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.
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).
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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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