Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2005-2006

Variable Details

Variablewhyinact
LabelMain Reason for Economic Inactivity
Question text There are many reasons why people can't or don't seek work, so may I just check, what was the MAIN reason you were not looking for work last week?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 On Government training/employment scheme 3
2 Student 67
3 Long-term sick or disabled 256
4 temporarily sick or injured 12
5 Looking after family/home 345
6 Retired from paid work 347
7 Doesn t want/need employment 6
8 Believes no jobs available 8
9 Not yet started looking 2
10 Other reason 14
-3 Refused 0
-1 Dont Know 1
Sysmiss 3974
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2005-2006
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually