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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2000

Variable Details

Variableactivb
LabelActivity status for last week
Question text Which of these descriptions applies to what you were doing last week, that is in the seven days ending (date last Sunday)? Going to school or college full time (including on vacation); In paid employment or self-employment (or away temporarily); On a Government scheme for employment training; Doing unpaid work for a business that you own, or that a relative owns; Waiting to take up paid work already obtained; Looking for paid work on a Government training scheme; Intending to look for work but prevented by temporary sickness or injury (check 28 days or less); Permanently unable to work because of long-tern sickness or disability (use only for men aged 16-64 or women aged 16-59); Retired from paid work; Looking after the home of family; Doing something else (specify).
Responses
1 Going to school or college full-time (incl on vacation) 381
2 In paid employment or self-@/employed (or temporarily away) 4296
3 On a Government scheme for employment training 19
4 Doing unpaid work for a business that you own, or that a rel 26
5 Waiting to take up paid work already obtained 23
6 Looking for paid work or a Government training scheme 178
7 Intending to look for work but prevented by temporary sickne 26
8 Permanently unable to work because of long-term sickness or 353
9 Retired from paid work 1719
10 Looking after home or family 918
11 Doing something else (SPECIFY) 27
-9 Refusal (98) 21
-8 Don't know (99) 1
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 4425
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2000
Interviewer InstructionsCode first to apply
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households, and a separate sample of older people (aged 65 years and over) resident in care homes, in England in the year 2000.;Adults;Children;Elderly;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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