Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1996

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 37
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 344
102 102 gen managers - local government 267
103 103 administrators - national government 159
110 110 production,works managers 880
111 111 building/contract managers 305
112 112 clerks of works 21
113 113 mining & energy managers 26
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 269
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1267
122 122 purchasing managers 86
123 123 advertising etc managers 145
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 278
125 125 organisational managers 27
126 126 computer systems etc managers 324
127 127 company secretaries 189
130 130 credit controllers 104
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 259
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 175
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 696
140 140 transport managers 163
141 141 stores controllers 177
142 142 warehouse etc managers 174
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 67
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 11
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 30
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 15
154 154 prison principal officers and above 5
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 555
169 169 other farming etc managers 53
170 170 property & estate managers 161
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 117
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 53
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 209
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 328
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 197
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 112
177 177 travel agency managers 50
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 45
179 179 service industry managers etc 1552
190 190 trade union etc officials 64
191 191 education registrars etc 81
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 565
200 200 chemists 83
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 151
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 56
209 209 other natural scientists nes 59
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 201
211 211 mechanical engineers 159
212 212 electrical engineers 83
213 213 electronic engineers 72
214 214 software engineers 220
215 215 chemical engineers 21
216 216 design & development engineers 184
217 217 process & production engineers 74
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 201
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 201
220 220 medical practitioners 365
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 96
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 18
223 223 dental practitioners 65
224 224 veterinarians 16
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 274
231 231 further education teachers etc 349
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 41
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 899
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 968
235 235 special education teachers etc 147
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 218
240 240 judges & officers of the court 14
241 241 barristers & advocates 27
242 242 solicitors 235
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 451
251 251 management accountants 106
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 53
253 253 management,business consultants etc 138
260 260 architects 111
261 261 town planners 36
262 262 general practice surveyors 159
270 270 librarians 59
271 271 archivists & curators 14
290 290 psychologists 36
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 6
292 292 clergy 112
293 293 social workers,probation officers 347
300 300 laboratory technicians 245
301 301 engineering technicians 137
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 67
303 303 architectural etc technicians 40
304 304 civil engineering etc technicians 35
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 159
310 310 draughtspersons 168
311 311 building inspectors 16
312 312 quantity surveyors 81
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 15
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 469
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 11
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 25
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 48
340 340 nurses 1396
341 341 midwives 104
342 342 medical radiographers 51
343 343 physiotherapists 68
344 344 chiropodists 26
345 345 dispensing opticians 18
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 88
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 124
348 348 environmental health officers 27
349 349 other health professionals nes 59
350 350 legal service & related occupations 68
360 360 estimators,valuers 79
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 384
362 362 taxation experts 57
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 141
364 364 organisational etc officers 94
370 370 matrons,houseparents 147
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 270
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 267
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 226
382 382 industrial designers 52
383 383 clothing designers 25
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 142
385 385 musicians 66
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 99
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 99
390 390 information officers 94
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 178
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 54
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 66
394 394 factory inspectors etc 16
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 22
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 44
399 399 other associate professionals nes 95
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 513
401 401 local government clerical staff 421
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1664
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 875
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 88
420 420 filing and record clerks 756
421 421 library assistants etc 121
430 430 clerks nes 1648
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 117
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 845
450 450 medical secretaries 134
451 451 legal secretaries 140
452 452 typists & word processor operators 183
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1498
460 460 receptionists 442
461 461 reception telephonists 174
462 462 telephone operators 125
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 68
490 490 computer etc operators 338
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 3
500 500 bricklayers,masons 229
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 73
502 502 plasterers 73
503 503 glaziers 46
504 504 builders,building contractors 317
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 38
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 93
507 507 painters & decorators 354
509 509 other construction trades nes 138
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 71
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 12
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 27
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 20
514 514 press setters,operators 14
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 92
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 975
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 82
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 18
519 519 other setters,operators nes 104
520 520 electrical production fitters 50
521 521 electricians etc 675
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 14
523 523 telephone fitters 127
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 37
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 54
526 526 computer engineers etc 94
529 529 other electrical trades nes 191
530 530 smiths & forge workers 19
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 20
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 384
533 533 sheet metal workers 65
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 47
535 535 steel erectors 55
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 257
540 540 motor mechanics etc 498
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 34
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 60
543 543 auto electricians 34
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 23
550 550 weavers 25
551 551 knitters 22
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 32
553 553 sewing machinists etc 357
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 59
555 555 shoe repairers etc 75
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 28
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 38
559 559 other textile workers nes 41
560 560 originators & compositors 59
561 561 printers 53
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 32
563 563 screen printers 20
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 170
570 570 carpenters & joiners 594
571 571 cabinet makers 67
572 572 case & box makers 7
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 13
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 36
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 84
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 121
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 29
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 86
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 37
592 592 dental technicians 16
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 275
595 595 horticultural trades 84
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 76
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 22
598 598 other machinery mechanics 16
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 95
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 215
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 28
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 374
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 102
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 80
613 613 customs,immigration officers 31
614 614 traffic wardens 11
615 615 security guards etc 355
619 619 other security personnel nes 88
620 620 chefs,cooks 656
621 621 waiters,waitresses 418
622 622 bar staff 479
630 630 travel & flight attendants 107
631 631 railway station staff 28
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 434
641 641 hospital ward assistants 76
642 642 ambulance staff 69
643 643 dental nurses 89
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1200
650 650 nursery nurses 245
651 651 playgroup leaders 80
652 652 educational assistants 296
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 693
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 355
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 63
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 51
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 20
672 672 caretakers 196
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 118
690 690 undertakers 15
691 691 bookmakers 27
699 699 other personal services nes 193
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 33
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 116
702 702 importers & exporters 19
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 17
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 542
719 719 other sales representatives nes 337
720 720 sales assistants 3292
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 618
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 29
730 730 collectors & credit agents 51
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 101
732 732 market,street traders etc 83
733 733 scrap dealers etc 8
790 790 merchandisers 41
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 38
792 792 telephone salespersons 117
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 94
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 15
802 802 tobacco process operatives 10
809 809 other food etc process operatives 296
810 810 tannery production operatives 8
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 17
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 16
813 813 winders,reelers 14
814 814 other textiles operatives 48
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 173
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 35
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 26
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 12
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 43
825 825 plastic operatives etc 191
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 15
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 42
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 23
831 831 metal drawers 8
832 832 rollers 12
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 9
834 834 electroplaters etc 24
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 62
840 840 machine tool operatives 222
841 841 automatic machine operatives 64
842 842 metal polishers 20
843 843 metal dressing operatives 27
844 844 shot blasters 7
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 298
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 185
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 160
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 183
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 110
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 490
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 44
864 864 routine laboratory testers 48
869 869 other routine operatives nes 39
870 870 bus inspectors 8
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 18
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1234
873 873 bus & coach drivers 273
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 355
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 31
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 25
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 54
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 15
884 884 shunters & points operatives 5
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 125
886 886 crane drivers 44
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 239
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 60
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 9
891 891 printing machine minders 116
892 892 water etc plant attendants 17
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 28
894 894 lubricators etc 10
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 42
896 896 construction operatives 199
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 86
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 23
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 233
900 900 farm workers 282
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 47
902 902 other related farming occupations 100
903 903 fishing & related workers 22
904 904 forestry workers 40
910 910 coal mine labourers 5
911 911 foundry labourers 6
912 912 engineering etc labourers 35
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 35
919 919 making,processing labourers 68
920 920 woodworkers mates 8
921 921 building trade mates 20
922 922 rail construction etc workers 21
923 923 road construction etc workers 58
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 9
929 925 other building etc labourers 260
930 930 stevedores,dockers 25
931 931 goods porters 174
932 932 slingers 3
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 40
934 934 drivers mates 9
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 379
941 941 messengers,couriers 214
950 950 hospital porters 46
951 951 hotel porters 37
952 952 Kitchen porters 379
953 953 catering assistants 557
954 954 shelf fillers 206
955 955 lift & car park attendants 19
956 956 window cleaners 63
957 957 road sweepers 19
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2069
959 959 other sales,service occupations 54
990 990 all other labourers etc 295
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 24
-9 Does not apply 87691
-8 No answer 158
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1996