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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1991

Variable Details

VariableECAR
LabelEconomic activity(1)
Responses
1 Employee 60307
2 Self employed 9229
3 Emp stat not stated 39
4 Yt-employer based 521
5 Yt-college based 96
6 Et employer 280
7 Et college 268
8 Community industry 78
9 Seeking 5922
10 Temporarily sick 446
11 On holiday 93
12 Waiting start 206
13 Wait results applic. 82
14 Other ft student 3049
15 Ft stu-still to comp ed 257
16 Other student 101
17 Man 70+ woman 65+ 19997
18 Long term sick/disabled 4375
19 Looking after fam/home 8864
20 Retired 6101
21 Not want/need employment 1676
22 Believes no job 455
23 Not yet started looking 145
24 Other reason not look 762
25 No reason given 1122
26 Person under 16 34658
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1991
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