Please see below for examples of each option for the following question.

What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged about 14?

• 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 engineer or mechanical engineer
• 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 and intermediate occupations such as secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse
• technical and craft occupations such as motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver
• 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 or waitress, bar staff
• long-term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)
• 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 such as retired, this question does not apply to me, I don’t know
• I prefer not to say