Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010

Variable Details

Variablepre_q169
LabelType Work R Does-Other Work
Question text You said you did an 'other' sort of work. Please say here what this is:
Responses
- 1
. 1
? 1
AMUSEMENT CATERER 1
Actor 2
Administrative Caseworker for a politician 1
Administrative parttime 1
Advertising Account Manager 1
Advisor 1
Aerobic instructor 1
Airline Captain 1
Airline Pilot 1
Airline Purser 1
An IT based job that requires high-level qualifications, but my high-level qualifications are unrelated. Your general options are frankly reductive. You do know that, don't you? 1
Analyst 1
Anglican Priest 1
Area manager factory shops 1
Area manager for credit management firm 1
Armed forces 1
Aromatherapist and Reiki Practitioner 1
Artist.Teacher. Healer. Workshop Facilitator 1
Assistant in Nursing 1
Audio engineer, Photographer, Multimedia 1
Auditing 1
Auditor 1
BEATY AND HOLISTIC THERAPY 1
BT Broadband Repair Advisor 1
Backpacker casual work 1
Banker 1
Bar Manager 1
Bar staff 1
Broadcaster 1
Business Consultant 1
CARE ASSISTANT 1
CARER 1
CHARITY 1
COLLEGE LECTURER ON MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED TOPICS 1
Cabin crew worldwide 1
Cabinet office security 1
Call Centre Team Manager (14 team members) 1
Campaigner 1
Care Work 1
Care assistant 1
Carer 2
Carer for disabled mother 1
Carer of 89 year old Father 1
Charity 1
Childcare 1
Childminder 1
Civil Servant 2
Civil Servant + Learning & development officer 1
Civil Servant - Insolvency Examiner 1
Civil Service 1
Classical Musician 1
Client Development Consultant 1
Co-ordinator. Nursing Agency 1
Collections Agent 1
Communications officer - Police support staff 1
Community Care 1
Community Support Worker - Learning Disabailiite (Adult Services) NOT CARE ASSISTANT 1
Competitive Intelligence Analyst 1
Computer Graphics Animator 1
Computer Help Desk 1
Computer Media Operator 1
Computer Network support engineer 1
Computer Operator 1
Consultant for NGO advice agancy 1
Consultant in Social Services filed 1
Contrller in a large security firm's Control Room 1
Councillor 1
Covered by Official Secrets Act 1
Creative Media 1
Customer relations 1
Customer service 1
DISABLED 1
Date entry 1
Design 2
Design/Illustration 1
Designer 1
Detective Constable 1
Detective constable 1
Development work for registered charity 1
Director in wholesale 1
Dive instructor/underwater photographer 1
Dog Breeder 1
Draughtsman 2
Driving Instruction 1
Driving Instructor 1
ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER 1
Education Liaison Officer for a university 1
Electronics Design Engineer 1
Entertainer 1
Estate Agent 1
Events work 1
Examinations Administrator 1
Farmer 1
Foster Carer 1
Fraud Prevention Officer 1
Freelance Adult Tutor 1
Freelance Web script programmer 1
Freelance Writer 1
Freelance therapist 1
Full time Student, Part Time Dispensing Technician (Pharmacy) 1
Garden centre sales assistant 1
Gardener and landscaper 1
Generall projects,computers etc 1
HM Forces Army and NRPSI TA 1
HM Forces RAF 1
HMF 1
Head Quality Control Dept. Synthetic resin industry 1
Health Service 1
Healthcraft business 1
Helicopter crewman 1
Home care assistant 1
Homeless Center Officer 1
Homemaker 2
House Designer 1
Househusband and Degree level student with the OU 1
Housekeeper Catering 1
Housewife/part time student studying NVQ2 in childcare 1
Hypnotherapist 1
I am Retired 1
I am not working 1
I was a public corporation executive in varied roles over 38 years, sometimes including Branch Office management responsibility, sometimes IT supervisory of teams of upto 120 clerical workers and 3 supervisers, sometimes involved in training, marketing, a 1
I work as a computer installation technician as & when required by husband's consultancy & I work part-time on the nightcrew of a well-known DIY store. 1
I work as a political researcher 1
I work part-time as an Educational Consultant 1
I'm bored now! Too many questions! 1
IT 2
IT 3rd line tech support 1
IT Consultancy 1
IT Desktop Support 1
IT Developer 1
IT Support 3
IT support 1
IT support analyst, no qualifications required, but a lot of training 1
IT support worker/ teaching assistant 1
Iam anSRN and an SCM 1
Incapacity Benefit 1
Information Analyst 1
Information Technology 1
Information services analyst 1
Insurance Broker 1
Internet, web design, marketing 1
Interviewer 1
Invigilator 1
Journalist 3
Laboratory technician 1
Lay Minister & Christian Counsellor for Church of England 1
Leader of before and after school club 1
Learner Service Co - ordinator 1
Learning Support Assistant in College of Further Education 1
Librarian 1
Library assistant 1
Line Inspector, Wine Industry 1
Line Manager 1
Local Government Member 1
Local Government Officer 3
Local Government Sheltered Housing Scheme Manager 1
Local government member 1
MY HUSBAND HAD OUR OWN HAULAGE FIRM UNTIL IT WENT UNDER BECAUSE ILL HEALTH AND MY OWN DISABILITIES. 1
MYOB 1
Manage a kitchen within a holistic cancer charity 1
Marketing Executive - Not administration but not professional 1
Marketing assistant 1
Media 1
Media professional 1
Medical 1
Midday Assistant 1
Midday supervisor part time, student full time 1
Middle Manager 1
Middle Manager - Facilities Manager 1
Midwifery Sister 1
Military 1
Ministry Of Transport Approved Deiving Instructor 1
Multilingual administrator 1
Mushroom farm manager 1
NHS AMBULANCE TECHNICIAN 1
NVQ ASSESSOR/STAFF TRAINER 1
Nanny 1
Night Manager in private sector caring for people with Epilepsy and learning disabilities 1
Non Skilled 1
Now Retired 1
Nurse 5
Nurse tutor 1
Nursery Nurse 1
Nursery assistant 1
Nursing 1
Nursing and midwifery 1
Office Manager (supervisory but not senior management) 1
Opera Singer 1
Operating Theatre Technician (Anaesthetics) 1
Parliamentary Assistant 1
Part Time management help for Parish Clerk + Museum Volunteer 1
Part-time Examinations Invigilator 1
Part-time and freelance computer programming 1
Passenger/ Ticketing/Reservation agent with British Airways 1
Pension 1
Personnel Officer 2
Photographer 1
Play keyworker/Youth Worker 1
Police 2
Police Inspector 1
Police Officer 7
Police officer 3
Policeman 1
Press Officer 2
Prevention work for the Fire Service 1
Prison Officer 2
Private nursery school assistant 1
Probation Service Officer / Tutor 1
Process Engineer 1
Production management 1
Professional Artist 1
Professional musician 1
Proof Reader 1
Property Developer 1
Public Relations 1
Public sector employee 1
Quality Engineer 1
RETIRED 1
RGN RM. 1
RGN, working in an NHS foundation trust hospital 1
RN Officer 1
Race horse schooling and training 1
Radio Producer 1
Reading for PhD. Includes teaching 1
Recruitment Consultant 1
Registered General Nurse 2
Registered General Nurse - air Stewardess with BOAC 1
Registered Nurse 1
Registered childminder 1
Registered nurse 1
Religious - Priests and Lay brothers 1
Repair Technician - telecommunications engineer 1
Research 1
Research technician in a university 1
Researcher 1
Reserch 1
Retired 10
Retired but was marine engineer 1
Retired disabled 1
Retired, Ex Manufacturing Manager of Surface Coatings 1
Royal Air Force 1
Royal Air Force - Engineer 1
Royal Navy 1
SECURITY CCTV 1
SELF EMPLOYED VAN DRIVING 1
SENIOR PLANNER IN PHOTOCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING 1
SUPERVISOR 1
SUPERVISOR/ADMIN GP SURGERY 1
SUPPORT WORKER 1
SUPPORT WORKER FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES 1
School librarian 1
School support staff 1
Scientist 1
Security 3
Self employed Consultant 1
Self employed book-keeper 1
Self employed in Horticulture 1
Self employed trainer 1
Self-employed 1
Self-employed Wine Broker 1
Self-employed photographer 1
Semi retired supermarket worker 1
Senior laboratory technician 1
Senior technician in civil engineering 1
Service and nursing assistant. 1
Shift leader in computer operations 1
Ship's Captain 1
Site Manager Leisure Trade 1
Skilled technical work that requires at least HND or foundation degree level 1
Social Work 1
Social work 1
Social work assistant 1
Social worker 1
Software Analyst 1
Software Developer 1
Software Engineer 1
Software tester (computer games) 1
Stable Hand/Groom 1
Staff Nurse RMN 1
Steward (security at the university) 1
Student 7
Supervised voluntary workers 1
Supervisor, Local Government 1
Support Systems Engineer 1
Support Worker 1
Support worker grade 2 for National Autistic Society 1
Supported Housing manager 1
Systems Support/Development 1
T.E.F.L. teacher 1
Teaching Assistant 3
Teaching Assistant at college 1
Teaching assistant 1
Techinal 1
Technical Author (Computer software and hardware) 1
Technical Consultancy Services 1
Technical Information Officer to Healthcare R&D Company 1
Technical Specialist for an Internet Service Provider 1
Teddy Bear Artist 1
Telecommunications Engineer Supervisor 1
Telephone sales assistant 1
Telephonist Health Service 1
Tennis coach 1
Testing and Development (skilled) 1
Theater Auditor 1
Theatre Company Administrator 1
Trainee teacher 1
Trainer 1
Training Designer 1
Training retail managers on systems 1
Transport timetable planner 1
United Nations Adviser and Diplomat 1
University administrator 1
University technician 1
Veterinary nursing 1
Voluntary 2
Voluntary Sector Rep 1
Volunteer 1
Warehouse 1
Watch Commander for a Local Authority Fire Brigade 1
Web / Applications Developer 1
Web Design and maintenance 1
Web Designer/Programmer 1
Web developer 1
Web writer/editor 1
Website owner come Author 1
Work for a Local Rengeneration partnership 1
Working for the Constabulary 1
Writer 2
Writing and personal services 1
You ask too many questions and this survey is TOO LONG 1
Youth Worker 1
accounts 1
actor 1
actress 1
admin 1
adult education leisure course lecturer 1
adult education tutor - degree level qualificiation not required 1
all sorts of diffrent jobs 1
ambulance service 1
analyst 1
animal care 1
armed forces 1
artist 2
assistant manager of library 1
at university but work part time in a reastraunt 1
attendance officer in a school 1
bar work 1
bb 1
borough councillor 1
building manager 1
bus driver for harrow council 1
c 2
cabin crew 1
call centre trainer 1
care assistant 5
care assitant 1
care home manager/nurse 1
care worker 1
carer 7
carer for family 1
caring for my disabled husband 1
cashier 1
casino 1
cat burglar 1
ccvt op 1
charity 1
charity administrator 1
child care worker 1
child minder 1
childcare 1
childminder 1
childrens carer 1
civil servant 6
civil service 2
classroom assistant 1
classroom support 1
cleaner 1
cleaning 1
clerical officer in dss 1
clerk 1
co-ordinator regional administration Royal London Insurance 1
coach escourt (i take disabled kids to and from school) 1
community work 1
community worker 1
complementary therapist self employed 1
council housing officer 1
courier 1
craft worker 1
credit control 1
customer service 1
customer services 1
data entry 1
decline 1
disabled 2
disabled. 1
do not work 1
domicillary carer 1
dont work im a student 1
dray man at a brewer 1
driver 2
education 1
electrical design engineer 1
emergency services, fire control operator 1
entertainer 1
eo grade civil servant 1
filing clerk 1
fire fighter 1
fire officer 1
fishmonger 1
fitness professional 1
fleet/resources manager 1
food technologist 1
foster carer 3
foster carer, but no longer due to ill health 1
foster parent 2
foundation stage education 1
freelance 1
full time carer 1
full time mum 1
full-time student but work part-time as a shop assistant 1
further education 1
general assistant 1
general restaurant work 1
gift shop owner 1
going into police force 1
government employed 1
health care 1
health worker 1
home maker 1
homemaker 5
homemaker/full time mother 1
hospital porter/chargehand 1
houseperson 1
housewife 13
housewife and carer 1
i am retired because of health problems 1
illustration 1
im a midday supervisor 1
im disabled 1
insurance investgator 1
internal auditor 1
interviewer 1
it 1
it and telecomms support 1
it in document management 1
it is private, i am not willing to say 1
it technician 1
job 1
journalist 2
laboratory analyst in coal/platinum overseas 1
laboratory technician 1
laboratory technician education 1
law enforcement 1
learning disability nurse 1
learning support 1
learning support assisstant in a school 1
lecturer 1
library assistant 2
library assistant so not quite clerical 1
live art 1
live in carer for a lady with Alzheimers 1
local goverment 1
local government officer 1
local government officer (non senior) 1
local housing 1
lots of different jobs, accounts, sales, medical, IT 1
maintenance technichian 1
market research trainer, interviewer, team organiser 1
marketing 1
materials controller 1
meal time assistant looking after 10 yr old who had stroke(one to one) 1
media 2
media, communications 1
medical untrained 1
mental health nurse 1
midday supervisor 1
midday supervisory assistant 1
middle manager 1
middle manager in local government 1
midwife 2
minister of religion 1
ministerial 1
mod 1
mother 1
musician 2
mystery shopper/Retail Research 1
n.h.s 1
nightclub promoter 1
no 4
none 1
none of you business 1
not telling 1
not willing to say - this survey is WAY TOO LONG !!!!!!!!!!! 1
not working due to ill health but used to be typist 1
nurse 1
nurse-diploma level qualification 1
nursing 4
nvq assessor 1
occasional educational work for local museum 1
office 2
office worker 1
office worker in property management 1
oil exploration 1
own business form home. 1
paramedic 1
part time language teaching 1
part time taxi 1
pcb updates, wiring, new build 1
personal 1
pharmaceutical dispenser 1
phd student 1
photographer 1
pizzeria proprietor 1
police 4
police civilian employee 1
police constable 1
police officer 4
police staff 1
pornography 1
practice nurse 1
pre school leader 1
pre-school teacher 1
prefer not to answer 2
prepack worker 1
printing 1
prison officer 3
private 1
proffessional sound enginneer 1
project engineer in the telecoms industry 1
public utilities 1
qualified tailoress 1
quality engineer 1
quality engineer & technician without a degree 1
quality management systems auditor 1
registered childminder 1
registered nurse 1
releif chef manager 1
research 2
research scientist 1
research student 1
residential mental health support worker 1
retail 1
retail assistant 1
retail manager 1
retired 9
retired civil servant 1
retired from childcare 1
retired ill health 1
rgn 2
royal Navy 1
school cleaner 1
school crossing patrol 1
school crossing warden 1
school dinner supervisor 1
security 1
security and law enforcement status 1
self employed 4
self employed artist/writer 1
self employed tutor 1
self-employed subtitler 1
selfemployed 1
semi professional football player 1
senior support worker 1
service advisor for lexus 1
shop 1
slughterman 1
small business owner and part time marketing assistant 1
social care worker 1
social care worker for regional council 1
soldier within the Armed Forces 1
staff nurse 1
storeman 1
student 12
student midwife 1
student only 1
student with summer employment 1
supervisor 1
supervisor of childrens nursery 1
support work 1
support worker 1
supportworker 1
systems engineer (IT) 1
taxi driver 3
teacher non school 1
teaching assistant 5
teaching assistant schools 1
tech assistant 1
technical help desk 1
technician part time 1
telesales 1
telex operator 1
temping 1
theatre and stage 1
therapist 1
took early retirement from BT 1
train driver 1
training consultant working with unemplyed people 1
training officer that requires quals but not degree 1
traininng proffession 1
travel 1
unemployed 2
vending operator 1
voluntary 2
voluntary +internet 1
warehouse packer 1
work for religious organisation 1
writer 1
writer/editor 1
writing 2
xxx 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005-2009.;National
SamplingQuota sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The dataset contains six survey waves.