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jlsoc90

Last job: SOC 1990

Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC90) of last job. Full 3-digit version for special licence release only. This is coded post-field from a SOC90 – SOC2000 lookup file. Full version of this classification available in UK Data Service Study Number 7083

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Derived variable note:

Standard Occupational Classification 1990 (SOC90) of last job. Full 3-digit version for special licence release only. This is coded post-field from a SOC90 - SOC2000 lookup file. Full version of this classification available in UK Data Service Study Number 7083

See JLSOC00 JLSOC10

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-920.09%
inapplicable-8215295.1%
proxy respondent-7632.78%
refusal-210.04%
Production, works and maintenance managers11010.04%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13910.04%
Hotel and accommodation managers17310.04%
Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities19010.04%
Nurses34010.04%
Welfare, community and youth workers37110.04%
Clerks (n.o.s.)43030.13%
Radio and telegraph operators, other office communication system operators46310.04%
Tool makers tool fitters markers out metal foreman51510.04%
Police officers (sergeant and below)61010.04%
Security guards and related occupations61510.04%
Nursery nurses creche65010.04%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.71910.04%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators72110.04%
Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.89910.04%
Postal workers, mail sorters94010.04%
Kitchen porters, hands95210.04%
Total2263100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-930.13%
inapplicable-8223794.07%
proxy respondent-71114.67%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13910.04%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.19910.04%
Software engineers professional21420.08%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals23110.04%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing23910.04%
Matrons, houseparents37010.04%
Authors, writers, journalists38010.04%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)42010.04%
Clerks (n.o.s.)43010.04%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women44120.08%
Typists and word processor operators45210.04%
Receptionists general office dental46010.04%
Telephone operators exchange46220.08%
Tyre and exhaust fitters54410.04%
Waiters, waitresses62110.04%
Care assistants and attendants old64410.04%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.65910.04%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66010.04%
Telephone salespersons79210.04%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers86210.04%
Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering)88510.04%
Postal workers, mail sorters94010.04%
Counterhands, catering assistants help95310.04%
Cleaners, domestics95810.04%
Total2378100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-970.29%
inapplicable-8207185.83%
proxy respondent-7763.15%
Local government officers (administrative and executive functions)10210.04%
Production, works and maintenance managers11030.12%
Managers in building contracting11110.04%
Treasurers and company financial managers12030.12%
Marketing and sales managers12110.04%
Company secretaries12720.08%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13980.33%
Transport managers n.e.c.14010.04%
Managers in warehousing and other materials handling14210.04%
Police officer (inspector and above)15210.04%
Farm owners and managers, horticulturists16010.04%
Hotel and accommodation managers17310.04%
Restaurant and catering managers17410.04%
Travel and tour agency managers17710.04%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.179100.41%
Registrars and administrators of educational establishments19120.08%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.19940.17%
Design and development engineers21610.04%
Dental practitioners22310.04%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals23130.12%
Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals23350.21%
Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals23490.37%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing23920.08%
Chartered and certified accountants25020.08%
Management consultants, business analysts25310.04%
Laboratory technicians30010.04%
Architectural and town planning technicians30310.04%
Other scientific technicians n.e.c.30910.04%
Building inspectors31110.04%
Computer analyst/programmers32020.08%
Nurses34080.33%
Midwives34110.04%
Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts36110.04%
Matrons, houseparents37010.04%
Welfare, community and youth workers37120.08%
Authors, writers, journalists38010.04%
Information officers and technical librarians39030.12%
Vocational and industrial trainers39110.04%
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)39610.04%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.39920.08%
Local government clerical officers assistants health40110.04%
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks41070.29%
Counter clerks and cashiers41110.04%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)42010.04%
Clerks (n.o.s.)430110.46%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women44130.12%
Medical secretaries45010.04%
Legal secretaries45110.04%
Typists and word processor operators45210.04%
Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.45910.04%
Receptionists general office dental46070.29%
Receptionists/telephonist46110.04%
Telephone operators exchange46210.04%
Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators49020.08%
Bricklayers, masons fixer50010.04%
Plasterers fibrous foreman50210.04%
Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters50610.04%
Painters and decorators50720.08%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters51660.25%
Precision instrument makers and repairers51710.04%
Production fitters (electrical/electronic)52010.04%
Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters52110.04%
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance52610.04%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53220.08%
Other printing and related trades n.e.c.56910.04%
Carpenters and joiners57020.08%
Glass product and ceramics makers59010.04%
Police officers (sergeant and below)61010.04%
Prison service officers borstal61220.08%
Traffic wardens61410.04%
Security guards and related occupations61520.08%
Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor62020.08%
Waiters, waitresses62120.08%
Bar staff62250.21%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries64030.12%
Hospital ward assistants64110.04%
Care assistants and attendants old64470.29%
Nursery nurses creche65020.08%
Educational assistants65230.12%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.65960.25%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66030.12%
Domestic housekeepers and related occupations67030.12%
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers67310.04%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69910.04%
Technical and wholesale sales representatives71010.04%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.71910.04%
Sales assistants merchants car720140.58%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators72110.04%
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons73110.04%
Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders82410.04%
Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)84010.04%
Metal polishers84210.04%
Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods)85010.04%
Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy85920.08%
Inspectors, viewers testers examiners insulation86010.04%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers86210.04%
Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter86920.08%
Drivers of road goods vehicles87230.12%
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs87430.12%
Other transport machinery operatives horse88910.04%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman89630.12%
Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.92920.08%
Goods porters93120.08%
Slingers93210.04%
Postal workers, mail sorters94010.04%
Messengers, couriers94110.04%
Kitchen porters, hands95220.08%
Counterhands, catering assistants help95320.08%
Window cleaners95610.04%
Cleaners, domestics95880.33%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer95910.04%
All other labourers and related workers99020.08%
Total2413100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9150.7%
inapplicable-8200893.44%
proxy respondent-71265.86%
Total2149100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9221.03%
inapplicable-8197392.11%
proxy respondent-71476.86%
Total2142100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-928111.78%
inapplicable-8189879.58%
proxy respondent-72068.64%
Total2385100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-910.06%
inapplicable-8173598.8%
Credit controllers13010.06%
Officers in UK armed forces15010.06%
Travel and tour agency managers17710.06%
University and polytechnic teaching professionals23010.06%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.39910.06%
Counter clerks and cashiers41110.06%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors41210.06%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53210.06%
Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers55310.06%
NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces60010.06%
Bar staff62210.06%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries64010.06%
Care assistants and attendants old64410.06%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69910.06%
Drivers of road goods vehicles87210.06%
Printing machine minders and assistants89110.06%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman89610.06%
Rail construction maintenance track lengthmen92210.06%
Road construction and maintenance workers92310.06%
Counterhands, catering assistants help95310.06%
Total1756100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8183998.34%
Production, works and maintenance managers11010.05%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.13910.05%
Police officer (inspector and above)15210.05%
Restaurant and catering managers17420.11%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.17910.05%
Computer analyst/programmers32010.05%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)42010.05%
Clerks (n.o.s.)43020.11%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women44110.05%
Typists and word processor operators45210.05%
Telephone operators exchange46210.05%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53210.05%
Welding trades53710.05%
Glass product and ceramics finishers and decorators59110.05%
Other security protective service occupations life61910.05%
Care assistants and attendants old64420.11%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66020.11%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69910.05%
Sales assistants merchants car72010.05%
Scrap dealers, scrap metal merchants73310.05%
Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders82410.05%
Drivers of road goods vehicles87210.05%
Goods porters93110.05%
Kitchen porters, hands95210.05%
Cleaners, domestics95820.11%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer95910.05%
Total1870100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-960.23%
inapplicable-8148957.98%
proxy respondent-71696.58%
General Managers; large companies and organisations10110.04%
Local government officers (administrative and executive functions)10220.08%
General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6)10340.16%
Production, works and maintenance managers110200.78%
Marketing and sales managers121120.47%
Advertising and public relations managers12320.08%
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers12430.12%
Computer systems and data processing managers12660.23%
Credit controllers13010.04%
Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed)13130.12%
Civil service executive officers government13210.04%
Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.139220.86%
Transport managers n.e.c.14020.08%
Stores controllers14130.12%
Managers in warehousing and other materials handling14230.12%
Farm owners and managers, horticulturists16030.12%
Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c.16910.04%
Property and estate managers17010.04%
Hairdressers' and barbers' managers and proprietors17210.04%
Hotel and accommodation managers17330.12%
Restaurant and catering managers17420.08%
Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards17560.23%
Entertainment and sports managers17620.08%
Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.179150.58%
Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities19010.04%
Other managers and administrators n.e.c.19960.23%
Chemists research20010.04%
Biological scientists and biochemists20110.04%
Mechanical engineers general naval21120.08%
Electronic engineers professional21310.04%
Software engineers professional21420.08%
Design and development engineers21620.08%
Process and production engineers21720.08%
Medical practitioners22030.12%
Pharmacists/pharmacologists22110.04%
Ophthalmic opticians22210.04%
University and polytechnic teaching professionals23020.08%
Higher and Further education teaching professionals23170.27%
Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals233140.55%
Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals234180.7%
Special education teaching professionals23540.16%
Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing23910.04%
Solicitors public24220.08%
Chartered and certified accountants25010.04%
Management consultants, business analysts25310.04%
Architects landscape26010.04%
Building, land, mining and 'general practice' surveyors26210.04%
Archivists and curators27110.04%
Psychologists29010.04%
Clergy29220.08%
Social workers, probation officers29340.16%
Engineering technicians30110.04%
Electrical/electronic technicians30210.04%
Building and civil engineering technicians30410.04%
Draughtspersons31020.08%
Quantity surveyors31230.12%
Computer analyst/programmers32020.08%
Aircraft flight deck officers33110.04%
Nurses340140.55%
Medical radiographers34210.04%
Physiotherapists34310.04%
Medical technicians, dental auxiliaries34630.12%
Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c.34710.04%
Legal service and related occupations35010.04%
Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts36120.08%
Personnel and industrial relations officers36320.08%
Matrons, houseparents37040.16%
Welfare, community and youth workers37140.16%
Authors, writers, journalists38020.08%
Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers38120.08%
Industrial designers and textile designers38210.04%
Professional athletes, sports officials38720.08%
Vocational and industrial trainers39130.12%
Other statutory similar inspectors driving39510.04%
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)39610.04%
Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.39910.04%
Civil administrative assistants taxation40070.27%
Local government clerical officers assistants health40190.35%
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks410190.74%
Counter clerks and cashiers41130.12%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors41220.08%
Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)420110.43%
Clerks (n.o.s.)430311.21%
Storekeepers, warehousemen/women44160.23%
Medical secretaries45050.19%
Legal secretaries45120.08%
Typists and word processor operators45250.19%
Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.459250.97%
Receptionists general office dental46060.23%
Receptionists/telephonist46120.08%
Telephone operators exchange46210.04%
Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators49040.16%
Bricklayers, masons fixer50010.04%
Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders50110.04%
Builders, building contractors50440.16%
Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers50510.04%
Painters and decorators50760.23%
Other construction trades n.e.c. building50940.16%
Grinding machine setters and setter-operators51210.04%
Milling machine setters and setter-operators51310.04%
Tool makers tool fitters markers out metal foreman51530.12%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters51670.27%
Other tool setters operators shaper foreman auto51910.04%
Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters52140.16%
Telephone fitters52320.08%
Cable jointers, lines repairers supervisor52410.04%
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance52610.04%
Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c.52920.08%
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades53240.16%
Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters53410.04%
Welding trades53710.04%
Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers)54040.16%
Tyre and exhaust fitters54410.04%
Weavers55010.04%
Knitters55110.04%
Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers55390.35%
Tailors, dressmakers55630.12%
Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.55910.04%
Book binders and print finishers specialised56230.12%
Screen printers56310.04%
Other printing and related trades n.e.c.56910.04%
Carpenters and joiners57070.27%
Bakers, flour confectioners58010.04%
Butchers, meat cutters58110.04%
Gardeners, groundsmen/women59440.16%
Horticultural trades59520.08%
Other craft and related occupations n.e.c.59910.04%
NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces60010.04%
Police officers (sergeant and below)61040.16%
Prison service officers borstal61220.08%
Customs and excise officers, immigration officers (customs: below chief preventive officer; excise: below surveyor)61320.08%
Security guards and related occupations61590.35%
Other security protective service occupations life61910.04%
Chefs, cooks hotel supervisor620170.66%
Waiters, waitresses621100.39%
Bar staff622110.43%
Travel and flight attendants63020.08%
Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries64050.19%
Hospital ward assistants64110.04%
Care assistants and attendants old644220.86%
Nursery nurses creche65020.08%
Educational assistants65260.23%
Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.65980.31%
Hairdressers, barbers coiffeur66060.23%
Beauticians and related occupations66120.08%
Domestic housekeepers and related occupations67020.08%
Housekeepers (non-domestic)67140.16%
Caretakers school67230.12%
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers67360.23%
Other personal and protective service occupations model69920.08%
Buyers and purchasing officers (not retail)70120.08%
Technical and wholesale sales representatives71040.16%
Other sales representatives n.e.c.71970.27%
Sales assistants merchants car720532.06%
Retail cash desk and check-out operators72190.35%
Collectors salespersons and credit agents73010.04%
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons73110.04%
Market and street traders and assistants73220.08%
Merchandisers79020.08%
Window dressers, floral arrangers79110.04%
Telephone salespersons79230.12%
Brewery and vinery process operatives80110.04%
Tobacco cutter foreman80220.08%
Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c.80920.08%
Tannery production operatives foreman sueder81010.04%
Winders, reelers81320.08%
Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives82010.04%
Cutting and slitting machine operatives (paper products etc)82210.04%
Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders82410.04%
Plastic process operatives, moulders extruders goods82540.16%
Rollers83210.04%
Other metal making treating process operatives steel83910.04%
Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)84030.12%
Press stamping and automatic machine operatives84110.04%
Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods)85040.16%
Assemblers/lineworkers vehicles metal nutter85140.16%
Other assemblers/lineworkers poppy85920.08%
Inspectors, viewers testers examiners insulation86030.12%
Inspectors viewers testers examiners other manufactured86110.04%
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers862130.51%
Weighers, graders, sorters86310.04%
Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter86920.08%
Drivers of road goods vehicles872130.51%
Bus and coach drivers87370.27%
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs87440.16%
Rail drivers railways second88210.04%
Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering)88530.12%
Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers88710.04%
Other transport machinery operatives horse88930.12%
Printing machine minders and assistants89130.12%
Electrical energy, boiler and related plant operatives and attendants89310.04%
Mains and service pipe layers, pipe joiners89520.08%
Construction and related operatives insulator foreman89610.04%
Woodworking machine operatives89720.08%
Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.89920.08%
Farm workers livestock hand90020.08%
All other occupations in farming and related90210.04%
Forestry workers90410.04%
Coal mine labourers91030.12%
Mates to metal/electrical and related fitters91310.04%
Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c.91910.04%
Road construction and maintenance workers92310.04%
Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.92990.35%
Goods porters93130.12%
Refuse and salvage collectors93320.08%
Postal workers, mail sorters94030.12%
Hospital porters95010.04%
Hotel porters95110.04%
Kitchen porters, hands95260.23%
Counterhands, catering assistants help953110.43%
Shelf fillers95460.23%
Lift and car park attendants95510.04%
Road sweepers95710.04%
Cleaners, domestics958562.18%
Other occupations in sales and services clearer95910.04%
All other labourers and related workers99020.08%
Total2568100.0%

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