Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 1999 - March 2000

Variable Details

Variablesocmain2
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 19
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 132
102 102 gen managers - local government 163
103 103 administrators - national government 96
110 110 production,works managers 580
111 111 building/contract managers 235
112 112 clerks of works 5
113 113 mining & energy managers 23
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 167
121 121 marketing & sales managers 862
122 122 purchasing managers 49
123 123 advertising etc managers 99
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 199
125 125 organisational managers 19
126 126 computer systems etc managers 278
127 127 company secretaries 79
130 130 credit controllers 65
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 133
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 127
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 550
140 140 transport managers 110
141 141 stores controllers 94
142 142 warehouse etc managers 97
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 30
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 4
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 21
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 11
154 154 prison principal officers and above 4
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 2
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 208
169 169 other farming etc managers 41
170 170 property & estate managers 93
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 88
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 114
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 65
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 169
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 59
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 84
177 177 travel agency managers 38
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 27
179 179 service industry managers etc 1025
190 190 trade union etc officials 69
191 191 education registrars etc 49
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 342
200 200 chemists 51
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 104
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 24
209 209 other natural scientists nes 32
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 130
211 211 mechanical engineers 82
212 212 electrical engineers 60
213 213 electronic engineers 62
214 214 software engineers 261
215 215 chemical engineers 16
216 216 design & development engineers 135
217 217 process & production engineers 32
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 84
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 105
220 220 medical practitioners 223
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 50
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 17
223 223 dental practitioners 38
224 224 veterinarians 22
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 200
231 231 further education teachers etc 191
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 33
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 634
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 638
235 235 special education teachers etc 98
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 161
240 240 judges & officers of the court 9
241 241 barristers & advocates 23
242 242 solicitors 163
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 296
251 251 management accountants 77
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 65
253 253 management,business consultants etc 107
260 260 architects 38
261 261 town planners 37
262 262 general practice surveyors 91
270 270 librarians 32
271 271 archivists & curators 21
290 290 psychologists 22
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 7
292 292 clergy 58
293 293 social workers,probation officers 173
300 300 laboratory technicians 127
301 301 engineering technicians 88
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 45
303 303 architectural etc technicians 22
304 304 civil engineering etc technicians 15
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 111
310 310 draughtspersons 93
311 311 building inspectors 5
312 312 quantity surveyors 76
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 11
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 430
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 11
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 21
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 32
340 340 nurses 802
341 341 midwives 57
342 342 medical radiographers 32
343 343 physiotherapists 44
344 344 chiropodists 18
345 345 dispensing opticians 4
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 78
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 107
348 348 environmental health officers 25
349 349 other health professionals nes 47
350 350 legal service & related occupations 56
360 360 estimators,valuers 53
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 277
362 362 taxation experts 39
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 72
364 364 organisational etc officers 65
370 370 matrons,houseparents 112
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 313
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 154
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 199
382 382 industrial designers 29
383 383 clothing designers 12
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 99
385 385 musicians 42
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 64
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 63
390 390 information officers 52
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 172
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 33
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 52
394 394 factory inspectors etc 10
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 18
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 53
399 399 other associate professionals nes 67
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 372
401 401 local government clerical staff 284
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1145
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 519
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 48
420 420 filing and record clerks 489
421 421 library assistants etc 55
430 430 clerks nes 1194
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 108
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 574
450 450 medical secretaries 85
451 451 legal secretaries 97
452 452 typists & word processor operators 76
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 814
460 460 receptionists 324
461 461 reception telephonists 67
462 462 telephone operators 76
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 36
490 490 computer etc operators 207
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 0
500 500 bricklayers,masons 132
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 61
502 502 plasterers 59
503 503 glaziers 20
504 504 builders,building contractors 197
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 33
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 44
507 507 painters & decorators 185
509 509 other construction trades nes 135
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 43
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 3
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 15
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 11
514 514 press setters,operators 9
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 47
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 564
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 39
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 16
519 519 other setters,operators nes 53
520 520 electrical production fitters 39
521 521 electricians etc 423
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 14
523 523 telephone fitters 74
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 19
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 33
526 526 computer engineers etc 84
529 529 other electrical trades nes 137
530 530 smiths & forge workers 13
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 13
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 256
533 533 sheet metal workers 53
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 20
535 535 steel erectors 18
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 8
537 537 welding trades 134
540 540 motor mechanics etc 320
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 29
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 35
543 543 auto electricians 16
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 14
550 550 weavers 18
551 551 knitters 8
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 17
553 553 sewing machinists etc 165
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 32
555 555 shoe repairers etc 26
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 12
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 17
559 559 other textile workers nes 23
560 560 originators & compositors 34
561 561 printers 35
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 18
563 563 screen printers 14
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 97
570 570 carpenters & joiners 408
571 571 cabinet makers 38
572 572 case & box makers 6
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 10
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 30
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 62
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 68
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 15
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 53
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 17
592 592 dental technicians 10
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 4
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 215
595 595 horticultural trades 35
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 52
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 5
598 598 other machinery mechanics 16
599 599 other craft & related occup. nes 41
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 114
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 12
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 280
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 66
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 69
613 613 customs,immigration officers 18
614 614 traffic wardens 6
615 615 security guards etc 203
619 619 other security personnel nes 64
620 620 chefs,cooks 357
621 621 waiters,waitresses 290
622 622 bar staff 298
630 630 travel & flight attendants 53
631 631 railway station staff 7
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 212
641 641 hospital ward assistants 29
642 642 ambulance staff 50
643 643 dental nurses 61
644 644 care assistants & attendants 897
650 650 nursery nurses 237
651 651 playgroup leaders 46
652 652 educational assistants 362
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 435
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 162
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 33
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 44
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 20
672 672 caretakers 112
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 74
690 690 undertakers 12
691 691 bookmakers 20
699 699 other personal services nes 96
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 10
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 84
702 702 importers & exporters 11
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 6
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 355
719 719 other sales representatives nes 224
720 720 sales assistants 2183
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 367
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 11
730 730 collectors & credit agents 35
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 64
732 732 market,street traders etc 37
733 733 scrap dealers etc 2
790 790 merchandisers 27
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 42
792 792 telephone salespersons 146
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 54
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 5
802 802 tobacco process operatives 3
809 809 other food etc process operatives 190
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 5
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 12
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 25
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 95
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 36
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 9
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 9
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 35
825 825 plastic operatives etc 103
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 1
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 21
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 13
831 831 metal drawers 4
832 832 rollers 2
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 2
834 834 electroplaters etc 18
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 29
840 840 machine tool operatives 129
841 841 automatic machine operatives 48
842 842 metal polishers 9
843 843 metal dressing operatives 10
844 844 shot blasters 8
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 165
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 96
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 82
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 118
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 63
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 273
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 31
864 864 routine laboratory testers 20
869 869 other routine operatives nes 35
870 870 bus inspectors 2
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 14
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 787
873 873 bus & coach drivers 188
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 227
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 12
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 15
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 24
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 6
884 884 shunters & points operatives 4
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 62
886 886 crane drivers 27
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 142
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 48
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 1
891 891 printing machine minders 49
892 892 water etc plant attendants 15
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 16
894 894 lubricators etc 5
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 24
896 896 construction operatives 123
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 45
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 22
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 115
900 900 farm workers 123
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 22
902 902 other related farming occupations 58
903 903 fishing & related workers 12
904 904 forestry workers 17
910 910 coal mine labourers 3
911 911 foundry labourers 3
912 912 engineering etc labourers 25
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 19
919 919 making,processing labourers 52
920 920 woodworkers mates 8
921 921 building trade mates 17
922 922 rail construction etc workers 14
923 923 road construction etc workers 35
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 10
929 925 other building etc labourers 149
930 930 stevedores,dockers 12
931 931 goods porters 128
932 932 slingers 2
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 30
934 934 drivers mates 10
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 264
941 941 messengers,couriers 118
950 950 hospital porters 24
951 951 hotel porters 17
952 952 Kitchen porters 219
953 953 catering assistants 346
954 954 shelf fillers 152
955 955 lift & car park attendants 12
956 956 window cleaners 42
957 957 road sweepers 16
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1010
959 959 other sales,service occupations 42
990 990 all other labourers etc 153
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 23
-9 Does not apply 15606
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 1999 - March 2000