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pj1soc90

First job: SOC 1990

Datafile

Index term

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9110.02%
inapplicable-818623.71%
Local government officers (administrative and executive functions)10230.01%
General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6)103120.02%
Production, works and maintenance managers110600.12%
Managers in building contracting11180.02%
Managers in mining and energy industries11330.01%
Treasurers and company financial managers120180.04%
Marketing and sales managers1211630.32%
Purchasing managers12240.01%
Advertising and public relations managers123770.15%
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers124540.11%
Organisation and methods and work study managers12550.01%
Computer systems and data processing managers126140.03%
Company secretaries12770.01%
Credit controllers130220.04%
Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed)131550.11%
Civil service executive officers government132700.14%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.1393050.61%
Transport managers n.e.c.140320.06%
Stores controllers141280.06%
Managers in warehousing and other materials handling14240.01%
Officers in UK armed forces150360.07%
Farm owners and managers, horticulturists1602060.41%
Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c.16990.02%
Property and estate managers170420.08%
Garage managers and proprietors17160.01%
Hotel and accommodation managers173600.12%
Restaurant and catering managers1741260.25%
Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards17580.02%
Entertainment and sports managers17670.01%
Travel and tour agency managers177660.13%
Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers178190.04%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.1793900.78%
Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities190490.1%
Registrars and administrators of educational establishments19180.02%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.199960.19%
Chemists research200920.18%
Biological scientists and biochemists2011120.22%
Physicists, geologists and meteorologists202570.11%
Other natural scientists n.e.c.2091140.23%
Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers210710.14%
Mechanical engineers general naval211480.1%
Electrical engineers professional meter212170.03%
Electronic engineers professional213250.05%
Software engineers professional214610.12%
Chemical engineers21520.0%
Design and development engineers216550.11%
Process and production engineers217520.1%
Planning and quality control engineers218230.05%
Other engineers and technologists n.e.c.219710.14%
Medical practitioners2202850.57%
Pharmacists/pharmacologists221670.13%
Ophthalmic opticians222120.02%
Dental practitioners223310.06%
Veterinarians22490.02%
University and polytechnic teaching professionals230810.16%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals231500.1%
Education school inspectors advisor23250.01%
Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals2336601.31%
Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals2348401.67%
Special education teaching professionals23520.0%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing2391980.39%
Judges and officers of the court24060.01%
Barristers and advocates24180.02%
Solicitors public2421350.27%
Chartered and certified accountants250660.13%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians252340.07%
Management consultants, business analysts253270.05%
Architects landscape260320.06%
Town planners control261100.02%
Building, land, mining and 'general practice' surveyors262700.14%
Archivists and curators271150.03%
Psychologists290220.04%
Other social and behavioural scientists291290.06%
Clergy29280.02%
Social workers, probation officers293790.16%
Laboratory technicians3001930.38%
Engineering technicians301490.1%
Electrical/electronic technicians302630.13%
Architectural and town planning technicians3031000.2%
Building and civil engineering technicians304200.04%
Other scientific technicians n.e.c.3091160.23%
Draughtspersons3101700.34%
Quantity surveyors312400.08%
Computer analyst/programmers3202760.55%
Air traffic planners and controllers33030.01%
Aircraft flight deck officers33170.01%
Ship and hovercraft officers332550.11%
Nurses34010762.14%
Midwives341150.03%
Medical radiographers342180.04%
Physiotherapists343480.1%
Chiropodists34470.01%
Dispensing opticians34560.01%
Medical technicians, dental auxiliaries346620.12%
Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c.347760.15%
Environmental health officers348290.06%
Other health associate professionals animals349340.07%
Legal service and related occupations350160.03%
Estimators, valuers36080.02%
Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts361910.18%
Taxation experts362100.02%
Personnel and industrial relations officers363620.12%
Organisation and methods and work study officers364130.03%
Matrons, houseparents370210.04%
Welfare, community and youth workers3711710.34%
Authors, writers, journalists3801460.29%
Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers3811590.32%
Industrial designers and textile designers382690.14%
Clothing designers383520.1%
Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors384950.19%
Musicians385540.11%
Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators3861140.23%
Professional athletes, sports officials3871500.3%
Information officers and technical librarians390780.16%
Vocational and industrial trainers391660.13%
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists392140.03%
Driving instructors (not hgv)39330.01%
Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards39450.01%
Other statutory similar inspectors driving39560.01%
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)39660.01%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.399980.2%
Civil administrative assistants taxation4006111.22%
Local government clerical officers assistants health4011900.38%
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks41014182.82%
Counter clerks and cashiers41111532.3%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors412390.08%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)4207911.58%
Library assistants/clerks press421780.16%
Clerks (n.o.s.)43038797.73%
Stores despatch production control clerks warehouse440460.09%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women4415591.11%
Medical secretaries450530.11%
Legal secretaries451800.16%
Typists and word processor operators4526451.28%
Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.45910532.1%
Receptionists general office dental4605741.14%
Receptionists/telephonist461280.06%
Telephone operators exchange4621380.27%
Radio and telegraph operators, other office communication system operators463530.11%
Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators4903920.78%
Tracers, drawing officer assistants491520.1%
Bricklayers, masons fixer5001320.26%
Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders501160.03%
Plasterers fibrous foreman502610.12%
Glaziers firm503120.02%
Builders, building contractors504680.14%
Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers505170.03%
Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters506380.08%
Painters and decorators5073030.6%
Other construction trades n.e.c. building509600.12%
Centre, capstan, turret and other lathe setters and setter-operators510370.07%
Boring and drilling machine setters and setter-operators51170.01%
Grinding machine setters and setter-operators512110.02%
Milling machine setters and setter-operators51340.01%
Tool makers tool fitters markers out metal foreman515880.18%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters5166121.22%
Precision instrument makers and repairers517550.11%
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers518270.05%
Other tool setters operators shaper foreman auto519110.02%
Production fitters (electrical/electronic)520230.05%
Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters5213980.79%
Electrical engineers (not professional)522710.14%
Telephone fitters523310.06%
Cable jointers, lines repairers supervisor52460.01%
Radio, TV and video engineers525380.08%
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance526350.07%
Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c.529820.16%
Smiths and forge workers farrier530190.04%
Moulders, core makers, die casters531150.03%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades5322040.41%
Sheet metal workers533680.14%
Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters534380.08%
Steel erectors535150.03%
Barbenders, steel fixers53640.01%
Welding trades5371860.37%
Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers)5404470.89%
Coach and vehicle body builders541270.05%
Vehicle body repairers, panel beaters542540.11%
Auto electricians54340.01%
Tyre and exhaust fitters544260.05%
Weavers550570.11%
Knitters551840.17%
Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers552350.07%
Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers5539761.94%
Coach trimmers, upholsterers and mattress makers554500.1%
Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and5551150.23%
Tailors, dressmakers5561810.36%
Clothing cutters, milliners, furriers557580.12%
Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.559380.08%
Originators, compositors and print preparers560600.12%
Printers general5611120.22%
Book binders and print finishers specialised5621230.25%
Screen printers563330.07%
Other printing and related trades n.e.c.5691000.2%
Carpenters and joiners5704360.87%
Cabinet makers wood571690.14%
Case and box makers churn foreman57290.02%
Pattern makers moulds shop foreman573100.02%
Other woodworking trades n.e.c.579330.07%
Bakers, flour confectioners5801130.23%
Butchers, meat cutters5811790.36%
Fishmongers, poultry dressers582460.09%
Glass product and ceramics makers590560.11%
Glass product and ceramics finishers and decorators591540.11%
Dental technicians denture foreman592170.03%
Musical instrument makers, piano tuners59390.02%
Gardeners, groundsmen/women5941810.36%
Horticultural trades595260.05%
Coach painters, other spray painters596210.04%
Face trained coalmining workers, shotfirers and deputies59720.0%
Office machinery mechanics dictaphone59850.01%
Other craft and related occupations n.e.c.599450.09%
NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces6002470.49%
Police officers (sergeant and below)610670.13%
Prison service officers borstal61240.01%
Customs and excise officers, immigration officers (customs: below chief preventive officer; excise: below surveyor)61340.01%
Security guards and related occupations615810.16%
Other security protective service occupations life619360.07%
Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor6205471.09%
Waiters, waitresses6216411.28%
Bar staff6225021.0%
Travel and flight attendants630560.11%
Railway station staff631350.07%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries6402220.44%
Hospital ward assistants641450.09%
Ambulance staff64290.02%
Dental nurses6431500.3%
Care assistants and attendants old6445331.06%
Nursery nurses creche6503630.72%
Playgroup leaders65140.01%
Educational assistants652870.17%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.6594180.83%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur6609751.94%
Beauticians and related occupations661640.13%
Domestic housekeepers and related occupations670520.1%
Housekeepers (non-domestic)671160.03%
Caretakers school67240.01%
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers6731500.3%
Bookmakers manager69180.02%
Other personal and protective service occupations model6991520.3%
Buyers and purchasing officers (not retail)701350.07%
Importers and exporters702110.02%
Air, commodity and ship brokers70350.01%
Technical and wholesale sales representatives7101330.26%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.7191250.25%
Sales assistants merchants car72047369.43%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators7215221.04%
Petrol pump forecourt attendants722350.07%
Collectors salespersons and credit agents730150.03%
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons7311760.35%
Market and street traders and assistants732840.17%
Scrap dealers, scrap metal merchants73340.01%
Merchandisers790130.03%
Window dressers, floral arrangers7911210.24%
Telephone salespersons7921080.22%
Bakery confectionery process hand foreman8001420.28%
Brewery and vinery process operatives80180.02%
Tobacco cutter foreman802260.05%
Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c.8092320.46%
Tannery production operatives foreman sueder810220.04%
Preparatory fibre processors811220.04%
Spinners, doublers, twisters fly812600.12%
Winders, reelers813680.14%
Other textiles processing operatives hydro8141280.25%
Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives820460.09%
Paper wood and related process plant operatives821270.05%
Cutting and slitting machine operatives (paper products etc)822140.03%
Glass and ceramics furnace operatives, kilnsetters823100.02%
Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders82420.0%
Plastic process operatives, moulders extruders goods825770.15%
Synthetic fibre makers82640.01%
Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related operatives n.e.c.829310.06%
Furnace operatives (metal)83020.0%
Electroplaters, galvanisers, colour coaters83440.01%
Other metal making treating process operatives steel839220.04%
Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)8402480.49%
Press stamping and automatic machine operatives841360.07%
Metal polishers84250.01%
Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods)8501900.38%
Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter851530.11%
Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy8591870.37%
Inspectors, viewers testers examiners insulation860310.06%
Inspectors viewers testers examiners other manufactured861210.04%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers8627511.5%
Weighers, graders, sorters863470.09%
Routine laboratory testers paint soil8641460.29%
Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter869630.13%
Drivers of road goods vehicles872890.18%
Bus and coach drivers87380.02%
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs874180.04%
Bus conductors875230.05%
Seafarers (merchant navy): barge, lighter and boat operatives880640.13%
Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards88120.0%
Rail drivers railways second88270.01%
Rail signal operatives and crossing keepers88330.01%
Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering)88570.01%
Crane drivers88630.01%
Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers887260.05%
Other transport machinery operatives horse889700.14%
Printing machine minders and assistants891960.19%
Water sewerage plant attendants sewage foreman89230.01%
Electrical energy, boiler and related plant operatives and attendants893100.02%
Mains and service pipe layers, pipe joiners895100.02%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman896300.06%
Woodworking machine operatives897370.07%
Mine (excluding coal) and quarry workers89890.02%
Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.8994420.88%
Farm workers livestock hand9006081.21%
Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives90170.01%
All other occupations in farming and related9022560.51%
Fishing and related workers90370.01%
Forestry workers90480.02%
Coal mine labourers910780.16%
Labourers in foundries911110.02%
Labourers in engineering and allied trades912660.13%
Mates to metal/electrical and related fitters913890.18%
Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c.9197921.58%
Mates to woodworking trades workers92060.01%
Mates to building trades workers921350.07%
Rail construction maintenance track lengthmen922100.02%
Road construction and maintenance workers923200.04%
Paviors, kerb layers92440.01%
Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.9292720.54%
Stevedores, dockers930160.03%
Goods porters931990.2%
Refuse and salvage collectors933350.07%
Driver's mates scammel934600.12%
Postal workers, mail sorters9401190.24%
Messengers, couriers9412150.43%
Hospital porters950180.04%
Hotel porters951220.04%
Kitchen porters, hands9524240.84%
Counterhands, catering assistants help9535141.02%
Shelf fillers9541870.37%
Lift and car park attendants95520.0%
Window cleaners95670.01%
Road sweepers957150.03%
Cleaners, domestics9587121.42%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer959500.1%
All other labourers and related workers9901290.26%
All others miscellaneous stage999170.03%
Total50198100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
557.441873102.0999.0219.848325

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