Diversity Monitoring - Household Occupations
Guidance for answering the question What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged about 14?
| Selection | Description |
|---|---|
| Prefer not to say | Prefer not to say |
| Professional | Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil/mechanical engineer. |
| Manager/Administrator | Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators such as finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager. |
| Clerical/Intermediate | Clerical and intermediate occupations such as secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse. |
| Technical/Craft | Technical and craft occupations such as motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver. |
| Routine Manual/Service | Routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations such as postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff. |
| Long-term unemployed | Long-term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year). |
| Small Business Owner | Small business owners who employed fewer than 20 people such as corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner. |
| Other | Other such as retired, this question does not apply to me |