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Quarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 2000 Variables

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socmain — Occupation (main job)

Value Label Count Percentage Filename: qlfsmm00
-9.00 Does not apply 79615 n/a% n/a%
-8.00 No answer 0 n/a% n/a%
100.00 100 gen managers - national government 0 -% -%
101.00 101 gen managers - large organisations 214 0% 0%
102.00 102 gen managers - local government 224 0% 0%
103.00 103 administrators - national government 0 -% -%
110.00 110 production,works managers 875 1% 1%
111.00 111 building/contract managers 357 0% 0%
112.00 112 clerks of works 0 -% -%
113.00 113 mining & energy managers 0 -% -%
120.00 120 treasurers & financial managers 260 0% 0%
121.00 121 marketing & sales managers 1276 2% 2%
122.00 122 purchasing managers 0 -% -%
123.00 123 advertising etc managers 0 -% -%
124.00 124 personnel,training etc managers 304 0% 0%
125.00 125 organisational managers 0 -% -%
126.00 126 computer systems etc managers 390 0% 0%
127.00 127 company secretaries 0 -% -%
130.00 130 credit controllers 0 -% -%
131.00 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 201 0% 0%
132.00 132 Civil Service executive officers 169 0% 0%
139.00 139 other financial etc managers nes 820 1% 1%
140.00 140 transport managers 0 -% -%
141.00 141 stores controllers 0 -% -%
142.00 142 warehouse etc managers 0 -% -%
150.00 150 officers in UK armed forces 0 -% -%
151.00 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 0 -% -%
152.00 152 police officers - inspectors & above 0 -% -%
153.00 153 firemen - station officers & above 0 -% -%
154.00 154 prison principal officers and above 0 -% -%
155.00 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0 -% -%
160.00 160 Farm owners & managers etc 342 0% 0%
169.00 169 other farming etc managers 0 -% -%
170.00 170 property & estate managers 0 -% -%
171.00 171 garage managers & proprietors 0 -% -%
172.00 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 176 0% 0%
173.00 173 hotel & accommodation managers 0 -% -%
174.00 174 restaurant & catering managers 284 0% 0%
175.00 175 publicans, club stewards etc 0 -% -%
176.00 176 entertainment & sports managers 0 -% -%
177.00 177 travel agency managers 0 -% -%
178.00 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 0 -% -%
179.00 179 service industry managers etc 1572 2% 2%
190.00 190 trade union etc officials 0 -% -%
191.00 191 education registrars etc 0 -% -%
199.00 199 other managers & administrators nes 513 0% 0%
200.00 200 chemists 0 -% -%
201.00 201 biological scientists & biochemists 0 -% -%
202.00 202 physicists, geologists etc 0 -% -%
209.00 209 other natural scientists nes 0 -% -%
210.00 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 0 -% -%
211.00 211 mechanical engineers 0 -% -%
212.00 212 electrical engineers 0 -% -%
213.00 213 electronic engineers 0 -% -%
214.00 214 software engineers 386 0% 0%
215.00 215 chemical engineers 0 -% -%
216.00 216 design & development engineers 184 0% 0%
217.00 217 process & production engineers 0 -% -%
218.00 218 planning & quality control engineers 0 -% -%
219.00 219 other engineers & technologists nes 0 -% -%
220.00 220 medical practitioners 317 0% 0%
221.00 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 0 -% -%
222.00 222 ophthalmic opticians 0 -% -%
223.00 223 dental practitioners 0 -% -%
224.00 224 veterinarians 0 -% -%
230.00 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 291 0% 0%
231.00 231 further education teachers etc 283 0% 0%
232.00 232 education officers,school inspectors 0 -% -%
233.00 233 secondary education teachers etc 874 1% 1%
234.00 234 primary,nursery education teachers 901 1% 1%
235.00 235 special education teachers etc 0 -% -%
239.00 239 other teaching professionals nes 268 0% 0%
240.00 240 judges & officers of the court 0 -% -%
241.00 241 barristers & advocates 0 -% -%
242.00 242 solicitors 237 0% 0%
250.00 250 chartered & certified accountants 439 0% 0%
251.00 251 management accountants 0 -% -%
252.00 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 0 -% -%
253.00 253 management,business consultants etc 182 0% 0%
260.00 260 architects 0 -% -%
261.00 261 town planners 0 -% -%
262.00 262 general practice surveyors 0 -% -%
270.00 270 librarians 0 -% -%
271.00 271 archivists & curators 0 -% -%
290.00 290 psychologists 0 -% -%
291.00 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 0 -% -%
292.00 292 clergy 0 -% -%
293.00 293 social workers,probation officers 262 0% 0%
300.00 300 laboratory technicians 179 0% 0%
301.00 301 engineering technicians 0 -% -%
302.00 302 electrical,electronic technicians 0 -% -%
303.00 303 architectural etc technicians 0 -% -%
304.00 304 civil engineering etc technicians 0 -% -%
309.00 309 other scientific technicians nes 0 -% -%
310.00 310 draughtspersons 0 -% -%
311.00 311 building inspectors 0 -% -%
312.00 312 quantity surveyors 0 -% -%
313.00 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 0 -% -%
320.00 320 computer analysts,programmers 639 1% 1%
330.00 330 air traffic planners & controllers 0 -% -%
331.00 331 aircraft flight deck officers 0 -% -%
332.00 332 ship & hovercraft officers 0 -% -%
340.00 340 nurses 1201 1% 1%
341.00 341 midwives 0 -% -%
342.00 342 medical radiographers 0 -% -%
343.00 343 physiotherapists 0 -% -%
344.00 344 chiropodists 0 -% -%
345.00 345 dispensing opticians 0 -% -%
346.00 346 medical,dental technicians etc 0 -% -%
347.00 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 174 0% 0%
348.00 348 environmental health officers 0 -% -%
349.00 349 other health professionals nes 0 -% -%
350.00 350 legal service & related occupations 0 -% -%
360.00 360 estimators,valuers 0 -% -%
361.00 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 393 0% 0%
362.00 362 taxation experts 0 -% -%
363.00 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 0 -% -%
364.00 364 organisational etc officers 0 -% -%
370.00 370 matrons,houseparents 166 0% 0%
371.00 371 welfare,community & youth workers 459 0% 0%
380.00 380 authors,writers,journalists 236 0% 0%
381.00 381 artists,graphic designers etc 296 0% 0%
382.00 382 industrial designers 0 -% -%
383.00 383 clothing designers 0 -% -%
384.00 384 actors,stage managers etc 0 -% -%
385.00 385 musicians 0 -% -%
386.00 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 0 -% -%
387.00 387 athletes,sports officials etc 0 -% -%
390.00 390 information officers 0 -% -%
391.00 391 vocational & industrial trainers 253 0% 0%
392.00 392 careers advice etc specialists 0 -% -%
393.00 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 0 -% -%
394.00 394 factory inspectors etc 0 -% -%
395.00 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 0 -% -%
396.00 396 occupational hygienists etc 0 -% -%
399.00 399 other associate professionals nes 0 -% -%
400.00 400 Civil Service administrative staff 510 0% 0%
401.00 401 local government clerical staff 394 0% 0%
410.00 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1726 2% 2%
411.00 411 counter clerks & cashiers 731 1% 1%
412.00 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 0 -% -%
420.00 420 filing and record clerks 719 1% 1%
421.00 421 library assistants etc 0 -% -%
430.00 430 clerks nes 1703 2% 2%
440.00 440 stores,control clerks etc 0 -% -%
441.00 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 835 1% 1%
450.00 450 medical secretaries 0 -% -%
451.00 451 legal secretaries 0 -% -%
452.00 452 typists & word processor operators 0 -% -%
459.00 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1165 1% 1%
460.00 460 receptionists 459 0% 0%
461.00 461 reception telephonists 0 -% -%
462.00 462 telephone operators 0 -% -%
463.00 463 radio & telegraph operators 0 -% -%
490.00 490 computer etc operators 311 0% 0%
491.00 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 0 -% -%
500.00 500 bricklayers,masons 207 0% 0%
501.00 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 0 -% -%
502.00 502 plasterers 0 -% -%
503.00 503 glaziers 0 -% -%
504.00 504 builders,building contractors 287 0% 0%
505.00 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 0 -% -%
506.00 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 0 -% -%
507.00 507 painters & decorators 297 0% 0%
509.00 509 other construction trades nes 216 0% 0%
510.00 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 0 -% -%
511.00 511 boring,drilling machine operators 0 -% -%
512.00 512 grinding machine setters,operators 0 -% -%
513.00 513 milling machine setters,operators 0 -% -%
514.00 514 press setters,operators 0 -% -%
515.00 515 tool makers,fitters etc 0 -% -%
516.00 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 801 1% 1%
517.00 517 precision instrument makers etc 0 -% -%
518.00 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 0 -% -%
519.00 519 other setters,operators nes 0 -% -%
520.00 520 electrical production fitters 0 -% -%
521.00 521 electricians etc 603 0% 0%
522.00 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 0 -% -%
523.00 523 telephone fitters 0 -% -%
524.00 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 0 -% -%
525.00 525 radio,TV & video engineers 0 -% -%
526.00 526 computer engineers etc 0 -% -%
529.00 529 other electrical trades nes 177 0% 0%
530.00 530 smiths & forge workers 0 -% -%
531.00 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 0 -% -%
532.00 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 372 0% 0%
533.00 533 sheet metal workers 0 -% -%
534.00 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 0 -% -%
535.00 535 steel erectors 0 -% -%
536.00 536 barbenders,steel fixers 0 -% -%
537.00 537 welding trades 237 0% 0%
540.00 540 motor mechanics etc 468 0% 0%
541.00 541 coach & vehicle body builders 0 -% -%
542.00 542 vehicle body repairers etc 0 -% -%
543.00 543 auto electricians 0 -% -%
544.00 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 0 -% -%
550.00 550 weavers 0 -% -%
551.00 551 knitters 0 -% -%
552.00 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 0 -% -%
553.00 553 sewing machinists etc 220 0% 0%
554.00 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 0 -% -%
555.00 555 shoe repairers etc 0 -% -%
556.00 556 tailors & dressmakers 0 -% -%
557.00 557 milliners,furriers etc 0 -% -%
559.00 559 other textile workers nes 0 -% -%
560.00 560 originators & compositors 0 -% -%
561.00 561 printers 0 -% -%
562.00 562 bookbinders & print finishers 0 -% -%
563.00 563 screen printers 0 -% -%
569.00 569 other printing & related trades nes 0 -% -%
570.00 570 carpenters & joiners 585 0% 0%
571.00 571 cabinet makers 0 -% -%
572.00 572 case & box makers 0 -% -%
573.00 573 pattern makers (moulds) 0 -% -%
579.00 579 other woodworking trades nes 0 -% -%
580.00 580 bakers,flour confectioners 0 -% -%
581.00 581 butchers,meat cutters 0 -% -%
582.00 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 0 -% -%
590.00 590 glass product & ceramics makers 0 -% -%
591.00 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 0 -% -%
592.00 592 dental technicians 0 -% -%
593.00 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 0 -% -%
594.00 594 gardeners,groundspersons 326 0% 0%
595.00 595 horticultural trades 0 -% -%
596.00 596 coach painters,other spray painters 0 -% -%
597.00 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 0 -% -%
598.00 598 other machinery mechanics 0 -% -%
599.00 599 other craft & related occup. nes 0 -% -%
600.00 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 175 0% 0%
601.00 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 0 -% -%
610.00 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 377 0% 0%
611.00 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 0 -% -%
612.00 612 prison officers (below principal) 0 -% -%
613.00 613 customs,immigration officers 0 -% -%
614.00 614 traffic wardens 0 -% -%
615.00 615 security guards etc 341 0% 0%
619.00 619 other security personnel nes 0 -% -%
620.00 620 chefs,cooks 572 0% 0%
621.00 621 waiters,waitresses 417 0% 0%
622.00 622 bar staff 457 0% 0%
630.00 630 travel & flight attendants 0 -% -%
631.00 631 railway station staff 0 -% -%
640.00 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 313 0% 0%
641.00 641 hospital ward assistants 0 -% -%
642.00 642 ambulance staff 0 -% -%
643.00 643 dental nurses 0 -% -%
644.00 644 care assistants & attendants 1323 2% 2%
650.00 650 nursery nurses 313 0% 0%
651.00 651 playgroup leaders 0 -% -%
652.00 652 educational assistants 520 0% 0%
659.00 659 other childcare occupations nes 626 0% 0%
660.00 660 hairdressers,barbers 227 0% 0%
661.00 661 beauticians & related occupations 0 -% -%
670.00 670 domestic housekeepers etc 0 -% -%
671.00 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 0 -% -%
672.00 672 caretakers 179 0% 0%
673.00 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 0 -% -%
690.00 690 undertakers 0 -% -%
691.00 691 bookmakers 0 -% -%
699.00 699 other personal services nes 0 -% -%
700.00 700 buyers (retail trade) 0 -% -%
701.00 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 0 -% -%
702.00 702 importers & exporters 0 -% -%
703.00 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 0 -% -%
710.00 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 501 0% 0%
719.00 719 other sales representatives nes 352 0% 0%
720.00 720 sales assistants 3179 5% 5%
721.00 721 retail cash & check-out operators 530 0% 0%
722.00 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 0 -% -%
730.00 730 collectors & credit agents 0 -% -%
731.00 731 rounds & van salespersons 0 -% -%
732.00 732 market,street traders etc 0 -% -%
733.00 733 scrap dealers etc 0 -% -%
790.00 790 merchandisers 0 -% -%
791.00 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 0 -% -%
792.00 792 telephone salespersons 235 0% 0%
800.00 800 bakery etc process operatives 0 -% -%
801.00 801 brewery etc process operatives 0 -% -%
802.00 802 tobacco process operatives 0 -% -%
809.00 809 other food etc process operatives 286 0% 0%
810.00 810 tannery production operatives 0 -% -%
811.00 811 preparatory fibre processors 0 -% -%
812.00 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 0 -% -%
813.00 813 winders,reelers 0 -% -%
814.00 814 other textiles operatives 0 -% -%
820.00 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 0 -% -%
821.00 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 0 -% -%
822.00 822 cutting etc machine operatives 0 -% -%
823.00 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 0 -% -%
824.00 824 rubber etc process operatives 0 -% -%
825.00 825 plastic operatives etc 0 -% -%
826.00 826 synthetic fibre makers 0 -% -%
829.00 829 other chemical etc operatives 0 -% -%
830.00 830 furnace operatives (metal) 0 -% -%
831.00 831 metal drawers 0 -% -%
832.00 832 rollers 0 -% -%
833.00 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 0 -% -%
834.00 834 electroplaters etc 0 -% -%
839.00 839 other metal process operatives nes 0 -% -%
840.00 840 machine tool operatives 189 0% 0%
841.00 841 automatic machine operatives 0 -% -%
842.00 842 metal polishers 0 -% -%
843.00 843 metal dressing operatives 0 -% -%
844.00 844 shot blasters 0 -% -%
850.00 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 255 0% 0%
851.00 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 0 -% -%
859.00 859 other assemblers etc nes 0 -% -%
860.00 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 0 -% -%
861.00 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 0 -% -%
862.00 862 packers,bottlers etc 425 0% 0%
863.00 863 weighers,graders,sorters 0 -% -%
864.00 864 routine laboratory testers 0 -% -%
869.00 869 other routine operatives nes 0 -% -%
870.00 870 bus inspectors 0 -% -%
871.00 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 0 -% -%
872.00 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1119 1% 1%
873.00 873 bus & coach drivers 308 0% 0%
874.00 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 383 0% 0%
875.00 875 bus conductors 0 -% -%
880.00 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 0 -% -%
881.00 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 0 -% -%
882.00 882 railway engine drivers etc 0 -% -%
883.00 883 railway signal etc operatives 0 -% -%
884.00 884 shunters & points operatives 0 -% -%
885.00 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 0 -% -%
886.00 886 crane drivers 0 -% -%
887.00 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 205 0% 0%
889.00 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 0 -% -%
890.00 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 0 -% -%
891.00 891 printing machine minders 0 -% -%
892.00 892 water etc plant attendants 0 -% -%
893.00 893 energy etc plant operatives 0 -% -%
894.00 894 lubricators etc 0 -% -%
895.00 895 service pipe layers & jointers 0 -% -%
896.00 896 construction operatives 173 0% 0%
897.00 897 woodworking machine operatives 0 -% -%
898.00 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 0 -% -%
899.00 899 other machine etc operatives nes 0 -% -%
900.00 900 farm workers 199 0% 0%
901.00 901 farm machinery drivers etc 0 -% -%
902.00 902 other related farming occupations 0 -% -%
903.00 903 fishing & related workers 0 -% -%
904.00 904 forestry workers 0 -% -%
910.00 910 coal mine labourers 0 -% -%
911.00 911 foundry labourers 0 -% -%
912.00 912 engineering etc labourers 0 -% -%
913.00 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 0 -% -%
919.00 919 making,processing labourers 0 -% -%
920.00 920 woodworkers mates 0 -% -%
921.00 921 building trade mates 0 -% -%
922.00 922 rail construction etc workers 0 -% -%
923.00 923 road construction etc workers 0 -% -%
924.00 924 paviours,kerb layers 0 -% -%
929.00 925 other building etc labourers 247 0% 0%
930.00 930 stevedores,dockers 0 -% -%
931.00 931 goods porters 181 0% 0%
932.00 932 slingers 0 -% -%
933.00 933 refuse & salvage collectors 0 -% -%
934.00 934 drivers mates 0 -% -%
940.00 940 postal workers,mail sorters 369 0% 0%
941.00 941 messengers,couriers 167 0% 0%
950.00 950 hospital porters 0 -% -%
951.00 951 hotel porters 0 -% -%
952.00 952 Kitchen porters 344 0% 0%
953.00 953 catering assistants 548 0% 0%
954.00 954 shelf fillers 217 0% 0%
955.00 955 lift & car park attendants 0 -% -%
956.00 956 window cleaners 0 -% -%
957.00 957 road sweepers 0 -% -%
958.00 958 cleaners,domestics 1646 2% 2%
959.00 959 other sales,service occupations 0 -% -%
990.00 990 all other labourers etc 219 0% 0%
999.00 999 all others (miscellaneous) 0 -% -%
142941 cases , missing values -8, -9 .

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