Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 1997

Variable Details

Variablesocmain2
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 13
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 138
102 102 gen managers - local government 149
103 103 administrators - national government 79
110 110 production,works managers 654
111 111 building/contract managers 217
112 112 clerks of works 4
113 113 mining & energy managers 20
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 191
121 121 marketing & sales managers 860
122 122 purchasing managers 48
123 123 advertising etc managers 88
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 199
125 125 organisational managers 6
126 126 computer systems etc managers 251
127 127 company secretaries 97
130 130 credit controllers 72
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 132
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 174
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 565
140 140 transport managers 113
141 141 stores controllers 100
142 142 warehouse etc managers 114
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 36
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 3
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 25
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 294
169 169 other farming etc managers 23
170 170 property & estate managers 98
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 79
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 105
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 103
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 237
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 149
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 86
177 177 travel agency managers 31
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 36
179 179 service industry managers etc 1011
190 190 trade union etc officials 54
191 191 education registrars etc 42
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 400
200 200 chemists 42
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 89
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 30
209 209 other natural scientists nes 36
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 120
211 211 mechanical engineers 88
212 212 electrical engineers 60
213 213 electronic engineers 60
214 214 software engineers 192
215 215 chemical engineers 14
216 216 design & development engineers 140
217 217 process & production engineers 53
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 82
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 121
220 220 medical practitioners 191
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 57
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 16
223 223 dental practitioners 35
224 224 veterinarians 18
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 167
231 231 further education teachers etc 196
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 22
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 629
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 624
235 235 special education teachers etc 84
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 124
240 240 judges & officers of the court 6
241 241 barristers & advocates 27
242 242 solicitors 145
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 297
251 251 management accountants 51
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 46
253 253 management,business consultants etc 85
260 260 architects 61
261 261 town planners 27
262 262 general practice surveyors 94
270 270 librarians 23
271 271 archivists & curators 22
290 290 psychologists 21
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 9
292 292 clergy 51
293 293 social workers,probation officers 194
300 300 laboratory technicians 136
301 301 engineering technicians 74
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 51
303 303 architectural etc technicians 20
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 12
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 125
310 310 draughtspersons 103
311 311 building inspectors 8
312 312 quantity surveyors 81
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 6
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 381
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 14
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 16
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 34
340 340 nurses 858
341 341 midwives 65
342 342 medical radiographers 41
343 343 physiotherapists 58
344 344 chiropodists 20
345 345 dispensing opticians 11
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 76
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 95
348 348 environmental health officers 27
349 349 other health professionals nes 37
350 350 legal service & related occupations 64
360 360 estimators,valuers 66
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 282
362 362 taxation experts 41
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 106
364 364 organisational etc officers 50
370 370 matrons,houseparents 114
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 272
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 153
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 161
382 382 industrial designers 23
383 383 clothing designers 18
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 92
385 385 musicians 45
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 69
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 56
390 390 information officers 68
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 187
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 33
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 42
394 394 factory inspectors etc 10
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 19
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 52
399 399 other associate professionals nes 75
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 376
401 401 local government clerical staff 282
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1147
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 522
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 55
420 420 filing and record clerks 490
421 421 library assistants etc 64
430 430 clerks nes 1182
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 74
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 630
450 450 medical secretaries 65
451 451 legal secretaries 87
452 452 typists & word processor operators 121
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 926
460 460 receptionists 314
461 461 reception telephonists 67
462 462 telephone operators 69
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 30
490 490 computer etc operators 246
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 2
500 500 bricklayers,masons 163
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 65
502 502 plasterers 54
503 503 glaziers 22
504 504 builders,building contractors 215
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 41
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 50
507 507 painters & decorators 239
509 509 other construction trades nes 119
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 32
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 11
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 18
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 18
514 514 press setters,operators 6
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 50
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 582
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 38
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 11
519 519 other setters,operators nes 52
520 520 electrical production fitters 32
521 521 electricians etc 409
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 14
523 523 telephone fitters 72
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 29
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 36
526 526 computer engineers etc 81
529 529 other electrical trades nes 115
530 530 smiths & forge workers 15
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 26
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 282
533 533 sheet metal workers 63
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 30
535 535 steel erectors 26
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 5
537 537 welding trades 177
540 540 motor mechanics etc 374
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 19
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 39
543 543 auto electricians 16
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 15
550 550 weavers 10
551 551 knitters 16
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 15
553 553 sewing machinists etc 227
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 33
555 555 shoe repairers etc 53
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 22
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 17
559 559 other textile workers nes 16
560 560 originators & compositors 24
561 561 printers 44
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 19
563 563 screen printers 16
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 120
570 570 carpenters & joiners 428
571 571 cabinet makers 49
572 572 case & box makers 12
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 11
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 23
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 60
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 71
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 13
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 56
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 27
592 592 dental technicians 16
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 5
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 188
595 595 horticultural trades 42
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 60
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 14
598 598 other machinery mechanics 15
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 44
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 112
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 19
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 242
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 73
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 55
613 613 customs,immigration officers 19
614 614 traffic wardens 8
615 615 security guards etc 210
619 619 other security personnel nes 58
620 620 chefs,cooks 376
621 621 waiters,waitresses 335
622 622 bar staff 292
630 630 travel & flight attendants 70
631 631 railway station staff 22
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 282
641 641 hospital ward assistants 49
642 642 ambulance staff 41
643 643 dental nurses 60
644 644 care assistants & attendants 814
650 650 nursery nurses 200
651 651 playgroup leaders 49
652 652 educational assistants 271
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 457
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 169
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 49
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 32
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 28
672 672 caretakers 111
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 57
690 690 undertakers 13
691 691 bookmakers 24
699 699 other personal services nes 100
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 22
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 71
702 702 importers & exporters 7
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 4
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 369
719 719 other sales representatives nes 187
720 720 sales assistants 2224
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 374
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 19
730 730 collectors & credit agents 46
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 82
732 732 market,street traders etc 36
733 733 scrap dealers etc 8
790 790 merchandisers 31
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 33
792 792 telephone salespersons 102
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 35
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 11
802 802 tobacco process operatives 7
809 809 other food etc process operatives 200
810 810 tannery production operatives 2
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 4
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 6
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 22
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 119
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 34
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 19
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 12
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 28
825 825 plastic operatives etc 129
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 5
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 31
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 10
831 831 metal drawers 2
832 832 rollers 5
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 4
834 834 electroplaters etc 21
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 32
840 840 machine tool operatives 132
841 841 automatic machine operatives 48
842 842 metal polishers 9
843 843 metal dressing operatives 13
844 844 shot blasters 7
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 224
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 122
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 81
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 117
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 93
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 348
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 30
864 864 routine laboratory testers 30
869 869 other routine operatives nes 40
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 13
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 846
873 873 bus & coach drivers 157
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 255
875 875 bus conductors 1
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 14
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 15
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 21
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 11
884 884 shunters & points operatives 3
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 72
886 886 crane drivers 31
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 175
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 19
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 4
891 891 printing machine minders 70
892 892 water etc plant attendants 18
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 16
894 894 lubricators etc 8
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 18
896 896 construction operatives 133
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 59
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 22
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 177
900 900 farm workers 166
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 22
902 902 other related farming occupations 73
903 903 fishing & related workers 19
904 904 forestry workers 23
910 910 coal mine labourers 7
911 911 foundry labourers 7
912 912 engineering etc labourers 30
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 23
919 919 making,processing labourers 48
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 26
922 922 rail construction etc workers 14
923 923 road construction etc workers 44
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 4
929 925 other building etc labourers 163
930 930 stevedores,dockers 12
931 931 goods porters 115
932 932 slingers 5
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 30
934 934 drivers mates 4
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 256
941 941 messengers,couriers 121
950 950 hospital porters 22
951 951 hotel porters 17
952 952 Kitchen porters 241
953 953 catering assistants 373
954 954 shelf fillers 167
955 955 lift & car park attendants 13
956 956 window cleaners 51
957 957 road sweepers 10
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1117
959 959 other sales,service occupations 26
990 990 all other labourers etc 168
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 15
-9 Does not apply 16476
-8 No answer 34
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 1997