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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 1998

Variable Details

Variableinecacr2
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 38680
2 Self-employed 5438
3 Government emp & training programmes 290
4 Unpaid family worker 129
5 ILO unemployed 2666
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 251
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 75
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 16
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 12
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 59
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 9
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 8
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 493
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1145
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 156
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1301
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 120
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 129
19 Inact- not sk,like, not looked 222
20 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 1
21 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 1
22 Inact- not sk,not like, student 1716
23 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3079
24 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 135
25 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 2559
26 Inact- not sk,not like,not need,want job 357
27 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 1028
28 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 236
29 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 73
30 Under 16 1065
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 1998
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