Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variableinecac05
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 47619
2 Self-employed 7395
3 Government emp & training programmes 221
4 Unpaid family worker 223
5 ILO unemployed 2864
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 198
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 84
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 18
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 11
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 90
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 33
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 25
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 595
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1053
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 171
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1366
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 80
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 146
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 32
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 173
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 282
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 1
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 7
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 2979
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3424
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 162
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 3404
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 30
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 64
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 516
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 21258
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 326
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 167
34 Under 16 24588
-9 Does not apply 2443
-8 No answer 1007
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.