Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variableb7xso005
LabelSOC2000 code for Cohort Member's main activity – 05
Question text I would like to get a few details about what you are doing at the moment. Which of the things on this card best describes what you are currently doing?
Responses
1111 1111 Senior officials in national government 0
1112 1112 Directors and chief executives of major organisations 0
1113 1113 Senior officials in local government 0
1114 1114 Senior officials of special interest organisations 0
1121 1121 Production, works and maintenance managers 2
1122 1122 Managers in construction 0
1123 1123 Managers in mining and energy 0
1131 1131 Financial managers and chartered secretaries 1
1132 1132 Marketing and sales managers 1
1133 1133 Purchasing managers 0
1134 1134 Advertising and public relations managers 0
1135 1135 Personnel, training and industrial relations managers 0
1136 1136 Information and communication technology managers 0
1137 1137 Research and development managers 0
1141 1141 Quality assurance managers 0
1142 1142 Customer care managers 0
1151 1151 Financial institution managers 2
1152 1152 Office managers 0
1161 1161 Transport and distribution managers 0
1162 1162 Storage and warehouse managers 0
1163 1163 Retail and wholesale managers 3
1171 1171 Officers in armed forces 0
1172 1172 Police officers (inspectors and above) 0
1173 1173 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and rel serv 0
1174 1174 Security managers 0
1181 1181 Hospital and health service managers 0
1182 1182 Pharmacy managers 0
1183 1183 Healthcare practice managers 0
1184 1184 Social services managers 0
1185 1185 Residential and day care managers 0
1211 1211 Farm managers 0
1212 1212 Natural environment and conservation managers 0
1219 1219 Managers in animal husbandry, forestry and fish n.e.c. 0
1221 1221 Hotel and accommodation managers 0
1222 1222 Conference and exhibition managers 0
1223 1223 Restaurant and catering managers 3
1224 1224 Publicans and managers of licensed premises 0
1225 1225 Leisure and sports managers 0
1226 1226 Travel agency managers 0
1231 1231 Property, housing and land managers 0
1232 1232 Garage managers and proprietors 1
1233 1233 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors 0
1234 1234 Shopkeepers and wholesale/retail dealers 1
1235 1235 Recycling and refuse disposal managers 0
1239 1239 Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. 2
2111 2111 Chemists 0
2112 2112 Biological scientists and biochemists 0
2113 2113 Physicists, geologists and meteorologists 0
2121 2121 Civil engineers 1
2122 2122 Mechanical engineers 0
2123 2123 Electrical engineers 0
2124 2124 Electronics engineers 0
2125 2125 Chemical engineers 0
2126 2126 Design and development engineers 0
2127 2127 Production and process engineers 0
2128 2128 Planning and quality control engineers 0
2129 2129 Engineering professionals n.e.c. 0
2131 2131 IT strategy and planning professionals 1
2132 2132 Software professionals 4
2211 2211 Medical practitioners 2
2212 2212 Psychologists 0
2213 2213 Pharmacists/pharmacologists 0
2214 2214 Ophthalmic opticians 0
2215 2215 Dental practitioners 0
2216 2216 Veterinarians 0
2311 2311 Higher education teaching professionals 0
2312 2312 Further education teaching professionals 1
2313 2313 Education officers, school inspectors 0
2314 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals 2
2315 2315 Primary and nursery education teaching professionals 1
2316 2316 Special needs education teaching professionals 0
2317 2317 Registrars and senior administrators of educ. est. 0
2319 2319 Teaching professionals n.e.c. 1
2321 2321 Scientific researchers 0
2322 2322 Social science researchers 0
2329 2329 Researchers n.e.c. 0
2411 2411 Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners 1
2419 2419 Legal professionals n.e.c. 0
2421 2421 Chartered and certified accountants 1
2422 2422 Management accountants 0
2423 2423 Manage. consultants, actuaries, economists and stats 0
2431 2431 Architects 0
2432 2432 Town planners 0
2433 2433 Quantity surveyors 0
2434 2434 Chartered surveyors (not quantity surveyors) 1
2441 2441 Public service administrative professionals 0
2442 2442 Social workers 0
2443 2443 Probation officers 0
2444 2444 Clergy 0
2451 2451 Librarians 0
2452 2452 Archivists and curators 0
3111 3111 Laboratory technicians 0
3112 3112 Electrical/electronics technicians 0
3113 3113 Engineering technicians 0
3114 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians 0
3115 3115 Quality assurance technicians 0
3119 3119 Science and engineering technicians n.e.c. 0
3121 3121 Architectural tech. and town planning technicians 0
3122 3122 Draughtspersons 0
3123 3123 Building inspectors 0
3131 3131 IT operations technicians 0
3132 3132 IT user support technicians 1
3211 3211 Nurses 2
3212 3212 Midwives 0
3213 3213 Paramedics 0
3214 3214 Medical radiographers 0
3215 3215 Chiropodists 0
3216 3216 Dispensing opticians 0
3217 3217 Pharmaceutical dispensers 0
3218 3218 Medical and dental technicians 0
3221 3221 Physiotherapists 0
3222 3222 Occupational therapists 1
3223 3223 Speech and language therapists 0
3229 3229 Therapists n.e.c. 1
3231 3231 Youth and community workers 1
3232 3232 Housing and welfare officers 1
3311 3311 NCOs and other ranks 0
3312 3312 Police officers (sergeant and below) 0
3313 3313 Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below) 0
3314 3314 Prison service officers (below principal officer) 0
3319 3319 Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. 0
3411 3411 Artists 0
3412 3412 Authors, writers 0
3413 3413 Actors, entertainers 0
3414 3414 Dancers and choreographers 0
3415 3415 Musicians 0
3416 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors 1
3421 3421 Graphic designers 1
3422 3422 Product, clothing and related designers 2
3431 3431 Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors 1
3432 3432 Broadcasting associate professionals 1
3433 3433 Public relations officers 0
3434 3434 Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators 2
3441 3441 Sports players 0
3442 3442 Sports coaches, instructors and officials 0
3443 3443 Fitness instructors 0
3449 3449 Sports and fitness occupations n.e.c. 1
3511 3511 Air traffic controllers 0
3512 3512 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 0
3513 3513 Ship and hovercraft officers 0
3514 3514 Train drivers 0
3520 3520 Legal associate professionals 0
3531 3531 Estimators, valuers and assessors 0
3532 3532 Brokers 1
3533 3533 Insurance underwriters 0
3534 3534 Finance and investment analysts/advisers 1
3535 3535 Taxation experts 0
3536 3536 Importers, exporters 1
3537 3537 Financial and accounting technicians 0
3539 3539 Business and related associate professionals n.e.c. 1
3541 3541 Buyers and purchasing officers 3
3542 3542 Sales representatives 3
3543 3543 Marketing associate professionals 1
3544 3544 Estate agents, auctioneers 1
3551 3551 Conservation and environmental protection officers 0
3552 3552 Countryside and park rangers 0
3561 3561 Public service associate professionals 0
3562 3562 Personnel and industrial relations officers 2
3563 3563 Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors 1
3564 3564 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 0
3565 3565 Inspectors of factories, utilities and trad. standards 0
3566 3566 Statutory examiners 0
3567 3567 Occup. hygienist and safety officers (health&safety) 0
3568 3568 Environmental health officers 0
4111 4111 Civil Service executive officers 0
4112 4112 Civil Service administrative officers and assistants 0
4113 4113 Local government clerical officers and assistants 1
4114 4114 Officers of non-governmental organisations 0
4121 4121 Credit controllers 0
4122 4122 Accounts/wages clerks, book-keepers, oth finance clerk 6
4123 4123 Counter clerks 0
4131 4131 Filing and other records assistants/clerks 1
4132 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks 1
4133 4133 Stock control clerks 1
4134 4134 Transport and distribution clerks 0
4135 4135 Library assistants/clerks 1
4136 4136 Database assistants/clerks 1
4137 4137 Market research interviewers 1
4141 4141 Telephonists 0
4142 4142 Communication operators 0
4150 4150 General office assistants/clerks 3
4211 4211 Medical secretaries 0
4212 4212 Legal secretaries 0
4213 4213 School secretaries 0
4214 4214 Company secretaries 0
4215 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries 2
4216 4216 Receptionists 0
4217 4217 Typists 0
5111 5111 Farmers 0
5112 5112 Horticultural trades 2
5113 5113 Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen 2
5119 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. 0
5211 5211 Smiths and forge workers 0
5212 5212 Moulders, core makers, die casters 0
5213 5213 Sheet metal workers 0
5214 5214 Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters 0
5215 5215 Welding trades 0
5216 5216 Pipe fitters 0
5221 5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators 1
5222 5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out 0
5223 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters 1
5224 5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers 1
5231 5231 Motor mechanics, auto engineers 0
5232 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers 1
5233 5233 Auto electricians 0
5234 5234 Vehicle spray painters 0
5241 5241 Electricians, electrical fitters 1
5242 5242 Telecommunications engineers 0
5243 5243 Lines repairers and cable jointers, 0
5244 5244 TV, video and audio engineers 0
5245 5245 Computer engineers, installation and maintenance 1
5249 5249 Electrical/electronics engineers n.e.c. 1
5311 5311 Steel erectors 0
5312 5312 Bricklayers, masons 0
5313 5313 Roofers, roof tilers and slaters 1
5314 5314 Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers 0
5315 5315 Carpenters and joiners 2
5316 5316 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters 1
5319 5319 Construction trades n.e.c. 0
5321 5321 Plasterers 1
5322 5322 Floorers and wall tilers 0
5323 5323 Painters and decorators 1
5411 5411 Weavers and knitters 0
5412 5412 Upholsterers 1
5413 5413 Leather and related trades 1
5414 5414 Tailors and dressmakers 0
5419 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. 0
5421 5421 Originators, compositors and print preparers 0
5422 5422 Printers 0
5423 5423 Bookbinders and print finishers 0
5424 5424 Screen printers 1
5431 5431 Butchers, meat cutters 0
5432 5432 Bakers, flour confectioners 0
5433 5433 Fishmongers, poultry dressers 0
5434 5434 Chefs, cooks 2
5491 5491 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers 0
5492 5492 Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers 1
5493 5493 Pattern makers (moulds) 0
5494 5494 Musical instrument makers and tuners 0
5495 5495 Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers 0
5496 5496 Floral arrangers, florists 0
5499 5499 Hand craft occupations n.e.c. 0
6111 6111 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants 0
6112 6112 Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) 0
6113 6113 Dental nurses 1
6114 6114 Houseparents and residential wardens 0
6115 6115 Care assistants and home carers 4
6121 6121 Nursery nurses 0
6122 6122 Childminders and related occupations 4
6123 6123 Playgroup leaders/assistants 0
6124 6124 Educational assistants 0
6131 6131 Veterinary nurses and assistants 0
6139 6139 Animal care occupations n.e.c. 1
6211 6211 Sports and leisure assistants 1
6212 6212 Travel agents 1
6213 6213 Travel and tour guides 0
6214 6214 Air travel assistants 0
6215 6215 Rail travel assistants 0
6219 6219 Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c. 0
6221 6221 Hairdressers, barbers 1
6222 6222 Beauticians and related occupations 0
6231 6231 Housekeepers and related occupations 0
6232 6232 Caretakers 0
6291 6291 Undertakers and mortuary assistants 0
6292 6292 Pest control officers 0
7111 7111 Sales and retail assistants 9
7112 7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators 2
7113 7113 Telephone salespersons 0
7121 7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents 0
7122 7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors 0
7123 7123 Roundsmen/women and van salespersons 0
7124 7124 Market and street traders and assistants 0
7125 7125 Merchandisers and window dressers 0
7129 7129 Sales related occupations n.e.c. 1
7211 7211 Call centre agents/operators 0
7212 7212 Customer care occupations 6
8111 8111 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives 1
8112 8112 Glass and ceramics process operatives 0
8113 8113 Textile process operatives 1
8114 8114 Chemical and related process operatives 0
8115 8115 Rubber process operatives 0
8116 8116 Plastics process operatives 0
8117 8117 Metal making and treating process operatives 2
8118 8118 Electroplaters 0
8119 8119 Process operatives n.e.c. 1
8121 8121 Paper and wood machine operatives 1
8122 8122 Coal mine operatives 0
8123 8123 Quarry workers and related operatives 0
8124 8124 Energy plant operatives 0
8125 8125 Metal working machine operatives 1
8126 8126 Water and sewerage plant operatives 0
8129 8129 Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. 0
8131 8131 Assemblers (electrical products) 1
8132 8132 Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) 1
8133 8133 Routine inspectors and testers 1
8134 8134 Weighers, graders, sorters 0
8135 8135 Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters 1
8136 8136 Clothing cutters 0
8137 8137 Sewing machinists 3
8138 8138 Routine laboratory testers 1
8139 8139 Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. 0
8141 8141 Scaffolders, stagers, riggers 0
8142 8142 Road construction operatives 1
8143 8143 Rail construction and maintenance operatives 0
8149 8149 Construction operatives n.e.c. 0
8211 8211 Heavy goods vehicle drivers 0
8212 8212 Van drivers 3
8213 8213 Bus and coach drivers 1
8214 8214 Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs 0
8215 8215 Driving instructors 0
8216 8216 Rail transport operatives 0
8217 8217 Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat ops 0
8218 8218 Air transport operatives 0
8219 8219 Transport operatives n.e.c. 0
8221 8221 Crane drivers 0
8222 8222 Fork-lift truck drivers 1
8223 8223 Agricultural machinery drivers 0
8229 8229 Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. 0
9111 9111 Farm workers 1
9112 9112 Forestry workers 0
9119 9119 Fishing and agriculture related occupations n.e.c. 1
9121 9121 Labourers in building and woodworking trades 4
9129 9129 Labourers in other construction trades n.e.c. 0
9131 9131 Labourers in foundries 0
9132 9132 Industrial cleaning process occupations 0
9133 9133 Printing machine minders and assistants 0
9134 9134 Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers 2
9139 9139 Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c. 0
9141 9141 Stevedores, dockers and slingers 0
9149 9149 Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c. 1
9211 9211 Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers 1
9219 9219 Elementary office occupations n.e.c. 0
9221 9221 Hospital porters 0
9222 9222 Hotel porters 0
9223 9223 Kitchen and catering assistants 5
9224 9224 Waiters, waitresses 3
9225 9225 Bar staff 1
9226 9226 Leisure and theme park attendants 0
9229 9229 Elementary personal services occupations n.e.c. 0
9231 9231 Window cleaners 0
9232 9232 Road sweepers 0
9233 9233 Cleaners, domestics 2
9234 9234 Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers 0
9235 9235 Refuse and salvage occupations 0
9239 9239 Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c. 0
9241 9241 Security guards and related occupations 1
9242 9242 Traffic wardens 0
9243 9243 School crossing patrol attendants 0
9244 9244 School midday assistants 0
9245 9245 Car park attendants 0
9249 9249 Elementary security occupations n.e.c. 0
9251 9251 Shelf fillers 1
9259 9259 Elementary sales occupations n.e.c. 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not Applicable 9486
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE MAIN ACTIVITY ONLY. TEMPORARILY SICK/DISABLED (<6MTHS). PERMANENTLY SICK/DISABLED (6+MTHS).
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort (including rotational panel)