Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 1997

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 19
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 229
102 102 gen managers - local government 209
103 103 administrators - national government 105
110 110 production,works managers 887
111 111 building/contract managers 317
112 112 clerks of works 7
113 113 mining & energy managers 31
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 278
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1272
122 122 purchasing managers 76
123 123 advertising etc managers 139
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 263
125 125 organisational managers 13
126 126 computer systems etc managers 339
127 127 company secretaries 141
130 130 credit controllers 92
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 192
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 219
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 814
140 140 transport managers 154
141 141 stores controllers 145
142 142 warehouse etc managers 157
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 53
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 6
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 35
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 25
154 154 prison principal officers and above 3
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 510
169 169 other farming etc managers 43
170 170 property & estate managers 144
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 116
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 150
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 180
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 383
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 238
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 136
177 177 travel agency managers 49
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 44
179 179 service industry managers etc 1505
190 190 trade union etc officials 81
191 191 education registrars etc 60
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 578
200 200 chemists 59
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 146
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 41
209 209 other natural scientists nes 46
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 167
211 211 mechanical engineers 116
212 212 electrical engineers 82
213 213 electronic engineers 77
214 214 software engineers 272
215 215 chemical engineers 22
216 216 design & development engineers 207
217 217 process & production engineers 73
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 121
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 177
220 220 medical practitioners 314
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 80
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 21
223 223 dental practitioners 65
224 224 veterinarians 21
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 237
231 231 further education teachers etc 267
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 34
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 907
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 862
235 235 special education teachers etc 118
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 205
240 240 judges & officers of the court 12
241 241 barristers & advocates 35
242 242 solicitors 233
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 407
251 251 management accountants 68
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 69
253 253 management,business consultants etc 138
260 260 architects 90
261 261 town planners 38
262 262 general practice surveyors 118
270 270 librarians 36
271 271 archivists & curators 34
290 290 psychologists 28
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 14
292 292 clergy 98
293 293 social workers,probation officers 288
300 300 laboratory technicians 201
301 301 engineering technicians 115
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 67
303 303 architectural etc technicians 29
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 20
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 180
310 310 draughtspersons 154
311 311 building inspectors 9
312 312 quantity surveyors 108
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 8
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 549
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 22
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 31
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 59
340 340 nurses 1297
341 341 midwives 97
342 342 medical radiographers 49
343 343 physiotherapists 79
344 344 chiropodists 37
345 345 dispensing opticians 17
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 101
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 145
348 348 environmental health officers 36
349 349 other health professionals nes 51
350 350 legal service & related occupations 92
360 360 estimators,valuers 91
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 418
362 362 taxation experts 64
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 153
364 364 organisational etc officers 86
370 370 matrons,houseparents 184
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 413
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 242
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 262
382 382 industrial designers 40
383 383 clothing designers 26
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 140
385 385 musicians 75
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 101
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 96
390 390 information officers 100
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 242
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 51
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 75
394 394 factory inspectors etc 17
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 24
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 64
399 399 other associate professionals nes 113
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 536
401 401 local government clerical staff 408
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1726
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 773
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 78
420 420 filing and record clerks 700
421 421 library assistants etc 83
430 430 clerks nes 1755
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 111
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 868
450 450 medical secretaries 103
451 451 legal secretaries 131
452 452 typists & word processor operators 178
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1374
460 460 receptionists 468
461 461 reception telephonists 121
462 462 telephone operators 114
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 52
490 490 computer etc operators 356
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 4
500 500 bricklayers,masons 253
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 94
502 502 plasterers 76
503 503 glaziers 32
504 504 builders,building contractors 303
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 56
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 73
507 507 painters & decorators 362
509 509 other construction trades nes 178
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 53
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 10
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 21
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 25
514 514 press setters,operators 10
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 80
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 851
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 58
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 18
519 519 other setters,operators nes 80
520 520 electrical production fitters 43
521 521 electricians etc 610
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 19
523 523 telephone fitters 98
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 37
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 54
526 526 computer engineers etc 109
529 529 other electrical trades nes 172
530 530 smiths & forge workers 25
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 46
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 403
533 533 sheet metal workers 85
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 49
535 535 steel erectors 39
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 9
537 537 welding trades 279
540 540 motor mechanics etc 533
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 33
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 54
543 543 auto electricians 24
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 19
550 550 weavers 15
551 551 knitters 24
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 32
553 553 sewing machinists etc 359
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 41
555 555 shoe repairers etc 73
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 39
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 25
559 559 other textile workers nes 25
560 560 originators & compositors 47
561 561 printers 65
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 28
563 563 screen printers 25
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 161
570 570 carpenters & joiners 599
571 571 cabinet makers 64
572 572 case & box makers 10
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 12
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 37
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 79
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 98
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 18
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 75
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 32
592 592 dental technicians 25
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 8
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 352
595 595 horticultural trades 77
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 90
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 19
598 598 other machinery mechanics 20
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 62
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 165
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 31
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 339
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 105
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 78
613 613 customs,immigration officers 28
614 614 traffic wardens 12
615 615 security guards etc 364
619 619 other security personnel nes 101
620 620 chefs,cooks 609
621 621 waiters,waitresses 527
622 622 bar staff 471
630 630 travel & flight attendants 119
631 631 railway station staff 26
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 432
641 641 hospital ward assistants 61
642 642 ambulance staff 58
643 643 dental nurses 90
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1301
650 650 nursery nurses 268
651 651 playgroup leaders 67
652 652 educational assistants 348
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 658
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 251
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 66
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 68
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 47
672 672 caretakers 174
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 99
690 690 undertakers 17
691 691 bookmakers 34
699 699 other personal services nes 174
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 33
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 106
702 702 importers & exporters 13
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 12
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 555
719 719 other sales representatives nes 297
720 720 sales assistants 3129
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 576
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 21
730 730 collectors & credit agents 75
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 119
732 732 market,street traders etc 68
733 733 scrap dealers etc 11
790 790 merchandisers 42
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 50
792 792 telephone salespersons 141
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 70
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 13
802 802 tobacco process operatives 6
809 809 other food etc process operatives 321
810 810 tannery production operatives 6
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 6
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 9
813 813 winders,reelers 8
814 814 other textiles operatives 43
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 162
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 50
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 27
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 17
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 46
825 825 plastic operatives etc 185
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 9
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 43
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 13
831 831 metal drawers 3
832 832 rollers 7
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 7
834 834 electroplaters etc 31
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 52
840 840 machine tool operatives 199
841 841 automatic machine operatives 71
842 842 metal polishers 18
843 843 metal dressing operatives 14
844 844 shot blasters 9
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 318
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 175
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 145
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 168
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 122
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 530
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 57
864 864 routine laboratory testers 45
869 869 other routine operatives nes 53
870 870 bus inspectors 5
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 24
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1199
873 873 bus & coach drivers 270
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 410
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 27
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 26
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 38
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 18
884 884 shunters & points operatives 3
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 104
886 886 crane drivers 45
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 269
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 46
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 5
891 891 printing machine minders 95
892 892 water etc plant attendants 21
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 22
894 894 lubricators etc 9
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 28
896 896 construction operatives 199
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 79
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 26
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 265
900 900 farm workers 285
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 35
902 902 other related farming occupations 108
903 903 fishing & related workers 26
904 904 forestry workers 32
910 910 coal mine labourers 8
911 911 foundry labourers 11
912 912 engineering etc labourers 38
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 46
919 919 making,processing labourers 76
920 920 woodworkers mates 16
921 921 building trade mates 38
922 922 rail construction etc workers 19
923 923 road construction etc workers 62
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 6
929 925 other building etc labourers 264
930 930 stevedores,dockers 22
931 931 goods porters 162
932 932 slingers 5
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 43
934 934 drivers mates 11
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 353
941 941 messengers,couriers 182
950 950 hospital porters 35
951 951 hotel porters 34
952 952 Kitchen porters 366
953 953 catering assistants 591
954 954 shelf fillers 221
955 955 lift & car park attendants 20
956 956 window cleaners 64
957 957 road sweepers 17
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1866
959 959 other sales,service occupations 50
990 990 all other labourers etc 269
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 18
-9 Does not apply 82883
-8 No answer 57
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 1997