Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableSOCMAIN
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 35
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 324
102 102 gen managers - local government 253
103 103 administrators - national government 147
110 110 production,works managers 873
111 111 building/contract managers 311
112 112 clerks of works 17
113 113 mining & energy managers 26
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 276
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1307
122 122 purchasing managers 78
123 123 advertising etc managers 135
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 287
125 125 organisational managers 26
126 126 computer systems etc managers 315
127 127 company secretaries 191
130 130 credit controllers 96
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 260
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 189
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 725
140 140 transport managers 153
141 141 stores controllers 182
142 142 warehouse etc managers 163
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 69
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 11
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 33
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 17
154 154 prison principal officers and above 6
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 563
169 169 other farming etc managers 56
170 170 property & estate managers 165
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 106
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 62
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 198
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 338
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 189
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 107
177 177 travel agency managers 46
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 47
179 179 service industry managers etc 1516
190 190 trade union etc officials 78
191 191 education registrars etc 73
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 542
200 200 chemists 85
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 141
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 54
209 209 other natural scientists nes 63
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 199
211 211 mechanical engineers 153
212 212 electrical engineers 79
213 213 electronic engineers 73
214 214 software engineers 227
215 215 chemical engineers 22
216 216 design & development engineers 191
217 217 process & production engineers 68
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 188
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 187
220 220 medical practitioners 369
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 85
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 21
223 223 dental practitioners 65
224 224 veterinarians 24
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 274
231 231 further education teachers etc 363
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 40
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 913
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 969
235 235 special education teachers etc 145
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 205
240 240 judges & officers of the court 18
241 241 barristers & advocates 29
242 242 solicitors 228
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 462
251 251 management accountants 99
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 49
253 253 management,business consultants etc 135
260 260 architects 110
261 261 town planners 36
262 262 general practice surveyors 167
270 270 librarians 53
271 271 archivists & curators 20
290 290 psychologists 34
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 6
292 292 clergy 109
293 293 social workers,probation officers 351
300 300 laboratory technicians 246
301 301 engineering technicians 129
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 67
303 303 architectural etc technicians 43
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 32
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 150
310 310 draughtspersons 169
311 311 building inspectors 14
312 312 quantity surveyors 79
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 11
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 476
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 13
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 30
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 50
340 340 nurses 1396
341 341 midwives 98
342 342 medical radiographers 49
343 343 physiotherapists 74
344 344 chiropodists 23
345 345 dispensing opticians 19
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 96
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 123
348 348 environmental health officers 26
349 349 other health professionals nes 55
350 350 legal service & related occupations 75
360 360 estimators,valuers 88
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 388
362 362 taxation experts 61
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 140
364 364 organisational etc officers 103
370 370 matrons,houseparents 151
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 308
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 253
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 215
382 382 industrial designers 47
383 383 clothing designers 28
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 140
385 385 musicians 62
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 106
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 112
390 390 information officers 89
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 202
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 54
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 66
394 394 factory inspectors etc 21
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 26
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 47
399 399 other associate professionals nes 96
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 533
401 401 local government clerical staff 426
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1650
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 854
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 89
420 420 filing and record clerks 767
421 421 library assistants etc 112
430 430 clerks nes 1647
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 116
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 859
450 450 medical secretaries 121
451 451 legal secretaries 128
452 452 typists & word processor operators 175
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1455
460 460 receptionists 471
461 461 reception telephonists 170
462 462 telephone operators 124
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 64
490 490 computer etc operators 336
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 3
500 500 bricklayers,masons 228
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 74
502 502 plasterers 77
503 503 glaziers 44
504 504 builders,building contractors 326
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 46
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 89
507 507 painters & decorators 369
509 509 other construction trades nes 128
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 72
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 14
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 23
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 21
514 514 press setters,operators 13
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 90
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 956
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 74
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 19
519 519 other setters,operators nes 104
520 520 electrical production fitters 43
521 521 electricians etc 655
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 16
523 523 telephone fitters 122
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 34
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 57
526 526 computer engineers etc 88
529 529 other electrical trades nes 187
530 530 smiths & forge workers 22
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 21
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 382
533 533 sheet metal workers 67
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 47
535 535 steel erectors 51
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 9
537 537 welding trades 261
540 540 motor mechanics etc 497
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 38
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 62
543 543 auto electricians 30
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 20
550 550 weavers 27
551 551 knitters 22
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 35
553 553 sewing machinists etc 345
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 56
555 555 shoe repairers etc 74
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 29
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 34
559 559 other textile workers nes 38
560 560 originators & compositors 63
561 561 printers 44
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 35
563 563 screen printers 22
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 152
570 570 carpenters & joiners 611
571 571 cabinet makers 68
572 572 case & box makers 4
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 13
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 36
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 87
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 117
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 26
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 88
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 37
592 592 dental technicians 19
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 290
595 595 horticultural trades 89
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 84
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 20
598 598 other machinery mechanics 17
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 95
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 209
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 31
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 360
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 103
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 80
613 613 customs,immigration officers 24
614 614 traffic wardens 19
615 615 security guards etc 373
619 619 other security personnel nes 92
620 620 chefs,cooks 658
621 621 waiters,waitresses 427
622 622 bar staff 475
630 630 travel & flight attendants 102
631 631 railway station staff 29
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 439
641 641 hospital ward assistants 78
642 642 ambulance staff 75
643 643 dental nurses 83
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1189
650 650 nursery nurses 246
651 651 playgroup leaders 88
652 652 educational assistants 327
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 668
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 316
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 56
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 51
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 25
672 672 caretakers 205
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 127
690 690 undertakers 17
691 691 bookmakers 22
699 699 other personal services nes 198
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 35
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 119
702 702 importers & exporters 12
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 16
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 570
719 719 other sales representatives nes 317
720 720 sales assistants 3241
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 593
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 28
730 730 collectors & credit agents 54
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 111
732 732 market,street traders etc 87
733 733 scrap dealers etc 6
790 790 merchandisers 38
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 40
792 792 telephone salespersons 128
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 101
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 13
802 802 tobacco process operatives 10
809 809 other food etc process operatives 304
810 810 tannery production operatives 6
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 15
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 17
813 813 winders,reelers 16
814 814 other textiles operatives 48
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 172
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 35
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 24
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 10
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 37
825 825 plastic operatives etc 194
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 13
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 45
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 24
831 831 metal drawers 10
832 832 rollers 9
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 11
834 834 electroplaters etc 23
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 61
840 840 machine tool operatives 216
841 841 automatic machine operatives 65
842 842 metal polishers 23
843 843 metal dressing operatives 22
844 844 shot blasters 11
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 302
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 193
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 152
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 179
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 116
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 509
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 47
864 864 routine laboratory testers 48
869 869 other routine operatives nes 34
870 870 bus inspectors 10
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 14
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1254
873 873 bus & coach drivers 261
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 363
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 31
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 22
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 51
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 13
884 884 shunters & points operatives 6
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 114
886 886 crane drivers 50
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 230
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 62
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 9
891 891 printing machine minders 117
892 892 water etc plant attendants 18
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 32
894 894 lubricators etc 8
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 42
896 896 construction operatives 194
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 85
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 26
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 243
900 900 farm workers 287
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 50
902 902 other related farming occupations 91
903 903 fishing & related workers 18
904 904 forestry workers 37
910 910 coal mine labourers 3
911 911 foundry labourers 7
912 912 engineering etc labourers 32
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 32
919 919 making,processing labourers 74
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 20
922 922 rail construction etc workers 21
923 923 road construction etc workers 51
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 6
929 925 other building etc labourers 275
930 930 stevedores,dockers 27
931 931 goods porters 168
932 932 slingers 2
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 32
934 934 drivers mates 6
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 379
941 941 messengers,couriers 218
950 950 hospital porters 43
951 951 hotel porters 38
952 952 Kitchen porters 393
953 953 catering assistants 571
954 954 shelf fillers 199
955 955 lift & car park attendants 26
956 956 window cleaners 67
957 957 road sweepers 19
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2023
959 959 other sales,service occupations 51
990 990 all other labourers etc 289
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 17
-9 Does not apply 87174
-8 No answer 147
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1996