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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002

Variable Details

VariableRECONACT
LabelR's main economic activity last wk? Q381
Responses
1 In full-time education (not paid for by employer) 41
2 On government training/employment programme 4
3 In paid work for at least 10 hours per week 837
4 Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 4
5 Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 62
6 Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking 15
7 Unemployed, wanting job (at least 10hrs pw), not looking 14
8 Permanently sick or disabled 132
9 Wholly retired from work 428
10 Looking after the home 121
11 (Doing something else) (WRITE IN) 5
98 Don't know 0
99 Not Answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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