Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCLAST
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 9
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 70
102 102 gen managers - local government 57
103 103 administrators - national government 34
110 110 production,works managers 167
111 111 building/contract managers 89
112 112 clerks of works 23
113 113 mining & energy managers 9
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 30
121 121 marketing & sales managers 189
122 122 purchasing managers 17
123 123 advertising etc managers 22
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 42
125 125 organisational managers 2
126 126 computer systems etc managers 39
127 127 company secretaries 32
130 130 credit controllers 37
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 51
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 46
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 148
140 140 transport managers 46
141 141 stores controllers 35
142 142 warehouse etc managers 26
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 9
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 1
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 13
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 9
154 154 prison principal officers and above 0
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 83
169 169 other farming etc managers 9
170 170 property & estate managers 23
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 24
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 11
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 50
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 109
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 131
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 36
177 177 travel agency managers 5
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 25
179 179 service industry managers etc 449
190 190 trade union etc officials 28
191 191 education registrars etc 26
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 100
200 200 chemists 23
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 32
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 6
209 209 other natural scientists nes 6
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 33
211 211 mechanical engineers 45
212 212 electrical engineers 24
213 213 electronic engineers 11
214 214 software engineers 12
215 215 chemical engineers 4
216 216 design & development engineers 32
217 217 process & production engineers 10
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 45
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 36
220 220 medical practitioners 39
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 15
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 1
223 223 dental practitioners 17
224 224 veterinarians 3
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 51
231 231 further education teachers etc 99
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 16
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 187
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 230
235 235 special education teachers etc 30
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 50
240 240 judges & officers of the court 2
241 241 barristers & advocates 5
242 242 solicitors 24
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 44
251 251 management accountants 8
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 14
253 253 management,business consultants etc 23
260 260 architects 36
261 261 town planners 4
262 262 general practice surveyors 29
270 270 librarians 10
271 271 archivists & curators 9
290 290 psychologists 4
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 3
292 292 clergy 22
293 293 social workers,probation officers 64
300 300 laboratory technicians 66
301 301 engineering technicians 31
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 17
303 303 architectural etc technicians 11
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 9
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 33
310 310 draughtspersons 53
311 311 building inspectors 2
312 312 quantity surveyors 10
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 4
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 51
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 5
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 4
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 18
340 340 nurses 319
341 341 midwives 17
342 342 medical radiographers 13
343 343 physiotherapists 16
344 344 chiropodists 3
345 345 dispensing opticians 1
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 12
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 28
348 348 environmental health officers 7
349 349 other health professionals nes 9
350 350 legal service & related occupations 27
360 360 estimators,valuers 23
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 61
362 362 taxation experts 6
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 20
364 364 organisational etc officers 28
370 370 matrons,houseparents 49
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 63
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 39
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 48
382 382 industrial designers 10
383 383 clothing designers 7
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 57
385 385 musicians 16
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 28
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 18
390 390 information officers 15
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 75
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 9
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 21
394 394 factory inspectors etc 5
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 4
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 18
399 399 other associate professionals nes 23
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 166
401 401 local government clerical staff 117
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 519
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 226
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 35
420 420 filing and record clerks 256
421 421 library assistants etc 26
430 430 clerks nes 555
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 40
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 339
450 450 medical secretaries 18
451 451 legal secretaries 33
452 452 typists & word processor operators 92
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 471
460 460 receptionists 168
461 461 reception telephonists 64
462 462 telephone operators 72
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 17
490 490 computer etc operators 144
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 4
500 500 bricklayers,masons 104
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 53
502 502 plasterers 47
503 503 glaziers 7
504 504 builders,building contractors 92
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 39
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 28
507 507 painters & decorators 197
509 509 other construction trades nes 60
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 16
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 16
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 10
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 12
514 514 press setters,operators 4
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 23
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 237
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 28
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 6
519 519 other setters,operators nes 26
520 520 electrical production fitters 11
521 521 electricians etc 165
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 6
523 523 telephone fitters 46
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 17
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 8
526 526 computer engineers etc 12
529 529 other electrical trades nes 31
530 530 smiths & forge workers 7
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 16
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 116
533 533 sheet metal workers 24
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 17
535 535 steel erectors 18
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 8
537 537 welding trades 96
540 540 motor mechanics etc 121
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 4
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 14
543 543 auto electricians 8
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 12
550 550 weavers 6
551 551 knitters 13
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 14
553 553 sewing machinists etc 255
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 14
555 555 shoe repairers etc 60
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 17
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 32
559 559 other textile workers nes 16
560 560 originators & compositors 19
561 561 printers 9
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 9
563 563 screen printers 5
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 57
570 570 carpenters & joiners 181
571 571 cabinet makers 16
572 572 case & box makers 1
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 1
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 7
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 45
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 49
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 18
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 21
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 17
592 592 dental technicians 3
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 2
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 133
595 595 horticultural trades 27
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 26
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 24
598 598 other machinery mechanics 2
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 56
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 22
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 5
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 34
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 13
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 7
613 613 customs,immigration officers 6
614 614 traffic wardens 5
615 615 security guards etc 181
619 619 other security personnel nes 27
620 620 chefs,cooks 295
621 621 waiters,waitresses 201
622 622 bar staff 272
630 630 travel & flight attendants 29
631 631 railway station staff 13
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 175
641 641 hospital ward assistants 17
642 642 ambulance staff 18
643 643 dental nurses 34
644 644 care assistants & attendants 472
650 650 nursery nurses 73
651 651 playgroup leaders 25
652 652 educational assistants 74
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 216
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 163
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 19
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 24
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 11
672 672 caretakers 121
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 76
690 690 undertakers 5
691 691 bookmakers 7
699 699 other personal services nes 89
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 8
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 39
702 702 importers & exporters 4
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 4
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 111
719 719 other sales representatives nes 100
720 720 sales assistants 1412
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 233
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 20
730 730 collectors & credit agents 29
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 44
732 732 market,street traders etc 30
733 733 scrap dealers etc 1
790 790 merchandisers 9
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 26
792 792 telephone salespersons 41
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 50
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 5
802 802 tobacco process operatives 0
809 809 other food etc process operatives 139
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 9
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 8
813 813 winders,reelers 5
814 814 other textiles operatives 17
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 54
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 6
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 9
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 3
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 14
825 825 plastic operatives etc 70
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 3
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 13
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 9
831 831 metal drawers 4
832 832 rollers 2
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 4
834 834 electroplaters etc 18
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 23
840 840 machine tool operatives 72
841 841 automatic machine operatives 37
842 842 metal polishers 7
843 843 metal dressing operatives 8
844 844 shot blasters 4
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 144
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 71
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 83
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 96
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 74
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 424
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 24
864 864 routine laboratory testers 18
869 869 other routine operatives nes 27
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 8
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 460
873 873 bus & coach drivers 76
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 93
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 11
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 12
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 29
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 6
884 884 shunters & points operatives 2
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 42
886 886 crane drivers 28
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 82
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 28
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 7
891 891 printing machine minders 37
892 892 water etc plant attendants 12
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 25
894 894 lubricators etc 6
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 28
896 896 construction operatives 73
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 33
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 10
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 84
900 900 farm workers 89
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 11
902 902 other related farming occupations 54
903 903 fishing & related workers 10
904 904 forestry workers 23
910 910 coal mine labourers 12
911 911 foundry labourers 6
912 912 engineering etc labourers 9
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 42
919 919 making,processing labourers 40
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 23
922 922 rail construction etc workers 17
923 923 road construction etc workers 32
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 15
929 925 other building etc labourers 271
930 930 stevedores,dockers 17
931 931 goods porters 76
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 16
934 934 drivers mates 1
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 108
941 941 messengers,couriers 69
950 950 hospital porters 27
951 951 hotel porters 8
952 952 Kitchen porters 226
953 953 catering assistants 315
954 954 shelf fillers 54
955 955 lift & car park attendants 11
956 956 window cleaners 18
957 957 road sweepers 18
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1385
959 959 other sales,service occupations 23
990 990 all other labourers etc 225
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 10
-10 No answer/Does not apply 131940
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.