Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableSOCMAIN
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 26
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 322
102 102 gen managers - local government 248
103 103 administrators - national government 156
110 110 production,works managers 900
111 111 building/contract managers 329
112 112 clerks of works 17
113 113 mining & energy managers 27
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 277
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1350
122 122 purchasing managers 83
123 123 advertising etc managers 151
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 294
125 125 organisational managers 27
126 126 computer systems etc managers 318
127 127 company secretaries 194
130 130 credit controllers 100
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 256
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 191
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 761
140 140 transport managers 149
141 141 stores controllers 187
142 142 warehouse etc managers 164
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 69
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 12
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 33
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 16
154 154 prison principal officers and above 7
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 563
169 169 other farming etc managers 56
170 170 property & estate managers 159
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 100
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 78
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 207
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 347
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 194
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 109
177 177 travel agency managers 39
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 44
179 179 service industry managers etc 1575
190 190 trade union etc officials 81
191 191 education registrars etc 72
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 544
200 200 chemists 86
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 144
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 54
209 209 other natural scientists nes 65
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 198
211 211 mechanical engineers 162
212 212 electrical engineers 85
213 213 electronic engineers 75
214 214 software engineers 234
215 215 chemical engineers 23
216 216 design & development engineers 200
217 217 process & production engineers 70
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 185
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 186
220 220 medical practitioners 370
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 95
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 22
223 223 dental practitioners 68
224 224 veterinarians 25
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 292
231 231 further education teachers etc 372
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 41
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 917
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 975
235 235 special education teachers etc 142
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 205
240 240 judges & officers of the court 16
241 241 barristers & advocates 29
242 242 solicitors 238
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 457
251 251 management accountants 103
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 49
253 253 management,business consultants etc 142
260 260 architects 112
261 261 town planners 32
262 262 general practice surveyors 172
270 270 librarians 51
271 271 archivists & curators 23
290 290 psychologists 37
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 6
292 292 clergy 110
293 293 social workers,probation officers 354
300 300 laboratory technicians 254
301 301 engineering technicians 132
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 69
303 303 architectural etc technicians 40
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 36
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 150
310 310 draughtspersons 167
311 311 building inspectors 13
312 312 quantity surveyors 81
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 12
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 498
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 14
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 31
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 62
340 340 nurses 1377
341 341 midwives 100
342 342 medical radiographers 49
343 343 physiotherapists 76
344 344 chiropodists 23
345 345 dispensing opticians 20
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 96
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 127
348 348 environmental health officers 29
349 349 other health professionals nes 57
350 350 legal service & related occupations 70
360 360 estimators,valuers 83
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 391
362 362 taxation experts 53
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 158
364 364 organisational etc officers 109
370 370 matrons,houseparents 153
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 312
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 261
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 236
382 382 industrial designers 47
383 383 clothing designers 32
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 144
385 385 musicians 64
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 116
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 116
390 390 information officers 97
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 213
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 56
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 71
394 394 factory inspectors etc 23
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 27
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 48
399 399 other associate professionals nes 101
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 567
401 401 local government clerical staff 427
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1681
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 888
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 84
420 420 filing and record clerks 794
421 421 library assistants etc 109
430 430 clerks nes 1682
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 114
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 888
450 450 medical secretaries 115
451 451 legal secretaries 141
452 452 typists & word processor operators 184
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1476
460 460 receptionists 482
461 461 reception telephonists 161
462 462 telephone operators 124
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 68
490 490 computer etc operators 357
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 2
500 500 bricklayers,masons 230
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 78
502 502 plasterers 75
503 503 glaziers 50
504 504 builders,building contractors 330
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 52
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 89
507 507 painters & decorators 380
509 509 other construction trades nes 128
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 73
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 13
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 21
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 21
514 514 press setters,operators 14
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 84
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 967
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 74
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 20
519 519 other setters,operators nes 110
520 520 electrical production fitters 43
521 521 electricians etc 669
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 17
523 523 telephone fitters 118
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 34
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 58
526 526 computer engineers etc 95
529 529 other electrical trades nes 187
530 530 smiths & forge workers 28
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 22
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 397
533 533 sheet metal workers 68
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 46
535 535 steel erectors 54
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 9
537 537 welding trades 272
540 540 motor mechanics etc 524
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 40
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 65
543 543 auto electricians 30
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 21
550 550 weavers 33
551 551 knitters 20
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 38
553 553 sewing machinists etc 350
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 54
555 555 shoe repairers etc 70
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 29
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 37
559 559 other textile workers nes 40
560 560 originators & compositors 64
561 561 printers 50
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 40
563 563 screen printers 21
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 165
570 570 carpenters & joiners 619
571 571 cabinet makers 74
572 572 case & box makers 5
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 13
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 31
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 82
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 120
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 28
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 87
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 40
592 592 dental technicians 17
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 318
595 595 horticultural trades 85
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 81
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 19
598 598 other machinery mechanics 18
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 99
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 203
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 31
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 372
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 104
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 84
613 613 customs,immigration officers 28
614 614 traffic wardens 19
615 615 security guards etc 395
619 619 other security personnel nes 101
620 620 chefs,cooks 676
621 621 waiters,waitresses 448
622 622 bar staff 507
630 630 travel & flight attendants 118
631 631 railway station staff 27
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 445
641 641 hospital ward assistants 80
642 642 ambulance staff 76
643 643 dental nurses 79
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1224
650 650 nursery nurses 250
651 651 playgroup leaders 92
652 652 educational assistants 336
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 670
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 307
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 59
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 52
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 23
672 672 caretakers 205
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 128
690 690 undertakers 19
691 691 bookmakers 22
699 699 other personal services nes 203
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 38
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 131
702 702 importers & exporters 14
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 15
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 589
719 719 other sales representatives nes 317
720 720 sales assistants 3353
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 595
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 29
730 730 collectors & credit agents 57
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 110
732 732 market,street traders etc 86
733 733 scrap dealers etc 6
790 790 merchandisers 42
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 46
792 792 telephone salespersons 125
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 97
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 11
802 802 tobacco process operatives 11
809 809 other food etc process operatives 312
810 810 tannery production operatives 8
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 14
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 15
813 813 winders,reelers 14
814 814 other textiles operatives 48
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 164
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 38
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 25
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 12
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 42
825 825 plastic operatives etc 201
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 15
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 48
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 24
831 831 metal drawers 11
832 832 rollers 10
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 8
834 834 electroplaters etc 27
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 66
840 840 machine tool operatives 220
841 841 automatic machine operatives 67
842 842 metal polishers 23
843 843 metal dressing operatives 20
844 844 shot blasters 11
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 303
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 195
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 140
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 186
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 115
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 523
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 45
864 864 routine laboratory testers 52
869 869 other routine operatives nes 40
870 870 bus inspectors 13
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 13
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1260
873 873 bus & coach drivers 283
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 363
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 31
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 22
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 51
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 13
884 884 shunters & points operatives 6
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 118
886 886 crane drivers 50
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 246
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 58
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 9
891 891 printing machine minders 125
892 892 water etc plant attendants 18
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 31
894 894 lubricators etc 8
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 41
896 896 construction operatives 195
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 89
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 26
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 249
900 900 farm workers 289
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 48
902 902 other related farming occupations 101
903 903 fishing & related workers 18
904 904 forestry workers 38
910 910 coal mine labourers 4
911 911 foundry labourers 8
912 912 engineering etc labourers 35
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 37
919 919 making,processing labourers 79
920 920 woodworkers mates 9
921 921 building trade mates 24
922 922 rail construction etc workers 22
923 923 road construction etc workers 54
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 7
929 925 other building etc labourers 285
930 930 stevedores,dockers 28
931 931 goods porters 165
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 28
934 934 drivers mates 8
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 395
941 941 messengers,couriers 218
950 950 hospital porters 43
951 951 hotel porters 40
952 952 Kitchen porters 399
953 953 catering assistants 559
954 954 shelf fillers 210
955 955 lift & car park attendants 26
956 956 window cleaners 67
957 957 road sweepers 17
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2038
959 959 other sales,service occupations 47
990 990 all other labourers etc 294
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 20
-10 No answer/Does not apply 85883
-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.