Father's last job in c.o.b.: 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 father's last job in the country of birth before coming to 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).
Derived variable note:
Uses PAJCBE/
| 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 | 46 | 0.1% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4190 | 9.27% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) | 100 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Production, works and maintenance managers | 110 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Treasurers and company financial managers | 120 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer systems and data processing managers | 126 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed) | 131 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil service executive officers government | 132 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Officers in UK armed forces | 150 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Farm owners and managers, horticulturists | 160 | 19 | 0.04% |
| Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c. | 169 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Property and estate managers | 170 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. | 179 | 13 | 0.03% |
| Other managers and administrators n.e.c. | 199 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Biological scientists and biochemists | 201 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers | 210 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 8 | 0.02% |
| University and polytechnic teaching professionals | 230 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Higher and Further education teaching professionals | 231 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing | 239 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Clergy | 292 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer analyst/programmers | 320 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Aircraft flight deck officers | 331 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ship and hovercraft officers | 332 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Medical radiographers | 342 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Personnel and industrial relations officers | 363 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Authors, writers, journalists | 380 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators | 386 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Professional athletes, sports officials | 387 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil administrative assistants taxation | 400 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bricklayers, masons fixer | 500 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Plasterers fibrous foreman | 502 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Builders, building contractors | 504 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Other construction trades n.e.c. building | 509 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters | 521 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sheet metal workers | 533 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welding trades | 537 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers) | 540 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and | 555 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Carpenters and joiners | 570 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Cabinet makers wood | 571 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bakers, flour confectioners | 580 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Gardeners, groundsmen/women | 594 | 1 | 0.0% |
| NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces | 600 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Police officers (sergeant and below) | 610 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Prison service officers borstal | 612 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Security guards and related occupations | 615 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other security protective service occupations life | 619 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Ambulance staff | 642 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Technical and wholesale sales representatives | 710 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other sales representatives n.e.c. | 719 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Petrol pump forecourt attendants | 722 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tobacco cutter foreman | 802 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives) | 840 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter | 851 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Drivers of road goods vehicles | 872 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Bus and coach drivers | 873 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bus conductors | 875 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Farm workers livestock hand | 900 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives | 901 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Fishing and related workers | 903 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Forestry workers | 904 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Stevedores, dockers | 930 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9.06 | 4431 | -11.0 | 953.0 | 33.14 | 40761 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| in IEMB only | -11 | 158675 | 94.24% |
| missing | -9 | 9518 | 5.65% |
| General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) | 100 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Production, works and maintenance managers | 110 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Treasurers and company financial managers | 120 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer systems and data processing managers | 126 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed) | 131 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil service executive officers government | 132 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Officers in UK armed forces | 150 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Farm owners and managers, horticulturists | 160 | 19 | 0.01% |
| Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c. | 169 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Property and estate managers | 170 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Restaurant and catering managers | 174 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. | 179 | 13 | 0.01% |
| Other managers and administrators n.e.c. | 199 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Biological scientists and biochemists | 201 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers | 210 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Medical practitioners | 220 | 8 | 0.0% |
| University and polytechnic teaching professionals | 230 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Higher and Further education teaching professionals | 231 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals | 233 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals | 234 | 9 | 0.01% |
| Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing | 239 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Clergy | 292 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Computer analyst/programmers | 320 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Aircraft flight deck officers | 331 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ship and hovercraft officers | 332 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Medical radiographers | 342 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Personnel and industrial relations officers | 363 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Authors, writers, journalists | 380 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators | 386 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Professional athletes, sports officials | 387 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Civil administrative assistants taxation | 400 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks | 410 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Clerks (n.o.s.) | 430 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bricklayers, masons fixer | 500 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Plasterers fibrous foreman | 502 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Builders, building contractors | 504 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Other construction trades n.e.c. building | 509 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Metal working production and maintenance fitters | 516 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters | 521 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sheet metal workers | 533 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Welding trades | 537 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers) | 540 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and | 555 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Tailors, dressmakers | 556 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Carpenters and joiners | 570 | 8 | 0.0% |
| Cabinet makers wood | 571 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bakers, flour confectioners | 580 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Gardeners, groundsmen/women | 594 | 1 | 0.0% |
| NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces | 600 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Police officers (sergeant and below) | 610 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Prison service officers borstal | 612 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Security guards and related occupations | 615 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other security protective service occupations life | 619 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor | 620 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Ambulance staff | 642 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Technical and wholesale sales representatives | 710 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Other sales representatives n.e.c. | 719 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sales assistants merchants car | 720 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Petrol pump forecourt attendants | 722 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tobacco cutter foreman | 802 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives) | 840 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter | 851 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Drivers of road goods vehicles | 872 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bus and coach drivers | 873 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bus conductors | 875 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Farm workers livestock hand | 900 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives | 901 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Fishing and related workers | 903 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Forestry workers | 904 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Stevedores, dockers | 930 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kitchen porters, hands | 952 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Counterhands, catering assistants help | 953 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 168377 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | 9518 | -11.0 | 953.0 | 16.81 | 158859 |
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