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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1993

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 40
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 408
102 102 gen managers - local government 321
103 103 administrators - national government 165
110 110 production,works managers 744
111 111 building/contract managers 271
112 112 clerks of works 19
113 113 mining & energy managers 34
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 260
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1221
122 122 purchasing managers 77
123 123 advertising etc managers 129
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 240
125 125 organisational managers 30
126 126 computer systems etc managers 273
127 127 company secretaries 235
130 130 credit controllers 121
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 266
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 185
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 643
140 140 transport managers 164
141 141 stores controllers 155
142 142 warehouse etc managers 171
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 70
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 5
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 23
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 32
154 154 prison principal officers and above 7
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 517
169 169 other farming etc managers 52
170 170 property & estate managers 126
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 115
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 33
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 200
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 346
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 194
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 133
177 177 travel agency managers 72
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 68
179 179 service industry managers etc 1587
190 190 trade union etc officials 93
191 191 education registrars etc 62
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 490
200 200 chemists 102
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 139
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 49
209 209 other natural scientists nes 69
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 189
211 211 mechanical engineers 179
212 212 electrical engineers 101
213 213 electronic engineers 95
214 214 software engineers 160
215 215 chemical engineers 16
216 216 design & development engineers 217
217 217 process & production engineers 63
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 190
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 188
220 220 medical practitioners 298
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 74
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 15
223 223 dental practitioners 60
224 224 veterinarians 26
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 231
231 231 further education teachers etc 311
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 49
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 903
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 890
235 235 special education teachers etc 143
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 166
240 240 judges & officers of the court 22
241 241 barristers & advocates 37
242 242 solicitors 200
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 473
251 251 management accountants 101
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 74
253 253 management,business consultants etc 118
260 260 architects 92
261 261 town planners 39
262 262 general practice surveyors 143
270 270 librarians 41
271 271 archivists & curators 21
290 290 psychologists 22
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 12
292 292 clergy 103
293 293 social workers,probation officers 354
300 300 laboratory technicians 233
301 301 engineering technicians 124
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 51
303 303 architectural etc technicians 43
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 35
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 144
310 310 draughtspersons 192
311 311 building inspectors 15
312 312 quantity surveyors 104
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 9
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 492
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 12
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 26
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 55
340 340 nurses 1277
341 341 midwives 90
342 342 medical radiographers 40
343 343 physiotherapists 77
344 344 chiropodists 27
345 345 dispensing opticians 19
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 74
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 118
348 348 environmental health officers 29
349 349 other health professionals nes 33
350 350 legal service & related occupations 88
360 360 estimators,valuers 110
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 390
362 362 taxation experts 69
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 152
364 364 organisational etc officers 83
370 370 matrons,houseparents 152
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 212
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 219
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 238
382 382 industrial designers 46
383 383 clothing designers 15
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 132
385 385 musicians 53
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 128
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 94
390 390 information officers 77
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 206
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 62
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 72
394 394 factory inspectors etc 22
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 20
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 32
399 399 other associate professionals nes 68
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 483
401 401 local government clerical staff 415
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1744
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 933
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 114
420 420 filing and record clerks 819
421 421 library assistants etc 88
430 430 clerks nes 1538
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 120
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 806
450 450 medical secretaries 87
451 451 legal secretaries 144
452 452 typists & word processor operators 305
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1440
460 460 receptionists 351
461 461 reception telephonists 257
462 462 telephone operators 105
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 59
490 490 computer etc operators 463
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 7
500 500 bricklayers,masons 247
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 92
502 502 plasterers 83
503 503 glaziers 39
504 504 builders,building contractors 319
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 59
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 79
507 507 painters & decorators 403
509 509 other construction trades nes 146
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 68
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 19
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 24
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 21
514 514 press setters,operators 11
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 78
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 947
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 81
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 19
519 519 other setters,operators nes 100
520 520 electrical production fitters 52
521 521 electricians etc 692
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 6
523 523 telephone fitters 147
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 50
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 63
526 526 computer engineers etc 88
529 529 other electrical trades nes 170
530 530 smiths & forge workers 25
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 36
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 383
533 533 sheet metal workers 91
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 63
535 535 steel erectors 58
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 12
537 537 welding trades 263
540 540 motor mechanics etc 552
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 38
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 74
543 543 auto electricians 36
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 26
550 550 weavers 17
551 551 knitters 47
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 46
553 553 sewing machinists etc 419
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 65
555 555 shoe repairers etc 88
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 39
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 30
559 559 other textile workers nes 27
560 560 originators & compositors 59
561 561 printers 54
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 37
563 563 screen printers 25
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 163
570 570 carpenters & joiners 659
571 571 cabinet makers 78
572 572 case & box makers 11
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 10
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 34
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 89
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 136
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 37
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 112
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 48
592 592 dental technicians 21
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 9
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 287
595 595 horticultural trades 109
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 101
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 58
598 598 other machinery mechanics 21
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 66
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 221
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 37
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 411
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 121
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 71
613 613 customs,immigration officers 27
614 614 traffic wardens 15
615 615 security guards etc 315
619 619 other security personnel nes 74
620 620 chefs,cooks 601
621 621 waiters,waitresses 358
622 622 bar staff 408
630 630 travel & flight attendants 103
631 631 railway station staff 26
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 571
641 641 hospital ward assistants 94
642 642 ambulance staff 60
643 643 dental nurses 80
644 644 care assistants & attendants 871
650 650 nursery nurses 205
651 651 playgroup leaders 64
652 652 educational assistants 219
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 620
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 417
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 55
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 32
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 16
672 672 caretakers 205
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 127
690 690 undertakers 24
691 691 bookmakers 34
699 699 other personal services nes 180
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 36
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 105
702 702 importers & exporters 30
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 18
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 586
719 719 other sales representatives nes 352
720 720 sales assistants 2942
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 534
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 34
730 730 collectors & credit agents 72
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 187
732 732 market,street traders etc 87
733 733 scrap dealers etc 12
790 790 merchandisers 49
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 60
792 792 telephone salespersons 102
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 79
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 13
802 802 tobacco process operatives 9
809 809 other food etc process operatives 284
810 810 tannery production operatives 15
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 14
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 17
813 813 winders,reelers 25
814 814 other textiles operatives 43
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 189
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 40
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 23
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 9
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 60
825 825 plastic operatives etc 152
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 4
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 49
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 25
831 831 metal drawers 14
832 832 rollers 8
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 10
834 834 electroplaters etc 21
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 43
840 840 machine tool operatives 212
841 841 automatic machine operatives 70
842 842 metal polishers 12
843 843 metal dressing operatives 14
844 844 shot blasters 10
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 260
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 187
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 130
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 205
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 127
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 441
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 59
864 864 routine laboratory testers 54
869 869 other routine operatives nes 43
870 870 bus inspectors 5
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 27
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1165
873 873 bus & coach drivers 280
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 349
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 37
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 37
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 66
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 14
884 884 shunters & points operatives 13
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 113
886 886 crane drivers 46
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 239
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 82
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 6
891 891 printing machine minders 134
892 892 water etc plant attendants 38
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 42
894 894 lubricators etc 20
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 33
896 896 construction operatives 173
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 83
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 33
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 225
900 900 farm workers 353
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 37
902 902 other related farming occupations 110
903 903 fishing & related workers 29
904 904 forestry workers 49
910 910 coal mine labourers 18
911 911 foundry labourers 12
912 912 engineering etc labourers 57
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 64
919 919 making,processing labourers 62
920 920 woodworkers mates 19
921 921 building trade mates 32
922 922 rail construction etc workers 44
923 923 road construction etc workers 63
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 12
929 925 other building etc labourers 295
930 930 stevedores,dockers 26
931 931 goods porters 196
932 932 slingers 6
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 57
934 934 drivers mates 6
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 425
941 941 messengers,couriers 231
950 950 hospital porters 44
951 951 hotel porters 20
952 952 Kitchen porters 440
953 953 catering assistants 538
954 954 shelf fillers 138
955 955 lift & car park attendants 16
956 956 window cleaners 77
957 957 road sweepers 22
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2095
959 959 other sales,service occupations 36
990 990 all other labourers etc 230
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 24
-9 Does not apply 86440
-8 No answer 147
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1993
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