Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 1997 - March 1998

Variable Details

Variablesocmain2
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 17
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 136
102 102 gen managers - local government 165
103 103 administrators - national government 79
110 110 production,works managers 651
111 111 building/contract managers 215
112 112 clerks of works 3
113 113 mining & energy managers 20
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 217
121 121 marketing & sales managers 845
122 122 purchasing managers 49
123 123 advertising etc managers 88
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 224
125 125 organisational managers 10
126 126 computer systems etc managers 226
127 127 company secretaries 100
130 130 credit controllers 75
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 152
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 190
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 534
140 140 transport managers 108
141 141 stores controllers 103
142 142 warehouse etc managers 122
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 42
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 3
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 29
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 13
154 154 prison principal officers and above 3
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 292
169 169 other farming etc managers 33
170 170 property & estate managers 97
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 74
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 94
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 107
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 222
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 144
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 78
177 177 travel agency managers 37
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 33
179 179 service industry managers etc 996
190 190 trade union etc officials 48
191 191 education registrars etc 41
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 443
200 200 chemists 47
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 106
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 26
209 209 other natural scientists nes 41
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 117
211 211 mechanical engineers 74
212 212 electrical engineers 66
213 213 electronic engineers 64
214 214 software engineers 200
215 215 chemical engineers 12
216 216 design & development engineers 131
217 217 process & production engineers 49
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 89
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 114
220 220 medical practitioners 194
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 65
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 20
223 223 dental practitioners 29
224 224 veterinarians 17
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 201
231 231 further education teachers etc 210
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 22
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 632
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 676
235 235 special education teachers etc 76
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 124
240 240 judges & officers of the court 6
241 241 barristers & advocates 29
242 242 solicitors 158
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 308
251 251 management accountants 70
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 49
253 253 management,business consultants etc 81
260 260 architects 73
261 261 town planners 34
262 262 general practice surveyors 102
270 270 librarians 27
271 271 archivists & curators 16
290 290 psychologists 20
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 7
292 292 clergy 59
293 293 social workers,probation officers 197
300 300 laboratory technicians 120
301 301 engineering technicians 84
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 43
303 303 architectural etc technicians 24
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 11
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 125
310 310 draughtspersons 107
311 311 building inspectors 14
312 312 quantity surveyors 76
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 7
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 389
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 12
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 18
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 29
340 340 nurses 856
341 341 midwives 67
342 342 medical radiographers 45
343 343 physiotherapists 52
344 344 chiropodists 24
345 345 dispensing opticians 12
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 79
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 103
348 348 environmental health officers 27
349 349 other health professionals nes 36
350 350 legal service & related occupations 66
360 360 estimators,valuers 75
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 273
362 362 taxation experts 42
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 117
364 364 organisational etc officers 63
370 370 matrons,houseparents 121
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 252
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 159
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 171
382 382 industrial designers 19
383 383 clothing designers 15
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 99
385 385 musicians 43
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 66
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 55
390 390 information officers 61
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 184
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 33
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 37
394 394 factory inspectors etc 10
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 16
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 43
399 399 other associate professionals nes 82
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 353
401 401 local government clerical staff 315
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1181
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 529
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 55
420 420 filing and record clerks 511
421 421 library assistants etc 65
430 430 clerks nes 1150
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 65
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 631
450 450 medical secretaries 61
451 451 legal secretaries 89
452 452 typists & word processor operators 114
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 909
460 460 receptionists 316
461 461 reception telephonists 69
462 462 telephone operators 81
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 28
490 490 computer etc operators 235
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 2
500 500 bricklayers,masons 165
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 59
502 502 plasterers 58
503 503 glaziers 17
504 504 builders,building contractors 210
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 39
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 56
507 507 painters & decorators 236
509 509 other construction trades nes 131
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 27
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 9
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 21
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 20
514 514 press setters,operators 11
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 43
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 576
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 40
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 10
519 519 other setters,operators nes 54
520 520 electrical production fitters 31
521 521 electricians etc 407
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 10
523 523 telephone fitters 76
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 29
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 30
526 526 computer engineers etc 89
529 529 other electrical trades nes 128
530 530 smiths & forge workers 14
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 23
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 284
533 533 sheet metal workers 60
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 30
535 535 steel erectors 29
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 7
537 537 welding trades 174
540 540 motor mechanics etc 352
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 25
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 37
543 543 auto electricians 12
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 23
550 550 weavers 8
551 551 knitters 17
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 11
553 553 sewing machinists etc 249
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 29
555 555 shoe repairers etc 44
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 20
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 15
559 559 other textile workers nes 19
560 560 originators & compositors 20
561 561 printers 49
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 17
563 563 screen printers 18
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 103
570 570 carpenters & joiners 433
571 571 cabinet makers 52
572 572 case & box makers 9
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 7
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 16
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 59
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 60
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 14
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 53
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 30
592 592 dental technicians 17
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 4
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 192
595 595 horticultural trades 31
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 64
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 12
598 598 other machinery mechanics 13
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 42
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 117
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 22
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 260
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 64
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 54
613 613 customs,immigration officers 17
614 614 traffic wardens 12
615 615 security guards etc 220
619 619 other security personnel nes 60
620 620 chefs,cooks 375
621 621 waiters,waitresses 322
622 622 bar staff 309
630 630 travel & flight attendants 59
631 631 railway station staff 18
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 273
641 641 hospital ward assistants 49
642 642 ambulance staff 38
643 643 dental nurses 63
644 644 care assistants & attendants 855
650 650 nursery nurses 182
651 651 playgroup leaders 51
652 652 educational assistants 280
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 493
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 161
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 59
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 28
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 28
672 672 caretakers 121
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 70
690 690 undertakers 13
691 691 bookmakers 24
699 699 other personal services nes 122
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 20
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 82
702 702 importers & exporters 10
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 7
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 338
719 719 other sales representatives nes 175
720 720 sales assistants 2185
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 368
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 17
730 730 collectors & credit agents 42
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 71
732 732 market,street traders etc 37
733 733 scrap dealers etc 8
790 790 merchandisers 23
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 32
792 792 telephone salespersons 130
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 38
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 10
802 802 tobacco process operatives 7
809 809 other food etc process operatives 206
810 810 tannery production operatives 3
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 5
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 7
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 20
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 116
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 29
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 21
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 12
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 40
825 825 plastic operatives etc 140
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 7
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 32
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 11
831 831 metal drawers 3
832 832 rollers 4
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 3
834 834 electroplaters etc 20
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 39
840 840 machine tool operatives 150
841 841 automatic machine operatives 40
842 842 metal polishers 10
843 843 metal dressing operatives 11
844 844 shot blasters 2
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 215
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 129
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 87
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 123
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 87
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 325
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 32
864 864 routine laboratory testers 25
869 869 other routine operatives nes 52
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 8
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 831
873 873 bus & coach drivers 169
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 253
875 875 bus conductors 1
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 14
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 17
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 25
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 10
884 884 shunters & points operatives 2
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 62
886 886 crane drivers 32
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 189
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 24
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 4
891 891 printing machine minders 60
892 892 water etc plant attendants 14
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 18
894 894 lubricators etc 8
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 25
896 896 construction operatives 119
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 68
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 26
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 173
900 900 farm workers 160
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 21
902 902 other related farming occupations 71
903 903 fishing & related workers 18
904 904 forestry workers 14
910 910 coal mine labourers 6
911 911 foundry labourers 6
912 912 engineering etc labourers 29
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 13
919 919 making,processing labourers 52
920 920 woodworkers mates 10
921 921 building trade mates 22
922 922 rail construction etc workers 19
923 923 road construction etc workers 39
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 5
929 925 other building etc labourers 171
930 930 stevedores,dockers 17
931 931 goods porters 113
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 33
934 934 drivers mates 8
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 241
941 941 messengers,couriers 135
950 950 hospital porters 29
951 951 hotel porters 15
952 952 Kitchen porters 254
953 953 catering assistants 387
954 954 shelf fillers 143
955 955 lift & car park attendants 13
956 956 window cleaners 44
957 957 road sweepers 14
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1166
959 959 other sales,service occupations 31
990 990 all other labourers etc 193
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 18
-9 Does not apply 17175
-8 No answer 25
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 1997 - March 1998