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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1998

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 19
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 231
102 102 gen managers - local government 263
103 103 administrators - national government 132
110 110 production,works managers 923
111 111 building/contract managers 370
112 112 clerks of works 10
113 113 mining & energy managers 31
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 294
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1243
122 122 purchasing managers 83
123 123 advertising etc managers 129
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 280
125 125 organisational managers 24
126 126 computer systems etc managers 392
127 127 company secretaries 138
130 130 credit controllers 103
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 202
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 189
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 752
140 140 transport managers 173
141 141 stores controllers 164
142 142 warehouse etc managers 153
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 57
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 6
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 27
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 27
154 154 prison principal officers and above 4
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 2
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 356
169 169 other farming etc managers 63
170 170 property & estate managers 162
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 95
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 157
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 158
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 323
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 142
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 123
177 177 travel agency managers 57
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 45
179 179 service industry managers etc 1505
190 190 trade union etc officials 77
191 191 education registrars etc 56
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 574
200 200 chemists 80
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 168
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 43
209 209 other natural scientists nes 53
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 173
211 211 mechanical engineers 119
212 212 electrical engineers 96
213 213 electronic engineers 86
214 214 software engineers 348
215 215 chemical engineers 19
216 216 design & development engineers 205
217 217 process & production engineers 63
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 118
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 180
220 220 medical practitioners 378
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 95
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 22
223 223 dental practitioners 63
224 224 veterinarians 22
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 298
231 231 further education teachers etc 317
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 54
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 905
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 877
235 235 special education teachers etc 114
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 236
240 240 judges & officers of the court 5
241 241 barristers & advocates 35
242 242 solicitors 257
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 458
251 251 management accountants 90
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 64
253 253 management,business consultants etc 187
260 260 architects 101
261 261 town planners 35
262 262 general practice surveyors 155
270 270 librarians 52
271 271 archivists & curators 15
290 290 psychologists 25
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 5
292 292 clergy 116
293 293 social workers,probation officers 277
300 300 laboratory technicians 165
301 301 engineering technicians 117
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 67
303 303 architectural etc technicians 35
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 28
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 154
310 310 draughtspersons 137
311 311 building inspectors 18
312 312 quantity surveyors 102
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 12
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 630
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 16
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 28
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 52
340 340 nurses 1261
341 341 midwives 86
342 342 medical radiographers 46
343 343 physiotherapists 55
344 344 chiropodists 21
345 345 dispensing opticians 12
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 106
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 163
348 348 environmental health officers 39
349 349 other health professionals nes 59
350 350 legal service & related occupations 110
360 360 estimators,valuers 84
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 401
362 362 taxation experts 66
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 140
364 364 organisational etc officers 91
370 370 matrons,houseparents 175
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 442
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 236
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 259
382 382 industrial designers 47
383 383 clothing designers 20
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 159
385 385 musicians 68
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 103
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 85
390 390 information officers 71
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 235
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 38
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 63
394 394 factory inspectors etc 17
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 29
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 49
399 399 other associate professionals nes 109
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 519
401 401 local government clerical staff 453
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1712
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 792
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 79
420 420 filing and record clerks 759
421 421 library assistants etc 78
430 430 clerks nes 1765
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 128
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 893
450 450 medical secretaries 111
451 451 legal secretaries 141
452 452 typists & word processor operators 158
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1307
460 460 receptionists 487
461 461 reception telephonists 107
462 462 telephone operators 96
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 61
490 490 computer etc operators 356
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 6
500 500 bricklayers,masons 209
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 86
502 502 plasterers 84
503 503 glaziers 25
504 504 builders,building contractors 311
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 53
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 78
507 507 painters & decorators 388
509 509 other construction trades nes 212
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 40
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 4
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 17
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 21
514 514 press setters,operators 13
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 77
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 810
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 80
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 16
519 519 other setters,operators nes 81
520 520 electrical production fitters 48
521 521 electricians etc 612
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 20
523 523 telephone fitters 106
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 38
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 35
526 526 computer engineers etc 155
529 529 other electrical trades nes 195
530 530 smiths & forge workers 25
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 28
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 399
533 533 sheet metal workers 79
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 40
535 535 steel erectors 31
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 1
537 537 welding trades 243
540 540 motor mechanics etc 540
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 28
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 48
543 543 auto electricians 32
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 31
550 550 weavers 10
551 551 knitters 18
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 32
553 553 sewing machinists etc 346
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 40
555 555 shoe repairers etc 45
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 34
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 29
559 559 other textile workers nes 40
560 560 originators & compositors 39
561 561 printers 54
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 31
563 563 screen printers 25
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 163
570 570 carpenters & joiners 612
571 571 cabinet makers 67
572 572 case & box makers 14
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 3
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 31
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 85
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 98
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 26
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 66
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 31
592 592 dental technicians 18
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 8
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 356
595 595 horticultural trades 55
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 99
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 14
598 598 other machinery mechanics 20
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 68
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 155
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 26
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 376
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 81
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 101
613 613 customs,immigration officers 20
614 614 traffic wardens 12
615 615 security guards etc 377
619 619 other security personnel nes 101
620 620 chefs,cooks 602
621 621 waiters,waitresses 477
622 622 bar staff 471
630 630 travel & flight attendants 115
631 631 railway station staff 18
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 379
641 641 hospital ward assistants 71
642 642 ambulance staff 65
643 643 dental nurses 94
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1275
650 650 nursery nurses 287
651 651 playgroup leaders 65
652 652 educational assistants 390
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 638
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 238
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 78
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 52
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 42
672 672 caretakers 204
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 125
690 690 undertakers 17
691 691 bookmakers 37
699 699 other personal services nes 171
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 31
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 126
702 702 importers & exporters 17
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 18
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 538
719 719 other sales representatives nes 380
720 720 sales assistants 3315
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 526
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 25
730 730 collectors & credit agents 55
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 92
732 732 market,street traders etc 54
733 733 scrap dealers etc 6
790 790 merchandisers 34
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 48
792 792 telephone salespersons 195
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 92
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 17
802 802 tobacco process operatives 6
809 809 other food etc process operatives 299
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 7
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 8
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 21
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 141
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 32
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 22
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 11
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 65
825 825 plastic operatives etc 212
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 10
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 52
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 18
831 831 metal drawers 3
832 832 rollers 9
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 11
834 834 electroplaters etc 30
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 47
840 840 machine tool operatives 199
841 841 automatic machine operatives 65
842 842 metal polishers 13
843 843 metal dressing operatives 16
844 844 shot blasters 4
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 296
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 177
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 134
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 163
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 120
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 504
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 44
864 864 routine laboratory testers 50
869 869 other routine operatives nes 60
870 870 bus inspectors 4
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 16
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1231
873 873 bus & coach drivers 273
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 399
875 875 bus conductors 6
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 24
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 16
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 47
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 9
884 884 shunters & points operatives 2
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 91
886 886 crane drivers 28
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 250
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 50
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 3
891 891 printing machine minders 85
892 892 water etc plant attendants 23
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 20
894 894 lubricators etc 8
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 41
896 896 construction operatives 170
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 71
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 34
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 203
900 900 farm workers 220
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 46
902 902 other related farming occupations 93
903 903 fishing & related workers 24
904 904 forestry workers 40
910 910 coal mine labourers 4
911 911 foundry labourers 8
912 912 engineering etc labourers 37
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 37
919 919 making,processing labourers 75
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 20
922 922 rail construction etc workers 19
923 923 road construction etc workers 54
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 11
929 925 other building etc labourers 253
930 930 stevedores,dockers 24
931 931 goods porters 178
932 932 slingers 3
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 44
934 934 drivers mates 14
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 388
941 941 messengers,couriers 179
950 950 hospital porters 56
951 951 hotel porters 27
952 952 Kitchen porters 351
953 953 catering assistants 570
954 954 shelf fillers 231
955 955 lift & car park attendants 15
956 956 window cleaners 61
957 957 road sweepers 20
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1747
959 959 other sales,service occupations 69
990 990 all other labourers etc 267
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 27
-9 Does not apply 81623
-8 No answer 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1998
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.
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