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.
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.
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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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