Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1997

Variable Details

VariableSOCLAST
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 3
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 48
102 102 gen managers - local government 54
103 103 administrators - national government 40
110 110 production,works managers 185
111 111 building/contract managers 82
112 112 clerks of works 13
113 113 mining & energy managers 12
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 35
121 121 marketing & sales managers 179
122 122 purchasing managers 18
123 123 advertising etc managers 36
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 53
125 125 organisational managers 1
126 126 computer systems etc managers 23
127 127 company secretaries 39
130 130 credit controllers 22
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 55
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 35
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 161
140 140 transport managers 39
141 141 stores controllers 36
142 142 warehouse etc managers 25
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 6
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 2
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 9
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 8
154 154 prison principal officers and above 3
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 80
169 169 other farming etc managers 11
170 170 property & estate managers 30
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 21
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 38
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 51
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 101
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 114
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 24
177 177 travel agency managers 4
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 14
179 179 service industry managers etc 396
190 190 trade union etc officials 20
191 191 education registrars etc 13
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 96
200 200 chemists 18
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 23
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 6
209 209 other natural scientists nes 10
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 36
211 211 mechanical engineers 29
212 212 electrical engineers 19
213 213 electronic engineers 8
214 214 software engineers 24
215 215 chemical engineers 3
216 216 design & development engineers 42
217 217 process & production engineers 4
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 29
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 25
220 220 medical practitioners 52
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 9
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 0
223 223 dental practitioners 13
224 224 veterinarians 2
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 63
231 231 further education teachers etc 90
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 11
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 174
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 233
235 235 special education teachers etc 29
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 51
240 240 judges & officers of the court 4
241 241 barristers & advocates 4
242 242 solicitors 25
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 41
251 251 management accountants 6
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 12
253 253 management,business consultants etc 23
260 260 architects 23
261 261 town planners 3
262 262 general practice surveyors 37
270 270 librarians 10
271 271 archivists & curators 4
290 290 psychologists 0
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 2
292 292 clergy 24
293 293 social workers,probation officers 46
300 300 laboratory technicians 59
301 301 engineering technicians 27
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 13
303 303 architectural etc technicians 7
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 4
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 41
310 310 draughtspersons 49
311 311 building inspectors 3
312 312 quantity surveyors 15
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 7
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 37
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 2
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 4
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 14
340 340 nurses 257
341 341 midwives 15
342 342 medical radiographers 9
343 343 physiotherapists 8
344 344 chiropodists 5
345 345 dispensing opticians 1
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 20
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 29
348 348 environmental health officers 8
349 349 other health professionals nes 9
350 350 legal service & related occupations 17
360 360 estimators,valuers 19
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 60
362 362 taxation experts 8
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 32
364 364 organisational etc officers 21
370 370 matrons,houseparents 67
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 88
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 45
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 42
382 382 industrial designers 5
383 383 clothing designers 10
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 48
385 385 musicians 17
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 18
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 13
390 390 information officers 14
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 74
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 11
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 18
394 394 factory inspectors etc 12
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 11
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 15
399 399 other associate professionals nes 20
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 137
401 401 local government clerical staff 119
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 490
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 226
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 26
420 420 filing and record clerks 228
421 421 library assistants etc 18
430 430 clerks nes 547
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 35
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 285
450 450 medical secretaries 24
451 451 legal secretaries 29
452 452 typists & word processor operators 82
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 473
460 460 receptionists 162
461 461 reception telephonists 51
462 462 telephone operators 58
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 25
490 490 computer etc operators 127
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 3
500 500 bricklayers,masons 107
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 35
502 502 plasterers 45
503 503 glaziers 8
504 504 builders,building contractors 62
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 30
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 21
507 507 painters & decorators 194
509 509 other construction trades nes 64
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 17
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 17
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 12
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 7
514 514 press setters,operators 2
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 25
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 209
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 12
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 2
519 519 other setters,operators nes 13
520 520 electrical production fitters 12
521 521 electricians etc 135
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 5
523 523 telephone fitters 37
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 11
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 15
526 526 computer engineers etc 12
529 529 other electrical trades nes 29
530 530 smiths & forge workers 7
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 11
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 94
533 533 sheet metal workers 25
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 16
535 535 steel erectors 8
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 6
537 537 welding trades 76
540 540 motor mechanics etc 126
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 6
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 11
543 543 auto electricians 5
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 12
550 550 weavers 3
551 551 knitters 6
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 11
553 553 sewing machinists etc 266
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 12
555 555 shoe repairers etc 27
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 13
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 23
559 559 other textile workers nes 20
560 560 originators & compositors 18
561 561 printers 8
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 12
563 563 screen printers 5
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 44
570 570 carpenters & joiners 152
571 571 cabinet makers 16
572 572 case & box makers 4
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 2
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 12
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 31
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 40
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 16
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 30
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 18
592 592 dental technicians 5
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 2
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 136
595 595 horticultural trades 19
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 25
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 24
598 598 other machinery mechanics 2
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 22
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 22
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 4
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 38
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 7
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 10
613 613 customs,immigration officers 2
614 614 traffic wardens 8
615 615 security guards etc 187
619 619 other security personnel nes 36
620 620 chefs,cooks 280
621 621 waiters,waitresses 180
622 622 bar staff 244
630 630 travel & flight attendants 29
631 631 railway station staff 14
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 135
641 641 hospital ward assistants 25
642 642 ambulance staff 12
643 643 dental nurses 33
644 644 care assistants & attendants 497
650 650 nursery nurses 77
651 651 playgroup leaders 22
652 652 educational assistants 76
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 242
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 96
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 14
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 32
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 13
672 672 caretakers 107
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 74
690 690 undertakers 5
691 691 bookmakers 6
699 699 other personal services nes 74
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 4
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 27
702 702 importers & exporters 8
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 2
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 105
719 719 other sales representatives nes 105
720 720 sales assistants 1237
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 205
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 18
730 730 collectors & credit agents 25
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 27
732 732 market,street traders etc 35
733 733 scrap dealers etc 3
790 790 merchandisers 10
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 17
792 792 telephone salespersons 49
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 41
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 7
802 802 tobacco process operatives 2
809 809 other food etc process operatives 154
810 810 tannery production operatives 8
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 7
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 13
813 813 winders,reelers 9
814 814 other textiles operatives 21
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 53
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 20
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 9
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 4
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 17
825 825 plastic operatives etc 63
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 7
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 18
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 10
831 831 metal drawers 5
832 832 rollers 6
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 1
834 834 electroplaters etc 7
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 25
840 840 machine tool operatives 46
841 841 automatic machine operatives 46
842 842 metal polishers 7
843 843 metal dressing operatives 17
844 844 shot blasters 4
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 125
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 50
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 61
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 85
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 66
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 388
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 32
864 864 routine laboratory testers 21
869 869 other routine operatives nes 26
870 870 bus inspectors 2
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 5
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 375
873 873 bus & coach drivers 90
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 117
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 14
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 9
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 29
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 4
884 884 shunters & points operatives 1
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 35
886 886 crane drivers 24
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 76
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 17
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 4
891 891 printing machine minders 31
892 892 water etc plant attendants 10
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 23
894 894 lubricators etc 3
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 15
896 896 construction operatives 80
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 26
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 7
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 95
900 900 farm workers 87
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 19
902 902 other related farming occupations 43
903 903 fishing & related workers 10
904 904 forestry workers 18
910 910 coal mine labourers 6
911 911 foundry labourers 4
912 912 engineering etc labourers 13
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 32
919 919 making,processing labourers 30
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 21
922 922 rail construction etc workers 16
923 923 road construction etc workers 30
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 8
929 925 other building etc labourers 186
930 930 stevedores,dockers 16
931 931 goods porters 78
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 27
934 934 drivers mates 7
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 102
941 941 messengers,couriers 86
950 950 hospital porters 21
951 951 hotel porters 13
952 952 Kitchen porters 197
953 953 catering assistants 284
954 954 shelf fillers 72
955 955 lift & car park attendants 12
956 956 window cleaners 19
957 957 road sweepers 20
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1134
959 959 other sales,service occupations 17
990 990 all other labourers etc 191
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 7
-10 No answer/Does not apply 130107
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1997
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.