Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January 1998 - March 1999

Variable Details

VariableSOCMAIN5
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 3
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 29
102 102 gen managers - local government 34
103 103 administrators - national government 24
110 110 production,works managers 148
111 111 building/contract managers 39
112 112 clerks of works 2
113 113 mining & energy managers 4
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 27
121 121 marketing & sales managers 158
122 122 purchasing managers 15
123 123 advertising etc managers 11
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 42
125 125 organisational managers 2
126 126 computer systems etc managers 52
127 127 company secretaries 22
130 130 credit controllers 14
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 28
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 28
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 111
140 140 transport managers 22
141 141 stores controllers 22
142 142 warehouse etc managers 18
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 3
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 1
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 4
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 4
154 154 prison principal officers and above 0
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 51
169 169 other farming etc managers 5
170 170 property & estate managers 24
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 12
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 21
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 25
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 32
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 13
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 10
177 177 travel agency managers 4
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 10
179 179 service industry managers etc 180
190 190 trade union etc officials 9
191 191 education registrars etc 10
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 65
200 200 chemists 16
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 18
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 5
209 209 other natural scientists nes 7
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 19
211 211 mechanical engineers 14
212 212 electrical engineers 11
213 213 electronic engineers 16
214 214 software engineers 44
215 215 chemical engineers 2
216 216 design & development engineers 36
217 217 process & production engineers 9
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 21
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 22
220 220 medical practitioners 39
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 10
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 2
223 223 dental practitioners 7
224 224 veterinarians 5
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 44
231 231 further education teachers etc 39
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 6
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 125
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 151
235 235 special education teachers etc 15
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 31
240 240 judges & officers of the court 0
241 241 barristers & advocates 1
242 242 solicitors 24
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 76
251 251 management accountants 14
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 6
253 253 management,business consultants etc 29
260 260 architects 16
261 261 town planners 4
262 262 general practice surveyors 23
270 270 librarians 11
271 271 archivists & curators 2
290 290 psychologists 5
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 1
292 292 clergy 12
293 293 social workers,probation officers 32
300 300 laboratory technicians 20
301 301 engineering technicians 17
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 8
303 303 architectural etc technicians 4
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 2
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 22
310 310 draughtspersons 22
311 311 building inspectors 1
312 312 quantity surveyors 10
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 2
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 85
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 3
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 3
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 10
340 340 nurses 173
341 341 midwives 11
342 342 medical radiographers 8
343 343 physiotherapists 12
344 344 chiropodists 7
345 345 dispensing opticians 2
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 8
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 26
348 348 environmental health officers 3
349 349 other health professionals nes 8
350 350 legal service & related occupations 21
360 360 estimators,valuers 10
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 59
362 362 taxation experts 12
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 14
364 364 organisational etc officers 8
370 370 matrons,houseparents 20
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 68
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 24
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 34
382 382 industrial designers 6
383 383 clothing designers 3
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 17
385 385 musicians 12
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 15
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 9
390 390 information officers 9
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 30
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 4
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 6
394 394 factory inspectors etc 3
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 5
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 7
399 399 other associate professionals nes 19
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 78
401 401 local government clerical staff 68
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 244
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 123
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 11
420 420 filing and record clerks 116
421 421 library assistants etc 11
430 430 clerks nes 242
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 10
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 119
450 450 medical secretaries 14
451 451 legal secretaries 23
452 452 typists & word processor operators 20
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 207
460 460 receptionists 68
461 461 reception telephonists 24
462 462 telephone operators 13
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 14
490 490 computer etc operators 47
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 0
500 500 bricklayers,masons 32
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 13
502 502 plasterers 13
503 503 glaziers 2
504 504 builders,building contractors 26
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 7
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 6
507 507 painters & decorators 59
509 509 other construction trades nes 19
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 2
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 1
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 1
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 2
514 514 press setters,operators 0
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 13
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 122
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 5
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 3
519 519 other setters,operators nes 17
520 520 electrical production fitters 10
521 521 electricians etc 90
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 4
523 523 telephone fitters 12
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 4
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 3
526 526 computer engineers etc 14
529 529 other electrical trades nes 24
530 530 smiths & forge workers 3
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 2
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 40
533 533 sheet metal workers 6
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 3
535 535 steel erectors 4
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 0
537 537 welding trades 33
540 540 motor mechanics etc 93
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 2
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 5
543 543 auto electricians 5
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 7
550 550 weavers 1
551 551 knitters 3
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 0
553 553 sewing machinists etc 28
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 12
555 555 shoe repairers etc 6
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 5
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 4
559 559 other textile workers nes 2
560 560 originators & compositors 9
561 561 printers 7
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 2
563 563 screen printers 5
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 22
570 570 carpenters & joiners 86
571 571 cabinet makers 9
572 572 case & box makers 1
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 1
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 8
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 14
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 19
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 4
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 10
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 3
592 592 dental technicians 2
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 2
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 44
595 595 horticultural trades 11
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 11
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 2
598 598 other machinery mechanics 2
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 7
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 19
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 2
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 53
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 9
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 15
613 613 customs,immigration officers 3
614 614 traffic wardens 0
615 615 security guards etc 53
619 619 other security personnel nes 12
620 620 chefs,cooks 78
621 621 waiters,waitresses 64
622 622 bar staff 48
630 630 travel & flight attendants 14
631 631 railway station staff 0
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 42
641 641 hospital ward assistants 7
642 642 ambulance staff 11
643 643 dental nurses 11
644 644 care assistants & attendants 169
650 650 nursery nurses 40
651 651 playgroup leaders 5
652 652 educational assistants 57
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 99
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 30
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 4
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 1
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 6
672 672 caretakers 29
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 15
690 690 undertakers 3
691 691 bookmakers 3
699 699 other personal services nes 25
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 3
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 22
702 702 importers & exporters 1
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 1
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 61
719 719 other sales representatives nes 64
720 720 sales assistants 419
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 80
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 5
730 730 collectors & credit agents 7
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 15
732 732 market,street traders etc 8
733 733 scrap dealers etc 1
790 790 merchandisers 4
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 9
792 792 telephone salespersons 20
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 11
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 3
802 802 tobacco process operatives 0
809 809 other food etc process operatives 46
810 810 tannery production operatives 1
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 1
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 1
813 813 winders,reelers 1
814 814 other textiles operatives 2
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 17
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 7
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 6
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 1
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 9
825 825 plastic operatives etc 26
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 1
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 8
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 3
831 831 metal drawers 0
832 832 rollers 2
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 2
834 834 electroplaters etc 3
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 3
840 840 machine tool operatives 29
841 841 automatic machine operatives 9
842 842 metal polishers 2
843 843 metal dressing operatives 1
844 844 shot blasters 1
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 42
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 31
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 20
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 15
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 12
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 58
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 3
864 864 routine laboratory testers 7
869 869 other routine operatives nes 5
870 870 bus inspectors 0
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 1
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 176
873 873 bus & coach drivers 37
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 46
875 875 bus conductors 1
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 0
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 2
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 6
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 1
884 884 shunters & points operatives 0
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 15
886 886 crane drivers 2
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 33
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 6
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 1
891 891 printing machine minders 10
892 892 water etc plant attendants 5
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 4
894 894 lubricators etc 1
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 3
896 896 construction operatives 31
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 16
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 3
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 24
900 900 farm workers 28
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 9
902 902 other related farming occupations 7
903 903 fishing & related workers 2
904 904 forestry workers 8
910 910 coal mine labourers 0
911 911 foundry labourers 1
912 912 engineering etc labourers 5
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 6
919 919 making,processing labourers 13
920 920 woodworkers mates 2
921 921 building trade mates 7
922 922 rail construction etc workers 1
923 923 road construction etc workers 4
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 0
929 925 other building etc labourers 34
930 930 stevedores,dockers 2
931 931 goods porters 14
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 2
934 934 drivers mates 2
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 53
941 941 messengers,couriers 33
950 950 hospital porters 5
951 951 hotel porters 2
952 952 Kitchen porters 57
953 953 catering assistants 77
954 954 shelf fillers 31
955 955 lift & car park attendants 3
956 956 window cleaners 8
957 957 road sweepers 2
958 958 cleaners,domestics 217
959 959 other sales,service occupations 10
990 990 all other labourers etc 34
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 5
-9 Does not apply 3028
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January 1998 - March 1999