Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 1997

Variable Details

Variablesoclast
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 6
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 47
102 102 gen managers - local government 53
103 103 administrators - national government 37
110 110 production,works managers 188
111 111 building/contract managers 73
112 112 clerks of works 11
113 113 mining & energy managers 8
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 33
121 121 marketing & sales managers 176
122 122 purchasing managers 16
123 123 advertising etc managers 26
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 48
125 125 organisational managers 0
126 126 computer systems etc managers 24
127 127 company secretaries 34
130 130 credit controllers 23
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 52
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 31
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 162
140 140 transport managers 34
141 141 stores controllers 35
142 142 warehouse etc managers 22
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 8
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 3
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 15
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 5
154 154 prison principal officers and above 2
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 75
169 169 other farming etc managers 12
170 170 property & estate managers 23
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 13
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 36
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 48
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 105
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 114
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 24
177 177 travel agency managers 7
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 15
179 179 service industry managers etc 434
190 190 trade union etc officials 20
191 191 education registrars etc 12
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 103
200 200 chemists 12
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 29
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 7
209 209 other natural scientists nes 12
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 39
211 211 mechanical engineers 35
212 212 electrical engineers 22
213 213 electronic engineers 6
214 214 software engineers 24
215 215 chemical engineers 2
216 216 design & development engineers 39
217 217 process & production engineers 3
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 28
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 24
220 220 medical practitioners 47
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 9
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 0
223 223 dental practitioners 10
224 224 veterinarians 3
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 57
231 231 further education teachers etc 116
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 10
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 212
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 268
235 235 special education teachers etc 34
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 64
240 240 judges & officers of the court 4
241 241 barristers & advocates 3
242 242 solicitors 23
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 42
251 251 management accountants 5
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 11
253 253 management,business consultants etc 15
260 260 architects 20
261 261 town planners 4
262 262 general practice surveyors 28
270 270 librarians 9
271 271 archivists & curators 7
290 290 psychologists 0
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 1
292 292 clergy 22
293 293 social workers,probation officers 42
300 300 laboratory technicians 48
301 301 engineering technicians 20
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 10
303 303 architectural etc technicians 5
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 4
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 43
310 310 draughtspersons 42
311 311 building inspectors 4
312 312 quantity surveyors 14
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 3
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 39
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 0
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 3
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 17
340 340 nurses 251
341 341 midwives 12
342 342 medical radiographers 10
343 343 physiotherapists 9
344 344 chiropodists 2
345 345 dispensing opticians 2
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 21
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 20
348 348 environmental health officers 8
349 349 other health professionals nes 6
350 350 legal service & related occupations 13
360 360 estimators,valuers 14
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 44
362 362 taxation experts 6
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 32
364 364 organisational etc officers 19
370 370 matrons,houseparents 61
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 74
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 42
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 39
382 382 industrial designers 4
383 383 clothing designers 10
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 51
385 385 musicians 12
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 16
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 15
390 390 information officers 18
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 76
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 8
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 18
394 394 factory inspectors etc 9
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 12
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 13
399 399 other associate professionals nes 22
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 128
401 401 local government clerical staff 122
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 456
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 227
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 22
420 420 filing and record clerks 236
421 421 library assistants etc 17
430 430 clerks nes 534
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 33
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 285
450 450 medical secretaries 23
451 451 legal secretaries 30
452 452 typists & word processor operators 92
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 455
460 460 receptionists 151
461 461 reception telephonists 56
462 462 telephone operators 52
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 24
490 490 computer etc operators 130
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 2
500 500 bricklayers,masons 100
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 32
502 502 plasterers 42
503 503 glaziers 8
504 504 builders,building contractors 57
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 37
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 17
507 507 painters & decorators 169
509 509 other construction trades nes 57
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 12
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 15
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 9
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 6
514 514 press setters,operators 2
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 22
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 192
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 11
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 5
519 519 other setters,operators nes 21
520 520 electrical production fitters 10
521 521 electricians etc 136
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 2
523 523 telephone fitters 38
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 11
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 12
526 526 computer engineers etc 11
529 529 other electrical trades nes 24
530 530 smiths & forge workers 7
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 13
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 87
533 533 sheet metal workers 20
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 13
535 535 steel erectors 7
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 77
540 540 motor mechanics etc 126
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 5
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 12
543 543 auto electricians 1
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 10
550 550 weavers 3
551 551 knitters 10
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 13
553 553 sewing machinists etc 263
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 15
555 555 shoe repairers etc 27
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 9
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 16
559 559 other textile workers nes 21
560 560 originators & compositors 19
561 561 printers 9
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 16
563 563 screen printers 5
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 39
570 570 carpenters & joiners 150
571 571 cabinet makers 15
572 572 case & box makers 4
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 3
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 9
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 29
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 34
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 15
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 26
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 22
592 592 dental technicians 5
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 2
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 123
595 595 horticultural trades 33
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 26
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 25
598 598 other machinery mechanics 1
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 18
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 26
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 2
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 39
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 5
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 14
613 613 customs,immigration officers 3
614 614 traffic wardens 9
615 615 security guards etc 177
619 619 other security personnel nes 41
620 620 chefs,cooks 256
621 621 waiters,waitresses 168
622 622 bar staff 242
630 630 travel & flight attendants 36
631 631 railway station staff 10
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 143
641 641 hospital ward assistants 23
642 642 ambulance staff 12
643 643 dental nurses 34
644 644 care assistants & attendants 481
650 650 nursery nurses 75
651 651 playgroup leaders 25
652 652 educational assistants 82
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 230
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 106
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 15
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 40
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 12
672 672 caretakers 107
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 72
690 690 undertakers 6
691 691 bookmakers 10
699 699 other personal services nes 81
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 5
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 21
702 702 importers & exporters 6
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 0
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 101
719 719 other sales representatives nes 95
720 720 sales assistants 1223
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 196
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 18
730 730 collectors & credit agents 20
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 29
732 732 market,street traders etc 30
733 733 scrap dealers etc 3
790 790 merchandisers 10
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 18
792 792 telephone salespersons 54
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 33
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 5
802 802 tobacco process operatives 2
809 809 other food etc process operatives 135
810 810 tannery production operatives 6
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 10
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 11
813 813 winders,reelers 8
814 814 other textiles operatives 19
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 47
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 18
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 8
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 3
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 13
825 825 plastic operatives etc 65
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 6
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 13
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 9
831 831 metal drawers 6
832 832 rollers 4
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 2
834 834 electroplaters etc 9
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 16
840 840 machine tool operatives 49
841 841 automatic machine operatives 40
842 842 metal polishers 6
843 843 metal dressing operatives 17
844 844 shot blasters 2
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 111
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 56
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 67
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 89
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 59
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 396
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 30
864 864 routine laboratory testers 20
869 869 other routine operatives nes 30
870 870 bus inspectors 1
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 5
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 370
873 873 bus & coach drivers 92
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 112
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 13
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 9
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 20
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 2
884 884 shunters & points operatives 1
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 30
886 886 crane drivers 28
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 74
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 22
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 3
891 891 printing machine minders 26
892 892 water etc plant attendants 12
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 25
894 894 lubricators etc 1
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 11
896 896 construction operatives 83
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 17
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 8
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 89
900 900 farm workers 75
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 18
902 902 other related farming occupations 47
903 903 fishing & related workers 7
904 904 forestry workers 11
910 910 coal mine labourers 8
911 911 foundry labourers 4
912 912 engineering etc labourers 16
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 31
919 919 making,processing labourers 34
920 920 woodworkers mates 8
921 921 building trade mates 14
922 922 rail construction etc workers 11
923 923 road construction etc workers 26
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 6
929 925 other building etc labourers 178
930 930 stevedores,dockers 14
931 931 goods porters 75
932 932 slingers 0
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 28
934 934 drivers mates 7
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 123
941 941 messengers,couriers 67
950 950 hospital porters 18
951 951 hotel porters 10
952 952 Kitchen porters 200
953 953 catering assistants 286
954 954 shelf fillers 72
955 955 lift & car park attendants 13
956 956 window cleaners 15
957 957 road sweepers 17
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1199
959 959 other sales,service occupations 22
990 990 all other labourers etc 191
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 11
-9 Does not apply 128445
-8 No answer 25
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 1997