 42
125 125 organisational managers 2
126 126 computer systems etc managers 34
127 127 company secretaries 36
130 130 credit controllers 38
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 50
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 44
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 141
140 140 transport managers 40
141 141 stores controllers 34
142 142 warehouse etc managers 29
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 8
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 2
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 11
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 9
154 154 prison principal officers and above 0
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 77
169 169 other farming etc managers 9
170 170 property & estate managers 19
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 24
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 10
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 54
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 104
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 122
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 36
177 177 travel agency managers 6
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 24
179 179 service industry managers etc 438
190 190 trade union etc officials 27
191 191 education registrars etc 26
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 97
200 200 chemists 22
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 29
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 7
209 209 other natural scientists nes 5
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 38
211 211 mechanical engineers 46
212 212 electrical engineers 26
213 213 electronic engineers 13
214 214 software engineers 12
215 215 chemical engineers 4
216 216 design & development engineers 31
217 217 process & production engineers 8
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 47
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 35
220 220 medical practitioners 39
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 15
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 1
223 223 dental practitioners 19
224 224 veterinarians 3
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 51
231 231 further education teachers etc 99
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 14
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 185
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 223
235 235 special education teachers etc 29
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 45
240 240 judges & officers of the court 2
241 241 barristers & advocates 4
242 242 solicitors 26
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 48
251 251 management accountants 8
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 13
253 253 management,business consultants etc 21
260 260 architects 34
261 261 town planners 4
262 262 general practice surveyors 28
270 270 librarians 10
271 271 archivists & curators 10
290 290 psychologists 3
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 2
292 292 clergy 18
293 293 social workers,probation officers 63
300 300 laboratory technicians 70
301 301 engineering technicians 26
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 15
303 303 architectural etc technicians 6
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 8
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 33
310 310 draughtspersons 48
311 311 building inspectors 3
312 312 quantity surveyors 9
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 3
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 58
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 4
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 4
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 18
340 340 nurses 304
341 341 midwives 18
342 342 medical radiographers 12
343 343 physiotherapists 15
344 344 chiropodists 3
345 345 dispensing opticians 1
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 11
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 26
348 348 environmental health officers 8
349 349 other health professionals nes 8
350 350 legal service & related occupations 29
360 360 estimators,valuers 25
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 62
362 362 taxation experts 7
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 22
364 364 organisational etc officers 26
370 370 matrons,houseparents 45
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 56
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 38
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 49
382 382 industrial designers 9
383 383 clothing designers 5
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 59
385 385 musicians 14
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 27
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 17
390 390 information officers 19
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 73
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 10
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 20
394 394 factory inspectors etc 7
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 6
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 20
399 399 other associate professionals nes 23
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 163
401 401 local government clerical staff 114
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 512
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 225
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 34
420 420 filing and record clerks 253
421 421 library assistants etc 24
430 430 clerks nes 551
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 36
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 342
450 450 medical secretaries 18
451 451 legal secretaries 31
452 452 typists & word processor operators 86
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 464
460 460 receptionists 164
461 461 reception telephonists 67
462 462 telephone operators 64
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 18
490 490 computer etc operators 144
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 4
500 500 bricklayers,masons 110
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 53
502 502 plasterers 41
503 503 glaziers 8
504 504 builders,building contractors 92
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 38
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 30
507 507 painters & decorators 186
509 509 other construction trades nes 60
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 16
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 14
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 9
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 11
514 514 press setters,operators 4
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 22
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 239
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 25
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 6
519 519 other setters,operators nes 24
520 520 electrical production fitters 12
521 521 electricians etc 153
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 5
523 523 telephone fitters 48
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 18
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 5
526 526 computer engineers etc 13
529 529 other electrical trades nes 32
530 530 smiths & forge workers 6
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 16
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 115
533 533 sheet metal workers 25
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 14
535 535 steel erectors 20
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 95
540 540 motor mechanics etc 124
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 5
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 14
543 543 auto electricians 6
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 14
550 550 weavers 6
551 551 knitters 11
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 13
553 553 sewing machinists etc 253
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 14
555 555 shoe repairers etc 65
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 18
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 35
559 559 other textile workers nes 16
560 560 originators & compositors 17
561 561 printers 11
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 10
563 563 screen printers 4
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 59
570 570 carpenters & joiners 186
571 571 cabinet makers 17
572 572 case & box makers 1
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 1
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 8
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 44
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 47
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 17
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 22
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 19
592 592 dental technicians 3
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 1
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 137
595 595 horticultural trades 30
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 20
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 26
598 598 other machinery mechanics 2
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 48
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 20
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 3
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 38
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 13
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 8
613 613 customs,immigration officers 5
614 614 traffic wardens 5
615 615 security guards etc 172
619 619 other security personnel nes 27
620 620 chefs,cooks 297
621 621 waiters,waitresses 197
622 622 bar staff 270
630 630 travel & flight attendants 33
631 631 railway station staff 14
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 173
641 641 hospital ward assistants 18
642 642 ambulance staff 19
643 643 dental nurses 32
644 644 care assistants & attendants 468
650 650 nursery nurses 67
651 651 playgroup leaders 28
652 652 educational assistants 69
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 198
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 167
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 20
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 23
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 11
672 672 caretakers 126
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 78
690 690 undertakers 5
691 691 bookmakers 7
699 699 other personal services nes 83
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 8
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 35
702 702 importers & exporters 4
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 2
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 112
719 719 other sales representatives nes 95
720 720 sales assistants 1385
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 234
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 20
730 730 collectors & credit agents 28
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 43
732 732 market,street traders etc 26
733 733 scrap dealers etc 1
790 790 merchandisers 11
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 29
792 792 telephone salespersons 40
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 47
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 8
802 802 tobacco process operatives 0
809 809 other food etc process operatives 139
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 8
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 7
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 15
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 55
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 4
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 11
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 4
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 16
825 825 plastic operatives etc 69
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 5
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 14
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 11
831 831 metal drawers 4
832 832 rollers 3
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 3
834 834 electroplaters etc 16
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 21
840 840 machine tool operatives 73
841 841 automatic machine operatives 36
842 842 metal polishers 6
843 843 metal dressing operatives 9
844 844 shot blasters 4
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 146
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 67
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 83
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 95
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 70
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 429
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 21
864 864 routine laboratory testers 15
869 869 other routine operatives nes 27
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 6
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 451
873 873 bus & coach drivers 80
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 95
875 875 bus conductors 1
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 14
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 12
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 25
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 6
884 884 shunters & points operatives 2
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 42
886 886 crane drivers 32
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 81
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 28
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 6
891 891 printing machine minders 32
892 892 water etc plant attendants 11
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 24
894 894 lubricators etc 6
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 26
896 896 construction operatives 77
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 31
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 10
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 81
900 900 farm workers 88
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 11
902 902 other related farming occupations 59
903 903 fishing & related workers 13
904 904 forestry workers 21
910 910 coal mine labourers 12
911 911 foundry labourers 5
912 912 engineering etc labourers 9
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 38
919 919 making,processing labourers 43
920 920 woodworkers mates 10
921 921 building trade mates 29
922 922 rail construction etc workers 16
923 923 road construction etc workers 35
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 15
929 925 other building etc labourers 272
930 930 stevedores,dockers 16
931 931 goods porters 74
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 15
934 934 drivers mates 1
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 115
941 941 messengers,couriers 72
950 950 hospital porters 25
951 951 hotel porters 8
952 952 Kitchen porters 230
953 953 catering assistants 309
954 954 shelf fillers 48
955 955 lift & car park attendants 10
956 956 window cleaners 22
957 957 road sweepers 20
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1388
959 959 other sales,service occupations 26
990 990 all other labourers etc 228
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 11
-9 Does not apply 132096
-8 No answer 52
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1996