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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1981

Variable Details

Variableemployed
LabelWORKING FOR PAY OR PROFIT IN LAST WEEK
Responses
1 EMPLOYED 13825
3 WAITING TO START JOB 70
4 UNEMPL. SEEKING WORK 1367
5 UNEMPL.AND TEMP.SICK 25
6 AT SCHOOL,COLLEGE 543
7 PERM.UNABLE TO WORK 629
8 RETIRED 3170
9 KEEPING HOUSE 4368
10 OTHER 304
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 7738
-1 NA, REFUSAL, DK 371
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1981
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