Mother's first job in UK: SOC 1990
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
Datafiles
Index term
Derived variable note:
Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC 1990) of mother's first job in the UK. Full 3-digit version for Special Licence release only. The classification is coded post-field using the respondent's description of the job. From Wave 3 onward, job descriptions were first coded to the code frame of SOC 2010. Asked as part of the initial conditions module in the Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost Sample (from Wave 6 onwards).
See MAJ1UKSOC10, MAJ1UKSOC00.
Derived variable note:
Uses F_MAJUKE1/
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34962 | 96.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| in IEMB only | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| missing | -9 | 59 | 0.13% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4182 | 9.25% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| Hotel and accommodation managers | 173 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 11 | 0.02% |
| Social workers, probation officers | 293 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Laboratory technicians | 300 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nurses | 340 | 21 | 0.05% |
| Midwives | 341 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Counter clerks and cashiers | 411 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c. | 459 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Weavers | 550 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers | 552 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers | 553 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Waiters, waitresses | 621 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Hospital ward assistants | 641 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Care assistants and attendants old | 644 | 14 | 0.03% |
| Educational assistants | 652 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c. | 659 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur | 660 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Domestic housekeepers and related occupations | 670 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Housekeepers (non-domestic) | 671 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Caretakers school | 672 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers | 673 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 10 | 0.02% |
| Brewery and vinery process operatives | 801 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. | 809 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Spinners, doublers, twisters fly | 812 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods) | 850 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy | 859 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 862 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Bus conductors | 875 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other transport machinery operatives horse | 889 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. | 919 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Cleaners, domestics | 958 | 31 | 0.07% |
| All other labourers and related workers | 990 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -8.15 | 4436 | -11.0 | 990.0 | 45.99 | 40756 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| in IEMB only | -11 | 158675 | 94.24% |
| missing | -9 | 9523 | 5.66% |
| Hotel and accommodation managers | 173 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 11 | 0.01% |
| Social workers, probation officers | 293 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Laboratory technicians | 300 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nurses | 340 | 21 | 0.01% |
| Midwives | 341 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Counter clerks and cashiers | 411 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c. | 459 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Weavers | 550 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers | 552 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers | 553 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Waiters, waitresses | 621 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Hospital ward assistants | 641 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Care assistants and attendants old | 644 | 14 | 0.01% |
| Educational assistants | 652 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c. | 659 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur | 660 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Domestic housekeepers and related occupations | 670 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Housekeepers (non-domestic) | 671 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Caretakers school | 672 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers | 673 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 10 | 0.01% |
| Brewery and vinery process operatives | 801 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. | 809 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Spinners, doublers, twisters fly | 812 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods) | 850 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy | 859 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 862 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bus conductors | 875 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other transport machinery operatives horse | 889 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. | 919 | 12 | 0.01% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cleaners, domestics | 958 | 31 | 0.02% |
| All other labourers and related workers | 990 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 168377 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10.27 | 9523 | -11.0 | 990.0 | 23.33 | 158854 |
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