Father's first job in UK: SOC 1990
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
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Index term
Derived variable note:
Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC 1990) of father'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 PAJ1UKSOC10, PAJ1UKSOC00.
Derived variable note:
Uses F_PAJUKE1/
| 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 | 97 | 0.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4056 | 8.98% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) | 100 | 1 | 0.0% |
| General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6) | 103 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Production, works and maintenance managers | 110 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Marketing and sales managers | 121 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer systems and data processing managers | 126 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Officers in UK armed forces | 150 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Farm owners and managers, horticulturists | 160 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers | 178 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. | 179 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers | 210 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 13 | 0.03% |
| Dental practitioners | 223 | 1 | 0.0% |
| University and polytechnic teaching professionals | 230 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing | 239 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Solicitors public | 242 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chartered and certified accountants | 250 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clergy | 292 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Social workers, probation officers | 293 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Laboratory technicians | 300 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer analyst/programmers | 320 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nurses | 340 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Medical radiographers | 342 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welfare, community and youth workers | 371 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators | 386 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil administrative assistants taxation | 400 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Counter clerks and cashiers | 411 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing) | 420 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Storekeepers, warehousemen/women | 441 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Builders, building contractors | 504 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Painters and decorators | 507 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other construction trades n.e.c. building | 509 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Grinding machine setters and setter-operators | 512 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters | 521 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welding trades | 537 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers) | 540 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Auto electricians | 543 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Weavers | 550 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers | 552 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers | 553 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and | 555 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. | 559 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Carpenters and joiners | 570 | 6 | 0.01% |
| Glass product and ceramics makers | 590 | 1 | 0.0% |
| NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces | 600 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Security guards and related occupations | 615 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Waiters, waitresses | 621 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur | 660 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers | 673 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Importers and exporters | 702 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Technical and wholesale sales representatives | 710 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other sales representatives n.e.c. | 719 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 10 | 0.02% |
| Retail cash desk and check-out operators | 721 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bakery confectionery process hand foreman | 800 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Brewery and vinery process operatives | 801 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. | 809 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Preparatory fibre processors | 811 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Spinners, doublers, twisters fly | 812 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other textiles processing operatives hydro | 814 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives | 820 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders | 824 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other metal making treating process operatives steel | 839 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives) | 840 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy | 859 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 862 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Routine laboratory testers paint soil | 864 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Drivers of road goods vehicles | 872 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bus and coach drivers | 873 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs | 874 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Crane drivers | 886 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers | 887 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other transport machinery operatives horse | 889 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Construction and related operatives insulator foreman | 896 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c. | 899 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Labourers in foundries | 911 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Labourers in engineering and allied trades | 912 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. | 919 | 32 | 0.07% |
| Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c. | 929 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Postal workers, mail sorters | 940 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Messengers, couriers | 941 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Cleaners, domestics | 958 | 7 | 0.02% |
| All other labourers and related workers | 990 | 4 | 0.01% |
| All others miscellaneous stage | 999 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | 4348 | -11.0 | 999.0 | 55.01 | 40844 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| in IEMB only | -11 | 158675 | 94.24% |
| missing | -9 | 9435 | 5.6% |
| General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) | 100 | 1 | 0.0% |
| General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6) | 103 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Production, works and maintenance managers | 110 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Marketing and sales managers | 121 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer systems and data processing managers | 126 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Officers in UK armed forces | 150 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Farm owners and managers, horticulturists | 160 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers | 178 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. | 179 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers | 210 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 13 | 0.01% |
| Dental practitioners | 223 | 1 | 0.0% |
| University and polytechnic teaching professionals | 230 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing | 239 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Solicitors public | 242 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chartered and certified accountants | 250 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clergy | 292 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Social workers, probation officers | 293 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Laboratory technicians | 300 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer analyst/programmers | 320 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nurses | 340 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Medical radiographers | 342 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welfare, community and youth workers | 371 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators | 386 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil administrative assistants taxation | 400 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Counter clerks and cashiers | 411 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing) | 420 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Storekeepers, warehousemen/women | 441 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Builders, building contractors | 504 | 9 | 0.01% |
| Painters and decorators | 507 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other construction trades n.e.c. building | 509 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Grinding machine setters and setter-operators | 512 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters | 521 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welding trades | 537 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers) | 540 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Auto electricians | 543 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Weavers | 550 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers | 552 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers | 553 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and | 555 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. | 559 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Carpenters and joiners | 570 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Glass product and ceramics makers | 590 | 1 | 0.0% |
| NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces | 600 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Security guards and related occupations | 615 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 9 | 0.01% |
| Waiters, waitresses | 621 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur | 660 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers | 673 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Importers and exporters | 702 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Technical and wholesale sales representatives | 710 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other sales representatives n.e.c. | 719 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 10 | 0.01% |
| Retail cash desk and check-out operators | 721 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bakery confectionery process hand foreman | 800 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Brewery and vinery process operatives | 801 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. | 809 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Preparatory fibre processors | 811 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Spinners, doublers, twisters fly | 812 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other textiles processing operatives hydro | 814 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives | 820 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders | 824 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other metal making treating process operatives steel | 839 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives) | 840 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy | 859 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers | 862 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Routine laboratory testers paint soil | 864 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Drivers of road goods vehicles | 872 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bus and coach drivers | 873 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs | 874 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Crane drivers | 886 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers | 887 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other transport machinery operatives horse | 889 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Construction and related operatives insulator foreman | 896 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c. | 899 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Labourers in foundries | 911 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Labourers in engineering and allied trades | 912 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. | 919 | 32 | 0.02% |
| Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c. | 929 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Postal workers, mail sorters | 940 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Messengers, couriers | 941 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Cleaners, domestics | 958 | 7 | 0.0% |
| All other labourers and related workers | 990 | 4 | 0.0% |
| All others miscellaneous stage | 999 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 168377 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9.95 | 9435 | -11.0 | 999.0 | 27.94 | 158942 |
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