Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 1999

Variable Details

Variablesocmain2
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 16
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 150
102 102 gen managers - local government 179
103 103 administrators - national government 96
110 110 production,works managers 594
111 111 building/contract managers 234
112 112 clerks of works 8
113 113 mining & energy managers 18
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 180
121 121 marketing & sales managers 857
122 122 purchasing managers 56
123 123 advertising etc managers 83
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 194
125 125 organisational managers 14
126 126 computer systems etc managers 303
127 127 company secretaries 75
130 130 credit controllers 73
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 134
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 123
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 521
140 140 transport managers 106
141 141 stores controllers 102
142 142 warehouse etc managers 98
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 45
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 5
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 18
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 20
154 154 prison principal officers and above 2
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 204
169 169 other farming etc managers 43
170 170 property & estate managers 90
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 70
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 94
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 89
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 224
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 71
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 88
177 177 travel agency managers 40
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 28
179 179 service industry managers etc 987
190 190 trade union etc officials 57
191 191 education registrars etc 49
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 331
200 200 chemists 50
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 122
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 41
209 209 other natural scientists nes 33
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 121
211 211 mechanical engineers 85
212 212 electrical engineers 51
213 213 electronic engineers 46
214 214 software engineers 260
215 215 chemical engineers 15
216 216 design & development engineers 133
217 217 process & production engineers 33
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 84
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 118
220 220 medical practitioners 231
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 45
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 15
223 223 dental practitioners 47
224 224 veterinarians 10
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 226
231 231 further education teachers etc 209
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 42
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 701
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 636
235 235 special education teachers etc 87
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 153
240 240 judges & officers of the court 4
241 241 barristers & advocates 24
242 242 solicitors 163
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 306
251 251 management accountants 63
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 53
253 253 management,business consultants etc 102
260 260 architects 57
261 261 town planners 23
262 262 general practice surveyors 95
270 270 librarians 42
271 271 archivists & curators 16
290 290 psychologists 16
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 4
292 292 clergy 69
293 293 social workers,probation officers 185
300 300 laboratory technicians 129
301 301 engineering technicians 75
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 39
303 303 architectural etc technicians 24
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 23
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 110
310 310 draughtspersons 93
311 311 building inspectors 9
312 312 quantity surveyors 83
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 6
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 445
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 11
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 20
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 31
340 340 nurses 822
341 341 midwives 64
342 342 medical radiographers 26
343 343 physiotherapists 35
344 344 chiropodists 11
345 345 dispensing opticians 10
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 82
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 105
348 348 environmental health officers 29
349 349 other health professionals nes 39
350 350 legal service & related occupations 67
360 360 estimators,valuers 45
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 274
362 362 taxation experts 48
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 82
364 364 organisational etc officers 45
370 370 matrons,houseparents 126
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 327
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 154
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 156
382 382 industrial designers 31
383 383 clothing designers 15
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 111
385 385 musicians 45
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 70
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 60
390 390 information officers 57
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 167
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 25
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 54
394 394 factory inspectors etc 10
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 19
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 34
399 399 other associate professionals nes 69
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 359
401 401 local government clerical staff 306
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1120
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 559
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 58
420 420 filing and record clerks 530
421 421 library assistants etc 63
430 430 clerks nes 1218
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 94
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 613
450 450 medical secretaries 78
451 451 legal secretaries 100
452 452 typists & word processor operators 98
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 863
460 460 receptionists 300
461 461 reception telephonists 64
462 462 telephone operators 76
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 37
490 490 computer etc operators 240
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 2
500 500 bricklayers,masons 123
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 59
502 502 plasterers 54
503 503 glaziers 22
504 504 builders,building contractors 213
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 36
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 53
507 507 painters & decorators 234
509 509 other construction trades nes 125
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 37
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 2
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 15
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 15
514 514 press setters,operators 6
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 43
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 526
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 50
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 16
519 519 other setters,operators nes 48
520 520 electrical production fitters 29
521 521 electricians etc 420
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 12
523 523 telephone fitters 68
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 28
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 32
526 526 computer engineers etc 98
529 529 other electrical trades nes 132
530 530 smiths & forge workers 21
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 17
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 251
533 533 sheet metal workers 51
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 28
535 535 steel erectors 20
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 2
537 537 welding trades 157
540 540 motor mechanics etc 347
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 21
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 37
543 543 auto electricians 28
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 13
550 550 weavers 12
551 551 knitters 10
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 21
553 553 sewing machinists etc 203
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 22
555 555 shoe repairers etc 28
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 15
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 20
559 559 other textile workers nes 30
560 560 originators & compositors 24
561 561 printers 33
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 16
563 563 screen printers 13
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 102
570 570 carpenters & joiners 389
571 571 cabinet makers 46
572 572 case & box makers 9
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 5
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 33
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 54
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 63
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 18
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 51
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 21
592 592 dental technicians 9
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 4
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 227
595 595 horticultural trades 42
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 66
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 9
598 598 other machinery mechanics 19
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 43
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 115
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 17
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 255
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 69
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 74
613 613 customs,immigration officers 12
614 614 traffic wardens 9
615 615 security guards etc 219
619 619 other security personnel nes 65
620 620 chefs,cooks 367
621 621 waiters,waitresses 321
622 622 bar staff 281
630 630 travel & flight attendants 59
631 631 railway station staff 17
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 245
641 641 hospital ward assistants 43
642 642 ambulance staff 52
643 643 dental nurses 60
644 644 care assistants & attendants 845
650 650 nursery nurses 210
651 651 playgroup leaders 54
652 652 educational assistants 306
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 443
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 136
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 40
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 36
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 23
672 672 caretakers 141
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 82
690 690 undertakers 8
691 691 bookmakers 24
699 699 other personal services nes 110
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 27
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 83
702 702 importers & exporters 12
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 9
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 380
719 719 other sales representatives nes 228
720 720 sales assistants 2093
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 346
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 18
730 730 collectors & credit agents 39
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 60
732 732 market,street traders etc 34
733 733 scrap dealers etc 3
790 790 merchandisers 21
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 34
792 792 telephone salespersons 138
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 54
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 12
802 802 tobacco process operatives 3
809 809 other food etc process operatives 209
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 4
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 5
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 16
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 96
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 26
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 13
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 10
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 46
825 825 plastic operatives etc 135
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 4
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 29
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 8
831 831 metal drawers 4
832 832 rollers 4
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 6
834 834 electroplaters etc 23
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 29
840 840 machine tool operatives 142
841 841 automatic machine operatives 40
842 842 metal polishers 10
843 843 metal dressing operatives 7
844 844 shot blasters 1
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 181
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 99
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 71
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 103
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 81
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 295
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 21
864 864 routine laboratory testers 20
869 869 other routine operatives nes 37
870 870 bus inspectors 2
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 10
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 829
873 873 bus & coach drivers 173
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 259
875 875 bus conductors 4
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 15
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 14
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 36
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 6
884 884 shunters & points operatives 3
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 69
886 886 crane drivers 24
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 140
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 35
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 0
891 891 printing machine minders 62
892 892 water etc plant attendants 19
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 14
894 894 lubricators etc 6
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 25
896 896 construction operatives 106
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 52
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 24
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 136
900 900 farm workers 154
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 29
902 902 other related farming occupations 64
903 903 fishing & related workers 18
904 904 forestry workers 27
910 910 coal mine labourers 2
911 911 foundry labourers 4
912 912 engineering etc labourers 17
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 26
919 919 making,processing labourers 37
920 920 woodworkers mates 4
921 921 building trade mates 10
922 922 rail construction etc workers 10
923 923 road construction etc workers 45
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 8
929 925 other building etc labourers 145
930 930 stevedores,dockers 12
931 931 goods porters 139
932 932 slingers 2
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 35
934 934 drivers mates 6
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 268
941 941 messengers,couriers 152
950 950 hospital porters 31
951 951 hotel porters 16
952 952 Kitchen porters 240
953 953 catering assistants 391
954 954 shelf fillers 152
955 955 lift & car park attendants 17
956 956 window cleaners 41
957 957 road sweepers 14
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1002
959 959 other sales,service occupations 40
990 990 all other labourers etc 154
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 11
-9 Does not apply 16407
-8 No answer 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 1999