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j1uksoc90

Own first job in UK: SOC 1990

Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC 1990) of own 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).

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Derived variable note:

Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC 1990) of own 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).

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Derived variable note:

Uses J1SOC00UK/

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83496296.96%
proxy-710963.04%
Total36058100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
in IEMB only-114057789.79%
missing-92020.45%
inapplicable-832917.28%
proxy-71950.43%
General Managers; large companies and organisations10110.0%
General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6)10310.0%
Production, works and maintenance managers11030.01%
Treasurers and company financial managers12050.01%
Marketing and sales managers12170.02%
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers12420.0%
Computer systems and data processing managers12630.01%
Credit controllers13010.0%
Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed)13130.01%
Civil service executive officers government13210.0%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13920.0%
Managers in warehousing and other materials handling14220.0%
Farm owners and managers, horticulturists16020.0%
Restaurant and catering managers17430.01%
Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards17510.0%
Entertainment and sports managers17630.01%
Travel and tour agency managers17710.0%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.179140.03%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.19910.0%
Biological scientists and biochemists20110.0%
Physicists, geologists and meteorologists20220.0%
Other natural scientists n.e.c.20910.0%
Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers21010.0%
Mechanical engineers general naval21110.0%
Electrical engineers professional meter21210.0%
Software engineers professional214190.04%
Other engineers and technologists n.e.c.21910.0%
Medical practitioners22030.01%
Ophthalmic opticians22210.0%
University and polytechnic teaching professionals23020.0%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals23140.01%
Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals23340.01%
Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals234120.03%
Special education teaching professionals23510.0%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing23940.01%
Solicitors public24210.0%
Chartered and certified accountants25010.0%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians25210.0%
Management consultants, business analysts25330.01%
Town planners control26110.0%
Psychologists29010.0%
Clergy29210.0%
Social workers, probation officers29310.0%
Laboratory technicians30020.0%
Draughtspersons31010.0%
Computer analyst/programmers320130.03%
Nurses340220.05%
Medical radiographers34220.0%
Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c.34710.0%
Legal service and related occupations35010.0%
Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts36130.01%
Organisation and methods and work study officers36420.0%
Welfare, community and youth workers37140.01%
Authors, writers, journalists38040.01%
Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers38130.01%
Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors38450.01%
Musicians38510.0%
Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators38610.0%
Information officers and technical librarians39010.0%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.39940.01%
Civil administrative assistants taxation40020.0%
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks410100.02%
Counter clerks and cashiers41150.01%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors41210.0%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)42080.02%
Clerks (n.o.s.)430160.04%
Stores despatch production control clerks warehouse44010.0%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women441310.07%
Legal secretaries45110.0%
Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.45970.02%
Receptionists general office dental460100.02%
Telephone operators exchange46210.0%
Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators49030.01%
Bricklayers, masons fixer50020.0%
Plasterers fibrous foreman50220.0%
Builders, building contractors504140.03%
Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers50530.01%
Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters50610.0%
Painters and decorators50750.01%
Other construction trades n.e.c. building50920.0%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters51630.01%
Precision instrument makers and repairers51710.0%
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers51820.0%
Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters52130.01%
Radio, TV and video engineers52510.0%
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance52610.0%
Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c.52910.0%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53230.01%
Barbenders, steel fixers53610.0%
Welding trades53720.0%
Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers)54060.01%
Weavers55020.0%
Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers55370.02%
Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and55530.01%
Tailors, dressmakers55630.01%
Clothing cutters, milliners, furriers55710.0%
Printers general56110.0%
Screen printers56310.0%
Carpenters and joiners57050.01%
Bakers, flour confectioners58060.01%
Butchers, meat cutters58110.0%
Glass product and ceramics makers59010.0%
Musical instrument makers, piano tuners59310.0%
Gardeners, groundsmen/women59410.0%
Horticultural trades59510.0%
Coach painters, other spray painters59610.0%
NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces60010.0%
Security guards and related occupations615100.02%
Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor620150.03%
Waiters, waitresses621360.08%
Bar staff62280.02%
Travel and flight attendants63030.01%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries64080.02%
Dental nurses64320.0%
Care assistants and attendants old644380.08%
Nursery nurses65020.0%
Educational assistants65270.02%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.659190.04%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66050.01%
Beauticians and related occupations66110.0%
Domestic housekeepers and related occupations67030.01%
Housekeepers (non-domestic)67160.01%
Caretakers school67210.0%
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers67330.01%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69930.01%
Technical and wholesale sales representatives71040.01%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.71960.01%
Sales assistants merchants car720540.12%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators72150.01%
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons73110.0%
Market and street traders and assistants73220.0%
Merchandisers79010.0%
Bakery confectionery process hand foreman80050.01%
Brewery and vinery process operatives80120.0%
Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c.809120.03%
Preparatory fibre processors81120.0%
Other textiles processing operatives hydro81410.0%
Plastic process operatives, moulders extruders goods82530.01%
Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related operatives n.e.c.82910.0%
Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)84030.01%
Metal polishers84210.0%
Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter85120.0%
Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy85920.0%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers862390.09%
Weighers, graders, sorters86310.0%
Routine laboratory testers paint soil86410.0%
Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter86930.01%
Drivers of road goods vehicles87250.01%
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs87430.01%
Bus conductors87520.0%
Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards88110.0%
Shunters and point operatives railways88410.0%
Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers88720.0%
Other transport machinery operatives horse88920.0%
Printing machine minders and assistants89120.0%
Water sewerage plant attendants sewage foreman89210.0%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman89620.0%
Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.89960.01%
Farm workers livestock hand90010.0%
All other occupations in farming and related90230.01%
Fishing and related workers90310.0%
Labourers in engineering and allied trades91210.0%
Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c.919220.05%
Mates to building trades workers92110.0%
Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.92980.02%
Goods porters93120.0%
Refuse and salvage collectors93320.0%
Postal workers, mail sorters94080.02%
Messengers, couriers94110.0%
Hotel porters95130.01%
Kitchen porters, hands952250.06%
Counterhands, catering assistants help953220.05%
Shelf fillers95440.01%
Road sweepers95720.0%
Cleaners, domestics958900.2%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer95920.0%
All other labourers and related workers99020.0%
Total45192100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
3.193688-11.0990.0101.3441504

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
in IEMB only-1115755694.23%
missing-987255.22%
General Managers; large companies and organisations10110.0%
General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6)10310.0%
Production, works and maintenance managers11030.0%
Treasurers and company financial managers12050.0%
Marketing and sales managers12170.0%
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers12420.0%
Computer systems and data processing managers12630.0%
Credit controllers13010.0%
Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed)13130.0%
Civil service executive officers government13210.0%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13920.0%
Managers in warehousing and other materials handling14220.0%
Farm owners and managers, horticulturists16020.0%
Restaurant and catering managers17430.0%
Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards17510.0%
Entertainment and sports managers17630.0%
Travel and tour agency managers17710.0%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.179140.01%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.19910.0%
Biological scientists and biochemists20110.0%
Physicists, geologists and meteorologists20220.0%
Other natural scientists n.e.c.20910.0%
Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers21010.0%
Mechanical engineers general naval21110.0%
Electrical engineers professional meter21210.0%
Software engineers professional214190.01%
Other engineers and technologists n.e.c.21910.0%
Medical practitioners22030.0%
Ophthalmic opticians22210.0%
University and polytechnic teaching professionals23020.0%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals23140.0%
Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals23340.0%
Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals234120.01%
Special education teaching professionals23510.0%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing23940.0%
Solicitors public24210.0%
Chartered and certified accountants25010.0%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians25210.0%
Management consultants, business analysts25330.0%
Town planners control26110.0%
Psychologists29010.0%
Clergy29210.0%
Social workers, probation officers29310.0%
Laboratory technicians30020.0%
Draughtspersons31010.0%
Computer analyst/programmers320130.01%
Nurses340220.01%
Medical radiographers34220.0%
Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c.34710.0%
Legal service and related occupations35010.0%
Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts36130.0%
Organisation and methods and work study officers36420.0%
Welfare, community and youth workers37140.0%
Authors, writers, journalists38040.0%
Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers38130.0%
Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors38450.0%
Musicians38510.0%
Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators38610.0%
Information officers and technical librarians39010.0%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.39940.0%
Civil administrative assistants taxation40020.0%
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks410100.01%
Counter clerks and cashiers41150.0%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors41210.0%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)42080.0%
Clerks (n.o.s.)430160.01%
Stores despatch production control clerks warehouse44010.0%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women441310.02%
Legal secretaries45110.0%
Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.45970.0%
Receptionists general office dental460100.01%
Telephone operators exchange46210.0%
Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators49030.0%
Bricklayers, masons fixer50020.0%
Plasterers fibrous foreman50220.0%
Builders, building contractors504140.01%
Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers50530.0%
Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters50610.0%
Painters and decorators50750.0%
Other construction trades n.e.c. building50920.0%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters51630.0%
Precision instrument makers and repairers51710.0%
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers51820.0%
Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters52130.0%
Radio, TV and video engineers52510.0%
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance52610.0%
Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c.52910.0%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53230.0%
Barbenders, steel fixers53610.0%
Welding trades53720.0%
Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers)54060.0%
Weavers55020.0%
Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers55370.0%
Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and55530.0%
Tailors, dressmakers55630.0%
Clothing cutters, milliners, furriers55710.0%
Printers general56110.0%
Screen printers56310.0%
Carpenters and joiners57050.0%
Bakers, flour confectioners58060.0%
Butchers, meat cutters58110.0%
Glass product and ceramics makers59010.0%
Musical instrument makers, piano tuners59310.0%
Gardeners, groundsmen/women59410.0%
Horticultural trades59510.0%
Coach painters, other spray painters59610.0%
NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces60010.0%
Security guards and related occupations615100.01%
Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor620150.01%
Waiters, waitresses621360.02%
Bar staff62280.0%
Travel and flight attendants63030.0%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries64080.0%
Dental nurses64320.0%
Care assistants and attendants old644380.02%
Nursery nurses65020.0%
Educational assistants65270.0%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.659190.01%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66050.0%
Beauticians and related occupations66110.0%
Domestic housekeepers and related occupations67030.0%
Housekeepers (non-domestic)67160.0%
Caretakers school67210.0%
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers67330.0%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69930.0%
Technical and wholesale sales representatives71040.0%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.71960.0%
Sales assistants merchants car720540.03%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators72150.0%
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons73110.0%
Market and street traders and assistants73220.0%
Merchandisers79010.0%
Bakery confectionery process hand foreman80050.0%
Brewery and vinery process operatives80120.0%
Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c.809120.01%
Preparatory fibre processors81120.0%
Other textiles processing operatives hydro81410.0%
Plastic process operatives, moulders extruders goods82530.0%
Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related operatives n.e.c.82910.0%
Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)84030.0%
Metal polishers84210.0%
Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter85120.0%
Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy85920.0%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers862390.02%
Weighers, graders, sorters86310.0%
Routine laboratory testers paint soil86410.0%
Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter86930.0%
Drivers of road goods vehicles87250.0%
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs87430.0%
Bus conductors87520.0%
Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards88110.0%
Shunters and point operatives railways88410.0%
Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers88720.0%
Other transport machinery operatives horse88920.0%
Printing machine minders and assistants89120.0%
Water sewerage plant attendants sewage foreman89210.0%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman89620.0%
Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.89960.0%
Farm workers livestock hand90010.0%
All other occupations in farming and related90230.0%
Fishing and related workers90310.0%
Labourers in engineering and allied trades91210.0%
Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c.919220.01%
Mates to building trades workers92110.0%
Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.92980.0%
Goods porters93120.0%
Refuse and salvage collectors93320.0%
Postal workers, mail sorters94080.0%
Messengers, couriers94110.0%
Hotel porters95130.0%
Kitchen porters, hands952250.01%
Counterhands, catering assistants help953220.01%
Shelf fillers95440.0%
Road sweepers95720.0%
Cleaners, domestics958900.05%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer95920.0%
All other labourers and related workers99020.0%
Total167208100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
-7.288725-11.0990.052.23158483

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