Description: Types of key worker as identified by UK government for 2020+ COVID purposes.
This is a flat (unstructured) list which uses integers to represent categories or special values.
| Coding can be downloaded here as a tab-separated file. |
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| Coding | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | NHS and social care |
| 2 | Education and childcare (including supporting and teaching staff, social workers and specialist education specialists) |
| 3 | Key public services (justice, religious staff, journalist, and environmental staff or mortuary) |
| 4 | Local and national government (delivering COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services) |
| 5 | Food and other necessary goods (production, sales, delivery) |
| 6 | Public safety or national security worker (police, armed forces, fire and rescue) |
| 7 | Transport worker (air, water, road and rail) |
| 8 | Utility worker (energy, sewerage, postal service) |
| 9 | Utilities, communication and financial services |
| -3 | Prefer not to answer |
| Field ID | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 28063 | Keyworker occupation group | Waves 1-6 exposure questionnaire |
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